The Thacher Island Association Annual Light House Cruise Fund Raiser will be held on Friday, July 13. The boat sails at 6:30 p.m. and returns at 9:30 p.m. from Cape Ann Whale Watch, 415 Main Street in downtown Gloucester.

This is a beautiful sunset cruise down the Massachusetts coast to Boston and back. New is 2007: ‘Lighthouses Along the North Shore and Boston’. Sailing down the coast to Salem, Marblehead, Baker’s Island, Boston Light and Graves Light to Minot’s Light.

Jeremy D’Entremont, lighthouse expert and author, will narrate the tour.

Cash bar and sandwiches and snacks available. Call 978-546-6821 for reservations.

Donation is $28 per person.