2000

By 2000, work is partially completed on the Denis Sullivan and she is able to set sail for the first time in June 2000. In November 2000, she leaves Milwaukee for her first sail to the Caribbean.

Denis Sullivan was built as a “floating classroom” and the team behind the Wisconsin Lakes Schooner Education Association - which later changed its name to Pier Wisconsin - wanted to use her to educate children and adults about the Great Lakes.