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Adventure Series: Captain Geoffrey Jones: Saving Schooner ALVEI
03/16/2023
Captain Geoffrey Jones: Saving Schooner ALVEI
Thursday, March 16, 2023
1:30 p.m. & 7 p.m.
Hilton Mystic
Join us for the story of the Schooner ALVEI, as told by her rescuer and restorer, Captain Geoffrey Jones. In 2019, Captain Jones answered the call to salvage her from ruin in Fiji. With a combination of efforts from local crew and others from CT who flew to her rescue, Alvei was finally seaworthy in early 2020. Captain Jones, a professional sailor with over 40 years’ experience, then began the long voyage half way around the world to bring her to her new home berth here in Noank, CT.
The Many Lives of ALVEI: ALVEI was originally built as a herring drifter in Scotland in the 1920s and then was commandeered as a minesweeper during WWII. After the war, she was rigged as a small coastal freighter then converted to a three-masted auxiliary schooner during the 1980s in Portugal. She embarked on a 40-year career as an educational vessel in the South Pacific before falling into disrepair in Fiji.
About the Series: Adventure Series connects audiences with individuals who have extraordinary maritime stories to tell. This year’s series will take place in the Cutter Room at the Hilton Mystic, with the exception of the April 21 program which will be held in the Masin Room at Mystic Seaport Museum. Hilton Mystic is located at 20 Coogan Blvd, Mystic, CT 06355.
Tickets can be purchased online or by calling the membership department at 860.572.5339.
The Adventure Series is sponsored by StoneRidge.
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