Adventuress (schooner) facts for kids
Adventuress Participating in the 2008 Tacoma Tall Ships Festival.
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| Name | Adventuress |
| Builder | Rice Brothers |
| Launched | 1913 |
| Homeport | Port Townsend, WA |
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| Nickname(s) | "The A" |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Schooner |
| Displacement | 115 tons |
| Length | 133 ft (41 m) |
| Beam | 21 ft (6.4 m) |
| Height | 110 ft (34 m) |
| Draft | 12 ft (3.7 m) |
| Propulsion | 5,478 sq ft (508.9 m2) of Sail & auxiliary diesel engine |
| Sail plan | Gaff–rigged |
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Adventuress (Schooner)
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| Location | Seattle, Washington |
| Built | 1913 |
| Architect | Bowdoin B. Crowninshield Rice Brothers |
| NRHP reference No. | 89001067 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | April 11, 1989 |
| Designated NHL | April 11, 1989 |
Adventuress is a really cool schooner, which is a type of sailing ship with at least two masts. She is 133-foot (41 m) long and was built way back in 1913 in East Boothbay, Maine. After many years, she was fixed up and is now considered a National Historic Landmark. This means she's a very important historical place or object in the United States! Adventuress is one of only two old pilot schooners from San Francisco that are still around today.
Currently, a group called Sound Experience takes care of Adventuress. They are a non-profit organization based in Port Townsend, Washington.
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History of the Adventuress
Building a Special Ship
The Adventuress was built for a man named John Borden. She was made at the Rice Brothers' shipyard in East Boothbay, Maine. A famous ship designer, B.B. Crowninshield, created her plans.
John Borden wanted to sail to Alaska. His goal was to catch a large bowhead whale for the American Museum of Natural History in New York. A well-known naturalist, Roy Chapman Andrews, joined him on this first trip.
An Important First Voyage
During this journey, Roy Chapman Andrews stopped at the Pribilof Islands. There, he filmed fur seals. This film helped start efforts to protect these seal colonies. Even though Borden didn't catch a whale, the trip was still very important for nature.
A Working Ship
After her first adventure, Borden sold Adventuress. She then became a working ship for the San Francisco Bar Pilots Association. For 35 years, she helped pilots get on and off large cargo ships. These ships were sailing near the Farallon Islands.
During World War II, Adventuress had another important job. She became a United States Coast Guard vessel. Her duty was to help guard San Francisco Bay.
Restoring the Adventuress
Around 1952, Adventuress moved to Seattle. She had a few different owners over the years. Eventually, Monty Morton and Ernestine Bennett took care of her. They ran a non-profit group called Youth Adventure.
Under their care, the ship was restored. Many parts of her original design, which had changed over the years, were brought back. In 1988, a new group, Sound Experience, started using her for educational programs. The very next year, in 1989, she was named a National Historic Landmark.
Sound Experience: Learning on the Water
Today, Adventuress is operated by the non-profit organization Sound Experience. They use her as a special classroom on the water. Kids and adults can learn about the environment of Puget Sound.
The ship sails from March until October. She goes on trips that can be short, like 3 hours, or longer, up to 7 days. People who work for Sound Experience and volunteers help keep the ship running. They do office work, crew the ship, and help with maintenance.
See also
- Historic preservation
- National Historic Landmark
- List of schooners
