Here are details of some of the tall ships that have been mentioned as expected in the waters off Port Angeles or Port Townsend.
The Adventuress, based in Port Townsend, is a 133-foot gaff-rigged two-masted schooner. Built in 1913, the ship’s first trip was through the Straits of Magellan and then up to arctic waters.
The Amazing Grace is an 83-foot topsail schooner based in Gig Harbor. It sails with a crew of five.
Kia Ora, a schooner, has a five-foot keel for entering shallow lagoons and traditional rigging. It was launched in Seattle in 1980.
Launched in 1990, Kaisei, a brigantine, participated in the Columbus Fleet Events in 1992, flying a UN flag.
The Mallory Todd, named for captain Mallory Todd who served as master on American vessels during the Revolutionary War, is a 65-foot schooner based in Seattle.
The North Star of Herschel Island, a fully rigged ship, is the last of the sailing Arctic cargo ships.
The Zodiac is the largest working schooner on the West Coast.
The Cutty Sark is a 52-foot Mayflower-class gaff ketch built in 1960 in Hong Kong. It is based in Coupeville.
Resolute was the third in a series of 12 identical yawls built for the U.S. Naval Academy for the Navy’s sail training program. Built in 1939, the ship is based is Olympia.
The Niña is a replica of the ship on which Columbus sailed across the Atlantic on his three voyages of discovery to the new world beginning in 1492.
Built in 1991, the ship’s homeport is Tortola, British Virgin Islands. The ship is a 15th century caravel redondo.
The Lady Washington is Washington state’s official ship and was the Interceptor in “Pirates of the Carribean,” The Lady Washington, a brig, was launched in 1989.
Mycia, a gaff schooner, was built in Port Townsend at the School of Wooden Boat Building.
The 56-foot schooner Rejoice was donated to the La Conner Sea Scouts in 1992 by Ramon and Florence Brown.
The story goes that Rejoice was so-named because it was built as a wedding gift by a man who was marrying his wife for a second time. Her name was Joyce.
The gaff ketch Yankee Clipper has been used to train young people in the Sea Scouts since 1950. It is based in west Seattle on the Duwamish River.
The schooner Lavengro is a classic gaff-rigged Biloxi Schooner, like those that once sailed the Gulf of Mexico harvesting oysters and shrimp.
Odyssey, based in Tacoma, is used for sail training as part of the Sea Scouts. It was built in 1938 as a private yacht for the Barkley Henry family.
The Hawaiian Chieftain, a topsail ketch, is a replica of a European merchant trader at the turn of the 19th century. Built in 1988, the ship’s homeport is Aberdeen.
The Lynx, a 122-foot square topsail schooner, is an interpretation of a privateer, or naval schooner, from the War of 1812. The ship is fitted with period ordnance, and crew members wear period uniforms while they operate the ship in keeping with the maritime traditions of early 19th century America.
The USCG Eagle and the Bounty are both expected in Victoria.
The Eagle is a three-masted sailing barque with 21,350 square feet of sail. It is homeported at the Coast Guard Academy at New London, Conn., and is the only active commissioned sailing vessel in the U.S. maritime services.
The Bounty is a fully-rigged ship built for a movie role in “Mutiny on the Bounty.”
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