Adventuress (schooner)

Adventuress Participating in the 2008 Tacoma Tall Ships Festival.
History
United StatesUnited States
NameAdventuress
BuilderRice Brothers
Launched1913
HomeportPort Townsend, WA
Identification
Nickname(s)"The A"
General characteristics
TypeSchooner
Displacement115 tons[1]
Length133 ft (41 m)[1]
Beam21 ft (6.4 m)[1]
Height110 ft (34 m)[1]
Draft12 ft (3.7 m)[1]
Propulsion5,478 sq ft (508.9 m2) of Sail & auxiliary diesel engine[1]
Sail planGaff–rigged[1]
Adventuress (Schooner)
LocationSeattle, Washington
Built1913
ArchitectBowdoin B. Crowninshield
Rice Brothers
NRHP reference No.89001067
Significant dates
Added to NRHPApril 11, 1989[2]
Designated NHLApril 11, 1989[3]

Adventuress is a 133-foot (41 m) 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.[4]

Adventuress is currently operated by Sound Experience, a non-profit organization based in Port Townsend, Washington.[5]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g Specs of Adventuress, from Sound Experience
  2. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
  3. ^ "ADVENTURESS (Schooner Yacht)". National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. Archived from the original on January 30, 2008. Retrieved November 16, 2007.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference nrhpinv2 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ Sound Experience homepage