Thursday, October 29 - 7:30pm
The Prince Theatre, Chestertown / $5 donation & cash bar

Join the crews of the visiting ships for Downrigging Weekend’s official opening cocktail party at 7:30pm on Thursday, October 29th at the historic Prince Theatre. The party will feature a showing of the short film "Around Cape Horn." Filmed in 1929 by legendary sea captain Irving Johnson, the film documents the voyage of the massive bark PEKING as it rounded Cape Horn during a tremendous wind storm. The cocktail party, with a cash bar, and film are free and open to the public as space allows.