Thank you! This event is SOLD OUT! You can email cindy@orcanetwork.org to be added to a waiting list in case of cancellation.
Please Save the Date for our annual Penn Cove Orca Capture Commemoration, taking place on August 6th, in person for the first time since 2019! The day will include presentations and boat trips to the Penn Cove capture site for an on-the-water remembrance ceremony.
Join us for a special fundraising cruise onboard the Cutty Sark or the Suva. Both vessels will travel to the site of the 1970 Penn Cove orca capture for a commemorative ceremony.
Cutty Sark is a 50-foot classic ketch maintained and sailed by Captain John Stone through the nonprofit Aeolian Adventures. She was built of teak by American Marine in Hong Kong and was the first of 10 sister ships of the Mayflower class. In the spring and fall she takes students on educational cruises in the San Juan Islands, and is a support vessel for the native canoe journey.
Suva is a historic 1925 wooden pilot house schooner. She was built in Hong Kong, then shipped to Victoria BC. Her masts are made from British Columbian Sitka Spruce. She was the first schooner of her kind and the only cruising sailboat designed by Seattle naval architect Ted Geary. Suva has sailed through the waters of the Salish Sea all her life.
Thank you to Aeolian Adventures and Suva for their generous sponsorship of this event!