Dropping Sail
The tall ship, Elissa, lowering sail as she prepared to enter the harbor. Galveston Historical Foundation brought Elissa, an 1877 square-rigged iron barque, from a scrapyard in Piraeus Harbor, Greece to Galveston to begin restoration work in 1978. By 1982, GHF staff and volunteers completed restoration and transformed this historic vessel into a floating museum that would actively sail. Today, the 1877 Tall Ship is one of only three ships of her kind in the world to still actively sail.
Dropping Sail
The tall ship, Elissa, lowering sail as she prepared to enter the harbor. Galveston Historical Foundation brought Elissa, an 1877 square-rigged iron barque, from a scrapyard in Piraeus Harbor, Greece to Galveston to begin restoration work in 1978. By 1982, GHF staff and volunteers completed restoration and transformed this historic vessel into a floating museum that would actively sail. Today, the 1877 Tall Ship is one of only three ships of her kind in the world to still actively sail.