Adventuress (schooner)
Adventuress Participating in the 2008 Tacoma Tall Ships Festival. | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Name | Adventuress |
| Builder | Rice Brothers |
| Launched | 1913 |
| Homeport | Port Townsend, WA |
| Identification |
|
| 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 |
Adventuress (Schooner) | |
| 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 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.
Adventuress is currently operated by Sound Experience, a non-profit organization based in Port Townsend, Washington.