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    On December 8, 2006 Laura Gainey was sailing on board the Barque Picton Castle. As the ship rode the rough waves in the storm near Cape Co...
  • About Tall Sails Adventure
    Ahoy sailors! You have found a place to explore tall sailing ships under the sails of the sun. We know you will enjoy your stay as you disco...
  • Sailing Trip Planner
    Planning a trip or sailing vacation? You need a sailing trip planner! Carefully planning a sailing trip can be a great deal of work. Once ...
  • Picton Castle Captain Moreland
    Friday evening December 8th, 2006 aboard the Barque Picton Castle: Laura Gainey was washed off the deck by a rogue wave! Captain Moreland ...
  • Clipper Ship King Philip Resurfaced
    If you're in the San Francisco area you may have had the opportunity to see the clipper ship King Philip resurface at times when there i...
  • Adventuress is Sailing through Restoration
    As they say, "Good things take time!" and it certainly is true with a time-consuming project of restoring a sailing vessel like th...
  • Great Tea Clippers Speed Machines History
    History presents us with great clipper ship adventures. They sped through the waters to deliver the goods, and win the race against time. Fi...
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    Surfing and dolphins go together! Dolphins are not only playful, but intelligent, so perhaps it was the dolphins who really invented surfi...
  • David Crockett Clipper Ship Postcard
    The celebrated A-I Extreme Clipper Ship! Ahoy Sailors! Coleman's California Line for San Francisco is ready to set David Crockett off ...
  • Marina's Around the United States
    Marina's are always interesting places filled with colorful sails, vintage boats, and wonderful yachts. At night the marina lights dance...

Thursday

A True Message in a Bottle Story

Every tall sails adventure perhaps has a message in a bottle tale, but this one really pulls at the heart in that it is true, and the event has such a significant meaning to a family, and an entire community. You may have heard the true message in a bottle story about Josh Baker. At the age of 10 Josh decided to write a message and place it in vanilla bottle. His message simply stated, "My name is Josh Baker. I'm 10. If you find this put it on the news." His message in the bottle was dated April 16, 1995 and he tossed it into White Lake in their small Wisconsin town.

Time stood trapped within his message in the vanilla bottle. Josh grew up and become a young man. He joined the U.S. Marines at 18 years of age, and by the age of 19 he was in the Iraq war.

Josh returned from the Iraq war, but several months later Josh was killed in a car accident. Josh was gone, but his time capsule was yet to be found.

Shortly after Josh passed away, a boy found the vanilla bottle with his message inside. His mother Maggie realized the message was exactly what she needed to inspire her to continue on, as she has two other children to raise. Everyone in town knows the Josh Baker story, and his story will be cherished by many. You wouldn't want to miss reading about a true message in a bottle story.

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