James Cook grocer and haberdasher William Sanderson. Historians have speculated that this is where Cook first felt the lure of the sea while gazing out of the shop window. After 18 months, not proving suitable for shop work, Cook travelled to the nearby port town of Whitby to be introduced to friends of Sanderson's, John and Henry Walker. The Walkers, who were Quakers, were prominent local ship-owners in the coal trade. Their house is now the Captain Cook Memorial Museum. Cook was taken on as a merchant navy apprentice in their small fleet of vessels, plying coal along the English coast. His
Captain Cook Cruises Western Australia James Stirling" was launched. In September 2002 the upstream operation of Boat Torque Cruises was purchased with three vessels: "MV Lady De Vine", "MV River Bells" and "MV River Lady". In February 1995 Captain Cook Cruises successfully tendered to operate Transperth's ferry services between Barrack Street (Perth CBD) and Mends Street (South Perth foreshore), a service it still operates today, with Elizabeth Quay replacing Barrack Street in January 2016. In February 2016 the business was purchased by SeaLink Travel Group. On 5 November 2017, a service commenced from Fremantle Harbour to Rottnest Island. Captain Cook Cruises Western Australia Captain Cook