Notes from the Northwest Passage

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Monday, November 16th, 2015
7:00 PM to 9:00 PM

Slide Presentation of an epic sailing trip through the Northwest Passage by sailors Laurence Roberts & Mary Anne Unrau, with refreshments and music performed by the Victoria Baroque Players.

Special Fundraising Event hosted by the Victoria Baroque Music Society
to support ongoing early music concerts and outreach on Vancouver Island.

Tickets (price includes charitable donation of $25): Individual $35 - Couple $50

Tickets in advance from: [email protected] or Phone 250-592-1365

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A photo-journal of an epic voyage through the Northwest Passage.  Departing in March, 2013, from St. Katharines Marina, London, UK,  Laurence Roberts and Mary Anne Unrau sailed via English ports, the Irish Sea, the Hebrides, Iceland, Greenland, the Northwest Passage and Alaska, to their destination, Victoria, arriving in late October.   

The couple have sailed over 90,000 miles in their 45 ft. craft, a Waterline 43 designed by Ed Rutherford and built of steel at Sidney, BC.  They have crossed every meridian and reached latitudes from 65 S on the Antarctic Peninsula to 80 N at the northwest tip of Spitsbergen.  Prior to sailing away in 2004, Laurence Roberts was an Air Canada Captain for overseas flights.  Mary Anne Unrau earned her living as a music teacher.  The couple have made their home aboard their boat since 2001, and have wintered at the Causeway Marina in Victoria since their arrival from the Northwest Passage on October 30, 2013.