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| Steve with "George" the macaw |
Were
pirates New England's first tourists? The great Age of Piracy of the
17th and 18th centuries had a major impact on New England. Steve Bunker
will engage you with stories and many original artifacts from this
fascinating era.
Presentation will be held on October 26, 2013 at the Town Office in Porter at 72 Main Street at 1:00 pm. Short business meeting will follow and the winner of the quilt raffle will be drawn.
Steve
Bunker is an artist, craftsman, former seaman, and Vietnam war veteran.
Some folks think he's a pirate, but he's not talking.
Hailing
from an old Maine seafaring family, he went to sea as the ship's boy
with his father, who was chief engineer on a number of merchant ships.
Later, Steve worked as a merchant mariner, and sailed on a number of
historic sailing ships. For a time he was acting master of Boston's Tea
Party ship. In the mid-1970s he became the city of Baltimore's maritime
historian and captain of one of the city's historic vessels.
In 1978 he
started his maritime antiques and salvage business, China Sea Marine
Trading Company, on Baltimore's Fells Point waterfront. The colorful
business has attracted so much attention over the years that countless
articles in magazines, newspapers and blogs have been written about it.
In 2012, a TV production company tried to turn China Sea into a reality
show.
Today
Steve and his wife, Sharon Bondroff, run China Sea from their barn in
Gray. Two rambunctious macaws, George and Havana, share their home.
*** Please note that is talk is geared to older children and adults and is not appropriate for very young children. ***