JOIN US FOROCEAN CRUISING ADVENTURES 2012
A series of presentations coordinated by circumnavigator and author Anne Brevig. Skippers share their exciting adventures and practical advice about offshore sailing in small boats.Full descriptions of the presentations are available at our website.
January 20 - Around the World in a 34' Sailboat After seven years of ocean voyaging, with two kids born along the way, Bruce and Tiffany Halabisky will tell their story of sailing around the world on an old 34' wooden sailboat.
January 27 - BC's Remote and Spectacular Gardner Canal Rick LeBlanc and Carol-Ann Giroday cruise BC's remote Gardner Canal where glacier-fed waterfalls and rivers feed this jade green waterway creating an ebbing fresh-water current over the sea surface.
February 3 - A family of six cruise the U.S. Eastern Seaboard, Cuba and the Bahamas Jeananne Kirwin shares her young crew's adventures and life lessons learned in her landlubber family's sailing sabbatical along the U.S. Eastern Seaboard to Cuba and the Bahamas.
February 10 - Racing Canada's Colours around the World with Derek Hatfield Racing single-handed around the world is an incredible feat. Derek Hatfield is the 126th sailor in history to have done it. Hear his truly inspiring story of how anything is possible if you Never Give Up!
February 17 - Sweden to Syria and More! Brian Anderson and Barbara Robertson share highlights from their Sweden-Syria and around the Mediterranean adventure, experiences that come together in formulating their 10 New Laws of Sailing .
WHERE: Presentations held at H.R. MacMillan Space Centre Auditorium, 1100 Chestnut St. WHEN: Presentations begin at 8 pm (doors open 7 pm).
COST: $13 per lecture or $50 for series. Seniors, Museum members and Pacific Yachting subscribers: $11 per lecture or $40 for series. All prices include HST.
ADVANCE TICKETS: Call 604 257-8300 or purchase at Maritime Museum. Tickets are also available at the door on evening of event.
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For countless generations, Squamish people hunted, fished, gathered resources, engaged in battle, and welcomed visitors from their canoes. Across the region that would become Vancouver, these were the vehicles that literally bound together life on the land and sea. This special exhibition will take visitors through the lifecycle of a Squamish canoe-from its roots in a stand of local temperate rainforest, through the hands of Squamish craftsmen, and throughout the Salish Sea. Squamish carvers are renowned for crafting seven types of specialized canoes. Discover how these watercraft continue to connect the Squamish people to each other and the wider world.
To mark the 100th anniversary of the Vancouver Police's nautical activities we will be telling the story of this maritime arm of the police. The exhibit consists of photographs illustrating the Unit's history and how it has grown and developed. This exhibit runs until February 19.
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