Would-be swabbies, ahoy. A tall ship’s a-comin’.
The sailing ship Hawaiian Chieftain will make a stop in Port Angeles on Tuesday and will return for longer visits in Port Angeles and Port Townsend several times later in the summer, offering tours, brief adventure cruises and longer cruises.
The steel-hulled sailing vessel was built in 1988, designed to resemble early colonial-era passenger and coastal sailing ships that traded among coastal cities and towns on the Atlantic coast.
Usually the Hawaiian Chieftain accompanies the Lady Washington, a full-scale 1989 reproduction of the 18th-century colonial trading ship and Revolutionary War privateer of the same name.
This year, the Lady Washington is undergoing a major refit and will not visit its usual summer ports of call.
When the Hawaiian Chieftain comes to Port Angeles on Tuesday, it will be only for a six-hour sail to Victoria, across the Strait of Juan de Fuca.
The ship will set sail at 7 a.m. from City Pier.
The cost of the cruise is $78 per person for all ages, including infants.
Port Townsend
The Hawaiian Chieftain will begin its longer visit to Port Townsend on July 7 and will offer several tours and passenger sailings through July 12.
All tours and sailings will be from the pier at the Northwest Maritime Center, 431 Water St.
The ship will be open for walk-on tours from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. July 7-8 and from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. July 10-11.
Walk-on tours do not require a reservation. A $3 donation is requested for tours.
The Hawaiian Chieftain’s crew offers two types of cruises: three-hour adventure sails and two-hour evening sails.
The trips are described as “a living history experience with demonstrations of tall-ship handling, sea shanty singing and maritime storytelling.”
Afternoon adventure tours will be offered from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. July 7-8. Tickets cost $39 per person.
Evening sailings will be offered from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. July 8 and 10.
Tickets cost $39 per person for the July 8 evening sail and $29 for the July 10 sailing.
The Hawaiian Chieftain will sail at 8 a.m. July 12 from Port Townsend to Port Angeles’ City Pier.
Passengers on the six-hour cruise will be served a meal. Tickets for the cruise cost $78.50 per person.
Port Angeles
While in Port Angeles on July 13-19, the Hawaiian Chieftain will offer similar tours and sailings.
Tours of the tall ship will be available at 4 p.m. July 13, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. July 15 and 17, and from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. July 18-19.
The ship’s tours are offered for free, but a $3 donation per person is appreciated.
Afternoon adventure tours will be offered from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. July 14 and 15. Tickets cost $39 per person.
Evening sailings will be offered from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. July 13, 14, 15, 17 and 18. Tickets cost $29 per person.
The Hawaiian Chieftain will depart Port Angeles at 8 p.m. July 19 for an eight-hour, one-way sail to Bellingham. Tickets cost $78.50 per person, including a meal at sea.
Advance tickets for all sailing trips are available at www.historicalseaport.org.
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Reporter Arwyn Rice can be reached at 360-452-2345, ext. 5070, or at arwyn.rice@peninsuladailynews.com.
