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For Immediate Release
Contact: Joe Follansbee
360-589-0766/jfollansbee@historicalseaport.org.
Oakland, Calif. – Sept. 27, 2010 - The topsail ketch Hawaiian Chieftain will open its 2010-2011 California sailing season with a visit to Jack London Square on Oakland’s historic waterfront Oct. 8-10. The tall ship is scheduled to arrive in Oakland during the evening of Friday, Oct. 8 after a six-day passage from its home port of Grays Harbor, Wash. The ship is chartered by a private party on Saturday, Oct. 9, and it will open for public tours on Sunday, Oct. 10 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. The crew will be dressed in period costume. A $3 donation per person is appreciated.
At 2 p.m. Oct. 10, the Hawaiian Chieftain will welcome guests for a three-hour Adventure Sail, which features demonstrations of tall ship handling, a sea shanty, and an opportunity for guests to help sail a real tall ship. Tickets are $55 adults, $45 students/seniors/active military, and $35 children 12 and under. To purchase tickets, visit www.historicalseaport.org or call 800-200-5239.
The Hawaiian Chieftain is also inviting guests on a three-hour, one-way Passage from Oakland’s Jack London Square to Pier 40 on San Francisco’s waterfront Monday, Oct 11. Tickets are $67.50 and may be purchased online at www.historicalseaport.org or by calling 800-200-5239. The vessel departs at 9 a.m.
After a brief stay in San Francisco, Hawaiian Chieftain will depart for a two-month stay in Sacramento, where it will offer educational programs for K-12 school and home-school groups, as well as youth service groups and seniors. Slots are filling up quickly educators or group leaders interested in an educational program should call Roxie Underwood, 800-200-5239, ext. 102.
Hawaiian Chieftain is scheduled to visit 11 California ports from Oct. 8 through March 31, 2011. The ship will return to Oakland for a three-week stay in February, 2011.
Built in 1988 in Hawaii, the two-masted, steel-hulled Hawaiian Chieftain is a replica of a typical early 19th South Seas trading vessel. The vessel is 103-feet, nine-inches long and 22 feet at the beam. Her main mast rises 75 feet off the water. She is a frequent companion to the brig Lady Washington, which will be in transit to San Francisco during Hawaiian Chieftain’s Oakland visit.
About The Grays Harbor Historical Seaport Authority
The Grays Harbor Historical Seaport Authority is a not-for-profit, 501c3 public development authority based in Aberdeen, Wash. that owns and operates the tall ships Hawaiian Chieftain and Lady Washington, the Official Ship of the State of Washington. GHHSA provides educational, vocational, recreational and ambassadorial activities and experiences that promote and preserve the maritime history of Grays Harbor, the Pacific Northwest, and our nation while serving the needs of the community.
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