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VIRTUAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING VIA ZOOM:
TOWING THE SS UNITED STATES TO MOBILE, ALABAMA
Presented by Capt. Mike Vinik, April 11, 2025, 6:30 PM (Photo: Capt. Mike Vinik)
ENCORE ZOOM PRESENTATION:
GRAND & GLORIOUS: THE GREAT CUNARD LINE
Presented by Bill Miller, Saturday, April 12, 2025, 10:00 AM ET (Photo by Stuart Gewirtzman)
EVENT: SHIP SPOTTING HARBOR CRUISE WITH LUNCH
On Sunday, May 18th, the PONY Branch will host one of our popular 4-hour harbor cruises to view visiting
cruise ships. A picnic lunch and other light refreshments will be served onboard. (Photo: Stuart Gewirtzman)
EVENT: On October 13, 2025, join PONY Branch members and friends in Ft. Lauderdale, FL, as we embark
on our 60th Anniversary cruise on CELEBRITY SUMMIT. The 5-night voyage will include port calls at Key
West, FL, and Nassau, Bahamas, and will feature special group events. (Photo: Stuart Gewirtzman)

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The PONY Branch provides its members and guests with monthly illustrated programs via Zoom and activities such as ship visits, boat trips around New York harbor, and ocean cruises at group rates.

Our website aims to be the premier resource regarding Port of New York passenger shipping, current port news and events that celebrate its history, what to see along the waterfront and how to explore our great harbor.

A special feature is the annual schedule of the port’s cruise ship arrivals and departures at the Manhattan Cruise Terminal (MCT), Brooklyn Cruise Terminal (BCT), and Cape Liberty Cruise Port (CLCP).

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WSS-PONY BRANCH MEETINGS & EVENTS

Captain Mike Vinik, owner of the New Jersey-based tugboat company, Vinik Marine, captained the tugboat VINIK NO.6 on a 10-day journey from Philadelphia, PA, down the east coast and around the coast of Florida to safely deliver the historic vessel SS UNITED STATES to its new temporary home in Mobile, Alabama. The WSS-PONY Branch

On its 185th anniversary, former PONY Branch chairman Bill Miller will take us on a grand review of the Cunard Line, quite possibly the most famous shipping company on all the seas. Few shipping lines have had the great history to match Cunard. Bill will begin just after the Second World War as Cunarders,

SHIP SPOTTING HARBOR CRUISE WITH LUNCH

May 18 @ 12:45 pm - 6:00 pm

Join fellow PONY Branch members and friends aboard Sea Scout Ship 228’s flagship, SEA DART II, a Higgins 1953 T-Boat, for a four-hour New York harbor tour. Highlights will include viewing the following ships in port: CELEBRITY SILHOUETTE, MSC MERAVIGLIA, NORWEGIAN GETAWAY and VIKING NEPTUNE. (Note: Cruise ship schedules are subject to change.) A

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