The Adventuress Tall Ship
by Jerry Abbott
Title
The Adventuress Tall Ship
Artist
Jerry Abbott
Medium
Photograph - Metal, Acrylic, Canvas, Wood, Prints
Description
Adventuress is a 133-foot (41 m) gaff-rigged schooner launched in 1913 in East Boothbay, Maine. She has since been restored, and is listed as a National Historic Landmark. She is one of two surviving San Francisco bar pilot schooners. Adventuress is currently operated by Sound Experience, a non-profit organization based in Port Townsend, Washington.
The Adventuress (History)
https://www.soundexp.org/about-us/our-ship/history-of-adventuress/
Launched in 1913 in East Boothbay, Maine, Adventuress was designed for luxury and adventure by Bowdoin B. Crowninshield. The yacht was built for John Borden II, a wealthy businessman from Chicago, for an Arctic expedition to secure a Bowhead Whale specimen for the American Museum of Natural History. On board was Roy Chapman Andrews, the museum’s naturalist, who would later discover fossilized dinosaur eggs in Mongolia and serve as the inspiration for Hollywood’s Indiana Jones character. The whale eluded the expedition, but Andrews did pivotal research along the way on the dwindling fur seal population of the Pribilof Islands.
Adventuress Builder: Rice Brothers
Launched: 1913
Homeport: Port Townsend, Washington, Point Hudson Marina
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May 2nd, 2020
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