CAMDEN — Bob and Mary Rubadeau, whose sailing adventures have spanned the globe for the last half century, will share tales of survival and exploration during a free seminar Wednesday, July 5, at 7 p.m., at the Camden Yacht Club, 63 Bay View Street.

The couple has built a life of discovery since meeting in their teens during the summer of 1967. Their first date was jumping out of an airplane – on purpose. Since then, they have traveled to distant corners of the world by foot, bicycle, and sail. Their presentation, to include video footage of a 2007 expedition to Cape Horn, will highlight experiences that have inspired their stage performances, books, articles, video productions, and writings. It will also explore the joys of turning sea stories into prose.

“These engaging speakers bring the humor, openness, and humility that develop from traveling the world together as addicted vagabonds,” said the Yacht Club, in a news release.

R. J. (Bob) Rubadeau is an award-winning author, columnist, novelist, journalist, and poet. He has shared his career and adventures as a professional blue-water sailor in leading sailing periodicals and two award-winning books. Bound For Roque Island: Sailing Maine and the World and Bound for Cape Horn: Skills for Expedition Cruising. He has worked shoreside as a university lecturer, grant writer, newspaper columnist, fundraiser, speech writer, elected politician, professional political strategist, and public policy wonk.

During forty years as a teacher and administrator, Mary Rubadeau has devoted her professional life to raising the bar for public education. She was named Colorado Superintendent of the Year in 2008 and now chairs the board of trustees at Fort Lewis College, a campus of the University of Colorado in Durango. Mary’s first offshore ocean passage was in 1973 aboard the legendary Maxi Ondine. Her back story includes competitive riding at St. Lawrence University, a multi-year worldwide backpacking trip, and charter boat operations in the Bahamas and the Virgin Islands.

Bob, Mary, their two children, and seven grandchildren all reside in Colorado. Each summer, Dog Star, the family’s 93-year-old Phil Rhodes-designed ketch, plies the waters of New England and beyond.

The Yacht Club, located at 68 Bay View Street, hosts the nonprofit Camden Area Youth Seamanship Program (CAYSP), open to all young people in the community. Voluntary donations for CAYSP’s generous scholarships, which make sailing lessons affordable to all, will be accepted at the seminar.

Complete details about this season’s Sunset Seminars are available at https://camdenyachtclub.org/sunset-seminars.