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Adventuress is a 133-foot gaff-rigged schooner launched in 1913 in East Boothbay, Maine. She has since been restored, and is listed as a National Historic Landmark. She did some Arctic exploring and later was a pilot ship in San Francisco where her number was 15. She now sails out of Port Townsend as part of Sound Experience (www.soundexp.org).
If she did sunrise sails when there was exceptional sky color they might look like this. The mountain is Mt Baker. The view is from the 2011 Wooden Boat Festival.
This is a scene I photographed while sailing on the 1913 Adventuress schooner except I added a lovely craft I photographed at Port Townsend’s Wooden Boat festival. I have sailed a lot with a spritsail but never with a twin rig like this. It seems like a nice way to explore the many islands.
Adventuress is a 133-foot gaff-rigged schooner launched in 1913 in East Boothbay, Maine. She was built for John Borden who wanted to do some Arctic exploration. He sold Adventuress to the San Francisco Bar Pilots Association, where she worked for 35 years as #15. During World War II, she was a United States Coast Guard vessel, guarding San Francisco Bay. She went through several owners and restorations. Today Adventuress is operated by the non-profit organization Sound Experience, as a platform for environmental education. I have taken two 4-day cruises on Adventuress was able to serve as the shanty singer for raising and lowering that huge mainsail. That big crowd on her in this photo or a short cruise at Port Townsend's Wooden Boat Festival. woodenboat.org/plan-your-visit
Let’s have a listen … (5min.) @ www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZXBia5kuqY
The convent was demolished in 1972. The chapel has been saved and restored the National Gallery of Canada in Ottawa, Ontario.
Entering the chapel, one feels it is a separate building. The installation is in a windowless, interior, gallery space but the chapel’s walls and ceiling, as well as the artificial light behind it’s simple stained glass windows, removes all sense of the museum surrounding it. There are backless benches in the center of the chapel. In a circle around these benches are 40 small, free-standing, speakers; each projecting one voice of Thomas Tallis’ 40-part motet “Spem in alium”. What a moving experience!!!
This is from a four-day cruise I took on the gaff-rigged Adventuress Schooner that was built in 1913. They let me be the shantyman to sing the big sails up with lots of folks pitching in. Here there is just one fellow hauling on a halliard of the much easier to haul up staysail. On these trips the visitors form three groups to do sailors tasks and to have fun. The regular crew clearly enjoys assisting us.
A hand gently lifts the needle of a turntable in a cozy room. Soft lighting creates a calming atmosphere as music fills the air during a tranquil evening.
Adventuress is a 133-foot gaff-rigged schooner launched in 1913 in East Boothbay, Maine. She does cruises in the San Juan Islands in Washington. Different people have different things they enjoy on such a cruise. For me, it was leading some chantys and climbing up the ratlines (with Advenuress anchored in a pretty natural harbor). Several folks wanted the to take wheel as we sailed. Others sailed the lovely wooden dinghy, or learned some navigation, or collected environmental samples. The crew also turned the ship in a 360 degree pirouette with some fancy sail handling. That was fun to watch. www.soundexp.org
It takes a brisk wind to heel over this 133 foot long schooner. Here we have it (I was not tilting the camera). That big black item is the diesel exhaust which for years gave Adventuress a somewhat sooty mainsail. That eventually got modified so the new sail stays clean. In 1913, Adventuress was unusual in that she had an auxiliary engine which was later replaced with diesel. Stuff on deck: wooden boxes holding life jackets, an inflatable raft in a white case, belaying pins securing halliards, coiled ropes, the lapstraked wooden dinghy, a fender.. www.soundexp.org
Guemes Channel. Curtis Wharf.
"The Adventuress is a 133-foot gaff-rigged schooner. Built at the Rice Brother’s Boatyard, in East Boothbay, Maine as a private yacht, the ship was launched in 1913. Her owner, John Borden II, the founder of Chicago’s Yellow Cab Co. sailed The Adventuress from Maine, around the tip of South America, and north to the Arctic. Borden intended to sail to Alaska to catch a bowhead whale for the American Museum of Natural History in New York. Borden's efforts to catch a whale failed and he sold Adventuress to the San Francisco Bar Pilots Association, which marked the beginning of her career as a workboat. For 35 years, she transferred pilots to and from cargo vessels near the Farallone Islands. During World War II, she was a United States Coast Guard vessel, guarding San Francisco Bay"
Around 1952, Adventuress was brought to Seattle, where she went through several owners. Eventually, she wound up in the care of Monty Morton and Ernestine Bennett, who managed a non-profit sail training organization called Youth Adventures. Under their ownership, the boat was restored to most of her original lines.
Today Adventuress is operated by the non-profit organization Sound Experience, as a platform for environmental education about Puget Sound."
Discover the captivating ART OF NOISE exhibit at SFMOMA, where sound and art merge in a unique sensory experience. This striking installation, housed within one of San Francisco’s most iconic modern art museums, invites visitors to engage with the architecture of sound. Positioned in a minimalist, dimly lit room, the exhibit features two towering, industrial speaker structures flanking a central setup of massive subwoofers. These sculptures are as visually imposing as they are aurally immersive, evoking both a retro aesthetic and cutting-edge sound engineering. The room’s acoustics are finely tuned to deliver a powerful auditory experience that draws inspiration from the evolution of music technology over the decades.
This exhibit is more than just a nod to avant-garde sound systems; it’s an homage to the pioneers of noise art, particularly the Futurist movement of the early 20th century. The clean, geometric shapes of the speakers reflect the utilitarian design ethos of the era, blending form and function in a way that serves both artistic and technical purposes. Inside SFMOMA’s architectural marvel, designed by Mario Botta and expanded by Snøhetta, the contrast between the museum’s modern lines and the raw industrial aesthetics of the exhibit heightens the visitor’s immersion into the world of sound as a tactile and visual experience.
Don’t miss this chance to experience sound like never before, where art, history, and architecture converge at The ART OF NOISE. Whether you're an audiophile or a casual visitor, this exhibit offers a thought-provoking exploration of how we perceive and engage with sound in a museum setting.
The Port Townsend Wooden Boat Festival is held each year the weekend following Labor Day.
With over 30,000 people attending the three-day event, and featuring 300 boats of all types and sizes, it is the largest wooden boat festival in the United States.
Here's where to find information about the Festival: nwmaritime.org/events/wooden-boat-festival/
If you're on Instagram or Twitter, click #woodenboatfestival .
Adventuress is a 133-foot gaff-rigged schooner launched in 1913 in East Boothbay, Maine.
Today Adventuress is operated by the non-profit organization Sound Experience, as a platform for environmental education about Puget Sound.
Caro... for you... this is the bird call I promised from Costa Rica. The picture and sound were captured while walking through the "Cloud Forest."