The not-for-profit Schooner Martha Foundation owns and operates the 1907 schooner yacht Martha. The Foundation’s sole purpose is to maintain and restore Martha and to use Martha to operate sail training programs. Martha has been under the care of the foundation since 1996. Martha takes both youths and adults on sail training adventures in and [...]
The Northwest School of Wooden Boatbuilding is located along the waterfront of the newly established six-acre Port Hadlock Heritage Campus. School facilities currently include more than 15,000 square feet of covered space located in several buildings. The historic, two-story, 7,500 square foot Captain Westrem Building accommodates a lumber-milling room, two boat shops, administration offices, and [...]
Wooden boatbuilding inspired Seattleites Dick and Colleen Wagner to found a hands-on museum dedicated to preserving the boatbuilding arts. Described as an urban oasis near the heart of downtown Seattle, The Center for Wooden Boats, located on the southern shore of Seattle’s Lake Union, offers boatbuilding classes for individuals and families, novice to expert. The [...]
The 133′ historic schooner Adventuress (1913) is owned and operated by nonprofit Sound Experience. As Puget Sound’s environmental tall ship, Adventuress is used as a platform to educate, inspire and empower all to care for the region’s waterways.
Nineteenth century mariners coming into Puget Sound from the Pacific Ocean needed to know where the Strait of Juan de Fuca ended and the sound began. The government lit the light on Admiralty Head for the first time on January 21, 1861, using whale oil for the lamp. The fourth-order Fresnel lens dispersed the light [...]
Founded in 1853 on the northern tip of the Kitsap Peninsula, Port Gamble was one of the earliest and most important lumber-producing centers on the Pacific Coast. Schooners and squared-rigged sailing ships loaded the products of the Port Gamble Mill for destinations all along the Pacific Rim. The founders, including Andrew Pope and Capt. William [...]
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