Jill Werner shipped us these photos taken of the June 28 Adventure Sail in Westport. The top photo show bosun Mark Scibinico standing on the rail of Lady Washington with Hawaiian Chieftain in the background. The lower photo shows crew climbing the Lady Washington's rigging, probably to make sail. The Lady Washington and Hawaiian Cheiftain are currently in Aberdeen. If you have a favorite photo to share, or a story of your adventure, send it to photos@historicalseaport.org.
Here's a final set of pictures from Monday's 20th Anniversary Celebration. Top: Kelly Snoden of Coupeville won a two-week experience aboard Lady Washington as the prize for her entry in this year's Washington History Day competition. She wrote a paper on English maritime history around the time of Charles Darwin's voyage on HMS Beagle. Middle: Tom Maupin of Port Townsend tells the story of his son Jesse and how the Lady Washington turned the young man's life around. Bottom: Aberdeen Mayor Bill Simpson with Port of Grays Harbor Commissioner Jack Thompson.
Here's a few more photos from Monday's 20th birthday party for the Lady Washington. Top: Capt. Michael "Jake" Jacobson gets an award for the longest serving Historical Seaport employee. He helped build Lady Washington, and he's now master of the Hawaiian Chieftain. On the left is Laurie Pilgrim-Rust, current board president, with GHHSA Executive Director Les Bolton. Middle: Capt. JB Morrison is a frequent skipper of our boats. He's going to be working with us this summer. Bottom: Capt. "Evil" Ryan Meyer with Dee Harrington, one of the Seaport's board members. Not pictured is Capt. Dave Haslam, who's currently master of Lady Washington. More pix later.
Nearly 200 Lady Washington supporters turned out for the ship's 20th anniversary celebration last night at Aberdeen Landing in Aberdeen. Many people said it was the best party the Seaport's had in years. The weather was perfect, the food from Ranch House BBQ was excellent, the music was superb, and the fellowship was unmatched. (I've run out of superlatives.)
Lisa Pirkkala sent these images of Lady Washington, taken at the 2008 Tacoma Tall Ships festival. Lisa plans to attend Lady Washington's 20th Anniversary Celebration Monday June 29th at Aberdeen Landing in Aberdeen. The festivities start at 4 p.m. with VIP tours of the ships. More information is available on the Lady Washington page of the Historical Seaport website. We hope you can join us!
Juliet Pouillon, one of our guests on the Hood River Battle Sail on June 10, sent us these photos of the Hawaiian Chieftain in the Columbia River Gorge. The photos were taken from the Lady Washington. If you have a favorite photo of either of our ships, send it to photos@historicalseaport.org.
These photos show the 117-foot log being squared or "trued" by our LucasMill and Spar Shop team before it's loaded into the lathe for turning. The log has a total of 4,610 board feet.
