Visiting Ships
Visiting Ships
The following ships have been invited to attend Tall Ships Tacoma 2008. Look for the 'confirmed' stamp next to those that will be there!
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Adventuress
Adventuress is a Gaff Topsail Two-masted Schooner
adopted by
Mission: To protect Puget Sound through education. Adventuress now sails to increase awareness of the majesty and vulnerability of Puget Sound.
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Amazing Grace
Amazing Grace is a Two masted Schooner
adopted by
Mission: to serve the local community by offering charters for private parties, businesses, local churches and charities.
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Bounty of Krister
Owned by the Vashon-Maury Island Maritime Heritage Society, the 23-foot long boat is a replica of the vessel on which Captain Bligh was set adrift in Mutiny on the Bounty. Smaller navigational vessels, such as the Krister, would normally be carried by a tall ship between its masts and were commonly used by captains Puget and Vancouver as they mapped and navigated their way through the nooks and crannies of the Pacific Northwest's coastline.
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CGC Eagle
CGC Eagle is a Barque
adopted by
The Eagle serves as a seagoing classroom for future Coast Guard officers. The 295-foot Eagle is the only active commissioned sailing vessel in the U.S. military service and is homeported at the Coast Guard Academy in New London, Connecticut.
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Coast Guard Cutter CG-83527
adopted by
While on active duty with the Coast Guard from 1945 to 1962, the 83-foot cutter/ patrol boat CG-83527 was stationed in Tacoma and provided patrol, search and rescue services in the south Puget Sound area. The cutter was built in Brooklyn, New York during World War II and is the last of the wooden Coast Guard cutters still in its original military configuration.
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Hawaiian Chieftain
adopted by
Hawaiian Chieftain is a 65' L.O.D. steel-constructed 64 - Ton displacement topsail ketch of classic proportions. The vessel was originally designed as a 65' trading packet for use between the Hawaiian Islands.
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HMCS Oriole
The oldest commissioned ship in the Canadian Navy, a regular participant in the annual Swift sure Classic race from Victoria to the entrance to the Strait of Juan de Fuca and return.
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HMS Bounty
Today’s
HMS Bounty was built as an ocean-faring vessel in 1960 for the movie Mutiny on the Bounty, the famous story of the British crew who overthrew Captain Bligh in order to remain in the islands of the Pacific, rather than return to England.
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Kaisei
Kaisei is a Brigantine
Launched in 1990, Kaisei has already traversed the globe and sailed thousands of people to far reaching ports in the spirit of Global Partnership.
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Kia Ora
Kia Ora is a Two masted Schooner
The Kia Ora is undergoing a complete overhaul and will be ready to exhibit for the first time at Tall Ships Tacoma 2008.
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Lady Washington
Lady Washington is a Brig
adopted by
Lady Washington was launched in 1989 as a Washington State Centennial project. She is a replica of the original Lady Washington, a privateer during the American Revolution. She provides shipboard education programs for schools in 89 ports communities in Washington, Oregon, California, British Columbia and Alaska.
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Lavengro
Lavengro is a Gaff-rigged two-master schooner
Originally known as Helen, the Lavengro was designed and built by "Jack-A-Jack" Covacavich on Back Bay, Biloxi, Mississippi, in 1927. She represents the style of the working shrimp schooners of that era. Designed for waters both shoal and turbulent, Lavengro has a sturdy grace, built of cypress planking with a yellow pine centerboard and gaff rigged sails.
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Lynx
Lynx is a Square topsail schooner
adopted by
Notably, the Lynx is known for her summer program where she sails to Hawaii with students. Along the way students learn about sail handling, navigation, seamanship, leadership and learning to face unforeseen challenges.
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Merrie Ellen
Merrie Ellen is a Gaff schooner, two masted
Seattle-based gaff schooner which is undergoing a complete makeover; will debut at Tall Ships Tacoma in 2008.
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Mycia
Mycia is a Grand Banks-style, gaff-rigged schooner
The Mycia is a hand-made, wooden, Grand Banks-style, gaff-rigged schooner, approximately 73 feet from bowsprit to stern. Adventures and excursions in the Pacific Northwest and Alaska are offered by exclusive arrangement with Captain John Maher.
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N. Star of Herschel Is.
N. Star of Herschel Is. is a full rigged ship
North Star is now used in the film industry, for school group tours, historical societies and is a regular participant in classic and wooden boat shows.
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Nina
The Niña is a replica of the ship on which Columbus sailed across the Atlantic on his three voyages of discovery to the new world beginning in 1492. Columbus sailed the tiny ship over 25,000 miles and purchased a half share in the vessel. That ship was last heard of in 1501, but the new Niña has a different mission.
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Resolute
Built in 1939 in Stamford Connecticut by the Ludders Marine Company, the Resolute sails year round taking students, groups and families on sea training and sea education adventures.
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S.S.S Rejoice
S.S.S Rejoice is a 2 masted staysail schooner
2 masted staysail schooner out of La Conner, Washington. This ship belongs to the La Conner Sea Scout program.
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S/V Sidney E. Waite
S/V Sidney E. Waite is a Topsail Schooner
Formerly the Trilogy. Trilogy was purchased in 1998 by its current owner and has experienced a major re-fit. She is looking forward to a future transit to the waters of the Florida Keys.
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Schooner Mallory Todd
Schooner Mallory Todd is a two masted schooner
A modern 65-foot schooner built in the classic style with fireplaces and exceptionally
fine woodwork. Designed for long distance voyages, she has sailed the west coast from Mexico to Alaska for 18 years and is capable of cruising anywhere in the world.
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Schooner Red Jacket
Schooner Red Jacket is a Staysail Schooner
In 1919, a prominent Seattleite commissioned his friend, Ted Geary, to design a beautiful and fast schooner. He hired another friend, Norm Blanchard, Sr., to build her in his Seattle boatyard on Lake Union.
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Steamship Virginia V
Built in 1922 for the West Pass Transportation Company of Lisabeula, Vashon Island, Washington. Restored 1996-2002, with the final project completed winter 2005, and preserved by The Steamer Virginia V Foundation of Seattle, Washington.
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Zodiac
Zodiac is a Gaff Schooner, two masted
adopted by
Seattle-based gaff schooner that sails throughout Puget Sound, the San Juan Islands, and the Canadian Gulf Islands.
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