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The Hawaiian Chieftain
The Martha Washington - Used in Pirates of the Caribbean
They switch out one or more groups of ropes every two weeks!
Under partial sail (it was windy!) with Santa Cruz Island in the background (taken from my office window)
The Martha Washington under partial sail
It's always special when The Tall Ships arrive at Ventura Harbor! My co-worker and I sneaked down for a quick tour and photos. A few days later, I saw the Martha Washington, which was used in one of the Pirates of the Caribbean movies, under partial sail from the window of my office. It was really windy that day, and I would have loved to see her under full sail!
Operated by the Grays Harbor Historical Seaport Authority of Aberdeen, Wash., the organization that runs the educational programs associated with the tall ships, the Lady Washington and Hawaiian Chieftain are about halfway through their annual winter tour of California ports.
The Hawaiian Chieftain was here last year. The Lady Washington, whose engine was being refitted to meet California clean air standards, did not make the voyage here last year.
According to Hall, the Lady Washington is a replica of a ship lost in the Philippines in 1798. “The original ship was built in the mid-1700s, but the way we have it here is the way it looked after rerigging in 1790, which left it with two masts,” Hall said.
The Hawaiian Chieftain is a 1988 replica of a typical early 19th-century European trading vessel, with various aspects of different ships of the era, Hall said. The ships carry crews of about 11 people, half employees of Gray’s Harbor and the rest volunteers who sign up for stints learning to sail the tall ships.
Read more: http://www.vcstar.com/news/2010/dec/31/tall-ships-visit-harbor-at-oxnard/#ixzz1lS75DySe
- vcstar.com
