She Tells Sea Tales 10th Anniversary | Mary Jane Gibson

Recorded March 8 & 9, 2025. She Tells Sea Tales is an annual event by Northwest Maritime that provides a welcoming and safe space for all women to share their connections to water. Proceeds from the event help support the Northwest Maritime’s women- and girls-centered educational maritime programs, including the Girls’ Boat Project. Join us in Port Townsend on March 7, 2026 for the next edition of this beloved event. Mary Jane Gibson is a writer and performer who spent four of the best summers of her life as a deckhand and cook on the M/V Angie, a salmon tender operating out of Craig, AK. She is also the baby sister of the incredible marine conservationist Caroline Gibson. Mary Jane is the former culture editor of High Times magazine, and now writes for a number of outlets about all sorts of things. She also makes sandwiches for herself and talks about sexism in her My Sandwich, My Choice series on Instagram and Substack. ABOUT NORTHWEST MARITIME Northwest Maritime (NWM) engages and educates people of all generations in traditional and contemporary maritime life, in a spirit of adventure and discovery.  Based in Port Townsend, WA, NWM serves the entire Puget Sound with a variety of maritime educational programs for individuals, groups, and schools; career and professional training; and flagship events like the Race to Alaska, Port Townsend Wooden Boat Festival, and others. Learn more and support our programs at www.nwmaritime.org. Thumbnail photo by Heather J.