Jun 27 2010
Tall Ship sailing
The Tall-Ship Lady Washington is in Puget Sound for part of her summer tour. She is the Tall-Ship ambassador for the State of Washington. I am filling the role of Captain for the month of July and will be stopping in different ports along the way. I have picked up the ship in Olympia and that is where we are now. On wednesday we leave for Seattle and will be on lake Union for the fourth of July, in fact we will be firing the cannons as part of the celebration. After Seattle, we’ll take the boat up to Blaine, just at the Canadian border. After Blaine we go to Bellingham and I get off the ship there on the 24th of July. I’ve been associated with this organization for about 8 years now and I always enjoy operating the vessel. There is nothing quite like manuvering a square-rigged ship through a cannon battle. We travel in company with the Hawaiian Chiefton so we always have someone to play with. We provide sail training for our volunteer crew and maritime education for school children and adult passengers. Both vessels are owned by the Gray’s Harbor Historical Seaport Authority held in public trust by the city of Aberdeen and Washington State. If you would like to see more the Seaport maintains a website and there is an unofficial but well run site at ladywashington.org. If you think you might enjoy something like this come see us for a day or volunteer for a tour of duty. It is only $500.00 dollars for two weeks before the mast. We’ll feed you and give you a bunk and after two weeks of training you can stay for as long as you wish to volunteer at no additional charge. If you see us on the water be sure to say AAARRRRRRRRR!
Hello Stephen,
This is Kelsie from the Phoenix Inn. It was a pleasure meeting you! I’m glad we were able to chat, albeit briefly.
Thanks for pointing me here; I’ll be sure to keep reading.
Good luck, and stay safe!