Adventuress (schooner)

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caption ="Adventuress" run aground in Wasp Passage
location= Seattle, Washington
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built =1914
architect= Bowdoin B. Crowninshield; Rice Bros.
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designated= April 11, 1989cite web|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=2050&ResourceType=Structure
title=ADVENTURESS (Schooner Yacht) |accessdate=2007-11-16|work=National Historic Landmark summary listing|publisher=National Park Service]
added = April 11, 1989cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2007-01-23|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]
governing_body = Private
refnum=89001067

"Adventuress" is a 136-foot gaff-rigged schooner launched in 1913 in East Boothbay, Maine. She has since been restored, and is listed as a National Historic Landmark.

"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 a museum. He made the trip, failed to catch a whale, and sold her after a year to the San Francisco Bar Pilot's Association, which marked the beginning of her career as a workboat. For 35 years, she transferred pilots to and from cargo vessels near the Farallone 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 1960, "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 Adventures. 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.citation|title=PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Text/89001067.pdf National Register of Historic Places Registration: Adventuress] |7.56 MiB |date=July 9, 1988 |author=James P. Delgado |publisher=National Park Service ]

On June 23, 2008, she ran aground in Wasp Passage in the San Juan Islands in Washington State. All crew and passengers were removed safelycite web|url=http://cgvi.uscg.mil/media/main.php?g2_itemId=311150
title=Gallery / Photography / SV Adventurous 011 |date=2008-06-23 |accessdate=2008-06-25|work=|publisher=United States Coast Guard] . The vessel suffered only minor discoloration on the keel [cite news
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title = Adventuress back in the water after inspection; schooner heading to Victoria on schedule
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work = Port Townsend and Jefferson County Leader
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= 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 April to October, on trips ranging from 3 hours to 7 days. Paid employees and volunteers perform office, crew, and maintenance work.

ee also

*Historic preservation
*National Historic Landmark
*Adventuress (dinghy)

References

External links

* [http://www.soundexp.org Sound Experience]
* [http://www.maritimeheritage.net Maritime Heritage Network]
* [http://www.navagear.com/2008/06/adventuress-aground-in-wasp-passage/ Adventuress Aground in Wasp Passage]