Take Three: Three Men in a Tub: Spam, the Pee Bottle, and Other Tales of Derring-Do on the High Seas-duplicate-1

Crew presentation at Clifton Recreation Center, April 19 at 6:30 pm

“Three Men in a Tub: Spam, the Pee Bottle, and Other Tales of Derring-Do on the High Seas from Lake Erie to Finland”

Last summer and fall three Cliftonites crossed the Atlantic in a small sailboat. Join them at Clifton Recreation Center on Thursday, April 19 at 6:30 PM to enjoy some ship’s fare and hear their story. Free Dramamine to be served!

The Craft: Clio of Cincinnati, a 32’ Bayfield, Sailed from Port Clinton, Ohio, to the Russian border near Kotka, Finland.

The Crew (l-r):

Owner: Willard Sunderland, Russian history professor at the University of Cincinnati, who dreamed of recreating John Quincy Adams’ voyage as the first ambassador to Russia in 1809 aboard the Horace.

Captain: Tom Lohre, an experienced ocean sailor and neighbor to Will, who volunteered to teach him to sail and worked with him to refurbish Clio for the journey.

First Mate: Chuck Lohre, who retired in 2019 and volunteered to assist the journey.

Location: Clifton Recreation Center, 320 McAlpin Ave, Cincinnati, OH 45220