Gilbert Klingel: Man of Steel

Film Director/Producer Dave Miller to introduce his newest film project: “Gilbert Klingel: Man of Steel” on Tuesday, March 7 at 7 pm at the Gwynn’s Island Civic League building.

Next Tuesday there will be a special event at the Civic League building to preview the upcoming PBS documentary about the sailboat “Freya” project and Gwynn’s Island boatbuilder, Gilbert Klingel. Director/Producer Dave Miller will be there to show the film trailer and talk about this project. The film will feature Gwynn’s Island and the legendary Gwynn’s Island Boat Yard built by Klingel in the early 1950’s. It will tell the story about Gilbert’s life and works and the goal of bringing his steel hulled sailboat “Freya” back to the island where she was built in 1953. This vessel will be available for future generations to learn from and enjoy. When the boat arrives at the Gwynn’s Island Boat Yard in May, we plan to have a celebration and would appreciate the ideas you may have on how to celebrate.

Local residents will appear in this documentary and our local museums, the Mathews Maritime Foundation and the Gwynn’s Island Museum are supporting our efforts. We hope you can join us on March 7 and see how you too can become involved. You will be quite amazed at what we have achieved so far but we’ll need the help of everyone to make this film a big success.

Other Chesapeake Bay films by Dave Miller include: Journey on the Chesapeake (2016) and Oysters, Boats, and Men (2013).