Adventuress (schooner)
{{Short description|1913 schooner}}
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Adventuress is a {{convert|133|ft|m|adj=on}} gaff-rigged schooner launched in 1913 in East Boothbay, Maine. She has since been restored, and is listed as a National Historic Landmark. She is one of two surviving San Francisco bar pilot schooners.
Adventuress is currently operated by Sound Experience, a non-profit organization based in Port Townsend, Washington.[http://www.soundexp.org Sound Experience homepage]
History
Adventuress was built for John Borden at the Rice Brothers' yard in East Boothbay, Maine, and was designed by B.B. Crowninshield. Borden intended to sail to Alaska to catch a bowhead whale for the American Museum of Natural History in New York. Aboard this maiden voyage sailed the famed naturalist Roy Chapman Andrews. During the voyage, Chapman stopped on the Pribilof Islands and captured film of fur seals, which led to efforts to protect their colonies. Borden's efforts to catch a whale failed and he sold Adventuress to the San Francisco Bar Pilots Association, which marked the beginning of her career as a workboat. For 35 years, she transferred pilots to and from cargo vessels near the Farallon Islands. During World War II, she was a United States Coast Guard vessel, guarding San Francisco Bay.[http://www.soundexp.org/index.php?page=history History of Adventuress, from Sound Experience]
Around 1952, Adventuress was brought to Seattle, where she went through several owners. Eventually, she wound up in the care of Monty Morton and Ernestine Bennett, who managed a non-profit sail training organization called Youth Adventure. Under their ownership, the boat was restored to most of her original lines, which had been altered during her years as a working vessel. In 1988, Sound Experience began conducting educational programs on the vessel, and the following year she was listed as a National Historic Landmark.{{Cite web |title=National Register of Historic Places Registration: Adventuress |url={{NHLS url|id=89001067}} |format=pdf |date=9 July 1988 |first=James P. |last=Delgado |author-link=James P. Delgado |publisher=National Park Service |access-date=2012-08-22}} and
{{cite web |url={{NHLS url|id=89001067|photos=y}} |title=NRHP Registration Photos |date=9 July 1988 |first=James P. |last=Delgado |author-link=James P. Delgado |publisher=National Park Service |access-date=2012-08-22}}
Sound Experience
Today Adventuress is operated by the non-profit organization Sound Experience, as a platform for environmental education about Puget Sound. She sails from March into October, on trips ranging from 3 hours to 7 days. Paid employees and volunteers perform office, crew, and maintenance work.
See also
References
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External links
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- [http://www.soundexp.org Sound Experience]
- [http://www.facebook.com/soundexp Adventuress Facebook Page]
- [https://twitter.com/soundexperience Adventuress Twitter Page]
- [https://www.youtube.com/user/schooneradventuress Adventuress Youtube Channel]
- [http://schooneradventuress.blogspot.com/ Adventuress Blog]
- [https://www.flickr.com/groups/schooneradventuress/ Adventuress Flickr Group]
- [http://www.linkedin.com/companies/845958/Sound%20Experience Sound Experience LinkedIn Profile]
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Category:Schooners of the United States
Category:Museum ships in Washington (state)
Category:National Historic Landmarks in Washington (state)
Category:National Register of Historic Places in Port Townsend, Washington
Category:Ships of the United States Coast Guard
Category:Ships on the National Register of Historic Places in Washington (state)
Category:Ships built in Boothbay, Maine