May 6, 6:30 – 8:30
Presentation: Sailing and Rowing with Sailing Ships Maine
Join us for a presentation by Sailing Ships Maine, a Casco Bay-based nonprofit that uses traditional sailing vessels to deliver transformative, technology-free voyages.
Also featured will be Row Casco, a community rowing initiative using 32-foot Cornish gigs out of East End Beach in Portland. Row Casco opens the ocean to people of all ages through team-based rowing, with a focus on inclusivity, community, and maritime heritage — a natural extension of Sailing Ships Maine’s on-the-water mission.
Captain Natasha Salvo will share how Sailing Ships Maine students live and work as active crew members — learning navigation, seamanship, and environmental awareness — while building leadership, teamwork, and self-reliance through direct experience at sea.
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Meeting begins at 7:00. 6:30 – 7:00 socialize with other MOACers.
Location: the Allen Avenue Unitarian Universalist Church, 524 Allen Avenue, Portland (near Northgate Shopping Plaza). Here’s a Google Map link.
