Adventuress Participating in the 2008 Tacoma Tall Ships Festival.
History
United States
Name	Adventuress
Builder	Rice Brothers
Launched	1913
Homeport	Port Townsend, WA
Identification	MMSI number:367323180 Callsign: WCX8691
Nickname(s)	"The A"
General characteristics
Type	Schooner
Displacement	115 tons[1]
Length	133 ft (41 m)[1]
Beam	21 ft (6.4 m)[1]
Height	110 ft (34 m)[1]
Draft	12 ft (3.7 m)[1]
Propulsion	5,478 sq ft (508.9 m2) of Sail & auxiliary diesel engine[1]
Sail plan	Gaff–rigged[1]
Adventuress (Schooner)
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. National Historic Landmark
Location	Seattle,Washington
Built	1913
Architect	Bowdoin B. Crowninshield Rice Brothers
NRHP reference No.	89001067
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	April 11, 1989[2]
Designated NHL	April 11, 1989[3]

Adventuress is a 133-foot (41 m)gaff-riggedschooner launched in 1913 inEast Boothbay,Maine. She has since been restored, and is listed as aNational Historic Landmark. She is one of two survivingSan Francisco bar pilot schooners.^[4]

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

Adventuress was built for John Borden at the Rice Brothers' yard in East Boothbay, Maine, and was designed byB.B. Crowninshield. Borden intended to sail to Alaska to catch abowhead whale for theAmerican Museum of Natural History in New York. Aboard this maiden voyage sailed the famed naturalistRoy Chapman Andrews. During the voyage, Chapman stopped on thePribilof 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 soldAdventuress to theSan Francisco Bar Pilots Association, which marked the beginning of her career as a workboat. For 35 years, she transferredpilots to and from cargo vessels near theFarallon Islands. DuringWorld War II, she was aUnited States Coast Guard vessel, guardingSan Francisco Bay.^[6]

Around 1952,Adventuress was brought toSeattle, where she went through several owners. Eventually, she wound up in the care of Monty Morton and Ernestine Bennett, who managed a non-profitsail 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 aNational Historic Landmark.^[3][4]

TodayAdventuress is operated by the non-profit organization Sound Experience, as a platform for environmental education aboutPuget 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.^[5]

• Historic preservation
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