Since 1996, Whistling Man Schooner has hosted thousands of tourists and locals on sailboat rides around Lake Champlain. The current owner, Capt. Cory Dalsimer, is a University of Vermont graduate who started as a deckhand and earned a commercial captain’s license. Many other crew members have become captains; promoting careers in the maritime industry is part of the company’s mission.

In the latest episode of “Stuck in Vermont,” Seven Days senior multimedia producer Eva Sollberger took a sunset cruise on the Friend Ship, a classic sailing sloop. It got good wind and sailed around Juniper Island. Smoke from the Canadian wildfires muted the sunset, but it was still a memorable evening.

Filming date: 6/2/25 & 6/3/25

Music: Telecasted, “Sailing” & “Breeze”

This episode of “Stuck in Vermont” was supported by The Vermont Community Foundation.

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Seven Days senior multimedia producer Eva Sollberger has been making her award-winning video series "Stuck in Vermont" since 2007. In 2024, she won first place from the Association of Alternative Newsmedia for her video, “Barbie Collector.” She received the Margaret L. (Peggy) Kannenstine Award for Arts Advocacy from the Vermont Arts Council in 2023. This map details her travels around the state; her 500th video was a musical. New episodes appear on the Seven Days website every other Thursday...