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    Odd Fellows Speaker Series: Tugboat Captain Jan Tiura

    Thursday, May 15, 2025 - 7:00 PM
    to Friday, May 16, 2025 - 2:00 PM

    7:00 PM - 2:00 PM

    7:00 PM - 2:00 PM See all dates and Times

    Half Moon Bay Odd Fellows

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    05/15/2025 07:00 PM 05/16/2025 02:00 PM America/Boise Odd Fellows Speaker Series: Tugboat Captain Jan Tiura Fifty years ago there were no women working aboard tugboats in San Francisco Bay. Jan Tiura didn’t know that but if she had, it wouldn’t have stopped her from trying to get aboard. A blue water sailor, she knew that that was what she wanted to do. As with many things in her early life, if her compass swung to “can’t not” then, come hell or high water, she was going to make it happen! Jan will talk about her professional maritime career, deckhand to captain, aboard tugboats as well as her years of skippering the presidential yacht USS POTOMAC, FDR’s floating White House. Her presentation will include striking photos which will transport you to the heart of the Bay. Reserve your general admi... Details & Tickets: https://www.upcomingevents.com/san-francisco/events/half-moon-bay-odd-fellows/odd-fellows-speaker-series-tugboat-captain-jan-tiura-445504?ref=uceaddevent Half Moon Bay Odd Fellows, 526 Main Street, Half Moon Bay, CA, 94019

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    Business & Networking, Business-Related, Continued Learning, Lecture

    Fifty years ago there were no women working aboard tugboats in San Francisco Bay. Jan Tiura didn’t know that but if she had, it wouldn’t have stopped her from trying to get aboard. A blue water sailor, she knew that that was what she wanted to do. As with many things in her early life, if her compass swung to “can’t not” then, come hell or high water, she was going to make it happen! Jan will talk about her professional maritime career, deckhand to captain, aboard tugboats as well as her years of skippering the presidential yacht USS POTOMAC, FDR’s floating White House. Her presentation will include striking photos which will transport you to the heart of the Bay. Reserve your general admission spot at this link with a donation of $10 per person: https://hmb-odd.org/calendar/speaker-series-jan-tiura Pre-Talk in the Galley from 6-7 PM Conversation with the legendary Bob Dooley, a local professional fisherman who worked in the Bering Sea for decades.

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    Website: https://go.evvnt.com/3030962-2

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