Delayed by bad weather, the Lady Washington was expected to dock at City Pier in Port Angeles late tonight and offer dock-side tours Wednesday, while the Hawaiian Chieftain will not show up until Friday.
Grays Harbor Historic Seaport, which owns the two tall ships, had said that the Lady Washington, the official ship of Washington state, and the Hawaiian Chieftain, were to arrive before noon today.
At least one of the two tall ships will be docked in Port Angeles until Monday, Sept. 13, and the Lady Washington will be in Port Townsend during the Wooden Boat Festival, which is Sept. 10-12.
Wind, rain and rough seas delayed the Lady Washington after it left Tacoma on Monday, headed for Port Angeles, said Roxie Underwood, the agency’s education director.
The ship pulled into Port Townsend because of bad weather and left there this afternoon, beginning the nine-hour trip to Port Angeles, Underwood said.
“They were hauling a long boat,” Underwood said.
“They had to pull into Port Townsend because it wasn’t traveling well in the weather.”
The Hawaiian Chieftain, which had also been scheduled to arrive in Port Angeles today, instead is on a private charter and won’t be in Port Angeles until the end of the week, Underwood said.
Tours of the Lady Washington — a full-size wooden replica of a brig that accompanied Capt. Robert Gray’s expedition to the Pacific Northwest in 1788 — were expected to be available from noon to 5 p.m. today and Thursday; from noon to 4:30 p.m. Friday; from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday through next Monday; from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Sept. 10; and from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sept. 11-12.
A $3 donation per person is requested for the walk-on tours.
No reservation is required.
Battle and adventure sails begin Friday.
Three-hour battle sails — with booming cannons and close-quarter maneuvers — are scheduled in Port Angeles at 2 p.m. Saturday, Sunday and next Monday.
Tickets are $60 for adults; $50 for students, seniors or active military; and $40 for children 12 and younger.
An evening adventure sail aboard the Lady Washington is planned at 5:30 p.m. Friday. It will cost $35.
Other adventure sails will be on the Hawaiian Chieftain. The ship will leave City Pier at 10 a.m. Sunday and at 2 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 11, and Sunday, Sept. 12.
Tickets are $55 for adults; $45 for students, seniors or active military; and $35 for children 12 and younger, who must be accompanied by adults.
Next Tuesday, the Lady Washington will leave for biennial maintenance, haul-out and Coast Guard safety inspection in Port Townsend. It will be one of the attractions at the Wooden Boat Festival.
The Hawaiian Chieftain will remain at City Pier in Port Angeles to offer walk-on tours and weekend sailings through Sunday, Sept. 12.
The Hawaiian Chieftain is a replica of a typical 19th century merchant trader used for trade in the Hawaiian Islands.
For more information or to purchase tickets, visit the ships, click on www.historicalseaport.org or phone 800-200-5239.
