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The S/V Denis Sullivan, a 137-foot re-creation of a three-masted, 19th century Great Lakes schooner, is owned and operated by Pier Wisconsin as an educational platform and scientific research vessel.
She began in 1991 as a dream — the quiet project of a small group of Milwaukeeans who hoped to build a tall ship for Great Lakes education. By the time she was launched in autumn 2000, the Denis Sullivan was a labor of love for hundreds of people from all walks of life. Nearly 1 million volunteer hours went into her construction, an unprecedented display of grass-roots spirit and community dedication. As the first tall ship built in Wisconsin in more than 100 years, the Denis Sullivan sails as "Wisconsin's Flagship," a living tribute to our state's rich, and almost forgotten, maritime heritage.
Today, the Denis Sullivan is Pier Wisconsin's ambassador for freshwater exploration. Used for both science education and nautical training, she sails each year to ports-of-call throughout the Great Lakes, the Atlantic Ocean and the tropical waters of the Caribbean Sea.
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