The Tall Ship Adventure In Long Beach Harbor
Exciting Rides Into The Past Aboard Schooners, Brigantines, Brigs and Barques!
The Ships
There are many tall ships registered and the listing is available in the wikipedia. Here are the ones we sail on every year.
Hawaiian Chieftain
The Hawaiian Chieftan
Hawaiian Chieftain is the name of a sailing vessel briefly known as
the Spirit of Larinda. Built in 1988 in Lahaina on the island of Maui,
the Hawaiian Chieftain is a contemporary interpretation of a traditional
design. She is unique with the rig of an 19th century trading vessel and
a modern triple keel, shallow draft hull. Drawing only 5.5 feet (1.7 m),
she is highly maneuverable in shallow waters.
She was based for many years on the West Coast of California, sailing up
and down the coast with the Lady Washington on Voyages of ReDiscovery,
providing hands-on history programs teaching 4th and 5th graders about
the exploration and trade along the West Coast in the 1790s.
In the winter of 2004, she was sold to a Cape Cod sailing program and
renamed the Spirit of Larinda; however, due to the unexpected death of
her owner, she remained inactive. In October 2005, the Grays Harbor
Historical Seaport Authority, owner of Lady Washington, purchased her to
add to their fleet. Returning to her original identity as the Hawaiian
Chieftain, she joined up with the Lady Washington on February 25, 2006
and is now providing joint education and sail training up and down the
west coast of the United States.
Lady Washington
The Lady Washington
The original Lady Washington was a 90-ton trading vessel built in
Massachusetts around 1750. She sailed around Cape Horn and participated
in the fur and pelt trade with the coastal Native Americans in the
Pacific Northwest and in tea and porcelain across the Pacific in China.
She was captained originally by Robert Gray, and later by John Kendrick,
former captain of her larger sailing partner, the Columbia Rediviva
(Kendrick insisted he and Gray switch vessels mid-journey). Under the
command of Kendrick, she was refitted as a brig (she was formerly a
sloop).
She became the first American vessel to reach the island of Japan in an
unsuccessful attempt to move some unsold pelts. The Lady remained in the
Pacific trade and eventually foundered in the Philippines in 1798.
A replica of the Lady Washington was built in Aberdeen, Washington, USA
in time for the 1989 Washington State Centennial celebrations. Aberdeen
is located on Grays Harbor, an inlet of the Pacific Ocean named for
Robert Gray, the man who discovered the harbor as Master of the
Columbia.
Named "Washington State's Tall Ship Ambassador", as well as the State
Ship,[1]the new Lady Washington has already made plenty of her own
history. Operated by a professional and volunteer crew under the
auspices of the Grays Harbor Historical Seaport Authority, she sails up
and down the Pacific coast reaching out to sailors and lubbers of all
ages through the romance of the sea in the hope they take a little of
her history back with them.
Recently, she has appeared in various films, portraying the brig
Enterprise in Star Trek: Generations and the HMS Interceptor in the film
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl. She also
provided the basis for the RLS Legacy in the Disney animated feature
Treasure Planet.
Today she sails regularly in pair with the "Hawaiian Chieftain",
educating students in the history of merchant trading, life of common
sailors, and responsibilities of the ship's officers.