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Running Free - Member News August 2026
Fall Programs and Ship Visits at Call of the Sea
📸Shea Hastings, Call of the Sea
As school begins, the Call of the Sea still has amazing opportunities ahead. The program works with around 6,000 students a year. Students learn about seamanship and marine biology. Call of the Sea also offers field trip opportunities. Other educational sails include SEAS: 'Science, Engineering, Art and Sailing' sails on the schooner Seaward. Sunset and weekend sails are still a good opportunity for students of all ages.
There will be a chance to tour the Matthew Turner in San Francisco from 10:00 to 6:00 on August 22nd and 23rd as part of the SF Historium festival at Pier 35. The festival celebrates San Francisco's history from 1849-1915. Join for music, food, and a step into the Gold Rush.
The Mexican Navy's ship, Cuauhtemoc, will visit San Francisco soon (September 23-27) and the brigantine Matthew Turner will be sailing alongside her when she departs on Sunday, September 27th, sailing out of Sausalito, CA. Tickets here.
Call of the Sea's annual Gala will be at the Saint Francis Yacht Club in San Francisco on October 3rd. Join to support a great cause, enjoy a good meal, and bid on treasures and vacations.
Enjoy a Day on the Water with Newport Classic Cruises
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Seattle students set sail on historic tall ship, Adventuress
📷ET Becker, via Sound Experience
Article via The Seattle Times
Sunlight danced on the water on a late July morning at Shilshole Bay Marina as 23 high schoolers climbed aboard a wooden schooner built more than 100 years ago.
The ship looks ordinary docked at the marina, but once its seven sails unfurl, the Adventuress stands out among the fishing boats, ferries and cargo ships traversing Puget Sound.
Students spent two weeks living on the ship, learning how to steer the ship, adjust its sails and navigate the Sound using modern and traditional sailing techniques. Their goal? To man the ship without any help from crew members.
Elissa has spent the last three months transiting far from her normal cruising waters of Galveston, TX. Going as far north as Boston (the last time she was in Boston was in 1883, she was a fresh-faced seven years old!), with stops along the way in Cambridge, MD, New York City, Savannah, and Pensacola. The ship returns home to Galveston on Saturday, August 15th.
The crew have also been publishing daily logs about life on board. Here is the latest one from Ruth Scego that has resonated deeply within their community. (It's posted on the Galveston Historical Foundation Facebook page so you will need to scroll down to find her post on August 12.)
GRATITUDE
We’ve set sail for Galveston from Pensacola, sandals still full of crape myrtle blossoms and mind occupied with precious friendships and some of the best matcha I’ve ever had.
These last few days underway, we had the delight of witnessing multiple pods of several dolphin species - one of which stretched out for nearly a football field and was riddled with belly-flopping calves. The water has been so clear, and so many shades of blue. Moonless nights have provided the type of stargazing that keeps you transfixed for as much time as you can afford, with shooting stars that no one person could number. Also, we just exceeded 5000 total nautical miles as of this morning!
As we draw ever nearer to our home port in Galveston, these kinds of things especially feel like a gift.
I can’t believe this voyage is poised to be over in just 3 days. After over 6 months of fighting against all odds and over 2 at sea, it’s hard to reckon with the reality that it must come to an end. There is a special kind of closeness amongst people here that I don’t think I’ve ever experienced before in my life. It’s of a nature that’s difficult to replicate.
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