Blue-water sailors Bob and Ami Green will share details about their three-year-long sail in their talk “If You’re Ever in the Amazon...” at the Mystic Seaport Adventure Series Thursday, March 18. Presentations will be given at 1:30 and 7:30 p.m. at the Mystic Art Cinema in Olde Mistick Village.
The series has been moved from its original location at Seamen’s Inne due to the restaurant’s ongoing renovations. Mystic-area restaurants Steak Loft, Go Fish, Ten Clams, Peking Tokyo and the newly-opened Mango’s Wood-Fired Pizza Company will offer a 10-percent discount off either lunch or dinner to attendees on the day of the program upon presentation of their ticket.
The Greens returned to the sea in 2005 after a three-year hiatus caused by the loss of their yacht Scallywag. Leaving Rhode Island on Scallywag II bound for the Mediterranean and the Middle East, the couple sailed home three years later, making stops in Cape Verde, Senegal and Brazil. They ended their voyage with a thousand-mile cruise down the Amazon River, taking in the region’s sights, music, sounds and stories.
Tickets are $14 ($12 for members) for the afternoon program and $15 ($13 for members) for the evening program. Students can purchase tickets at the discounted rate of $5. For tickets, visit www.mysticseaport.org/tickets or call 860.572.5339.
Mystic Seaport has been hosting the Adventure Series for more than 60 years. The programs provide a unique opportunity to meet each “adventurer” firsthand and experience a wide range of challenges—both on the land and sea all over the world.
The series will conclude Thursday, April 15, with Rich Wilson’s presentation “Racing Around the World, Non-Stop and Alone.”
For more information, visit www.mysticseaport.org/adventureseries.
Founded in 1929, Mystic Seaport is the nation’s leading maritime museum and features tall ships, a re-created 19th-century village, exhibits and a planetarium. For more information, visit www.mysticseaport.org or call 888.973.2767.
