Sponsored by the Eastern Yacht Club and the Marblehead Museum
Thursday, April 2nd, 7pm, at the Eastern Yacht Club, 47 Foster Street, Marblehead
Captain Stefan Edick, Executive Director of the National Historic Landmark schooner Adventure, will speak about the three careers of this extraordinary vessel. The last of the great dory-fishing schooners and the port’s all-time Highliner, Adventure was saved from the scrapyard by being converted to service as a windjammer in Maine, where she became the “Queen of the Fleet” in the Penobscot Bay. Donated back to Gloucester, she has been restored by a non-profit organization to serve as an icon of Gloucester’s fisheries history and now sails as a platform for youth education and living history programs. Captain Edick will also show the 12-minute film, “Adventure: History Reborn.”
Tickets: $10 Museum and EYC members; $15 non members. Purchase Tickets HERE
Captain Stefan Edick, Executive Director, Schooner Adventure
Captain Stefan Edick is the Executive Director of the National Historic Landmark schooner Adventure. A lifelong sailor, he was first introduced to tall ships as a volunteer in 1992 and turned it into a career not long afterward.
He has held command of a dozen traditional vessels, including the schooners William H. Albury, Lettie G. Howard, Westward, Spirit of Massachusetts, Harvey Gamage, Amistad, Virginia, Lynx, and Adventure. In addition, he has served as an officer in the Class A Tall Ships Sorlandet, Roald Amundsen, and Gazela. All told, Captain Edick has sailed over 150,000 nautical miles to twenty five countries on four continents.
Stefan has devoted his career to programs of education under sail, and has worked for the Ocean Classroom Foundation, the Virginia Maritime Heritage Foundation, the Lynx Educational Foundation, Class Afloat, and the South Street Seaport Museum. In addition to serving as Captain, he has held positions as Program Coordinator, Operations Director, and Instructor in Navigation and Seamanship.
Capt. Edick was awarded the Tall Ships America Sail Training Program of the Year in 2002 for work with youth in the schooner Lettie G. Howard. In 2016, he was awarded the George Nichols Cup for outstanding seamanship and contributions to Gloucester’s waterfront. He is a past Commodore of the American Schooner Association, a member of the City of Gloucester’s Mariners Medal Committee, and a Trustee of the Awesome Gloucester Foundation.
Marblehead Museum’s lecture series is generously sponsored by
