Adventuress
Type: Ships
Owner: Sound Experience
Phone: 360-379-0438
Designation*: NHL
Built: 1913
Location: Water St. and Polk St., Port Townsend
Map and directions (Courtesy Google Maps)
Hours: Contact owner
Admission: Contact owner

*DOE=Designated eligible; NR=National Register of Historic Places; NHL=National Historic Landmark; WHR=Washington Heritage Register; City=Local city; County=Local county; N/A=Not applicable

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The 136-foot gaff-rigged schooner Adventuress was launched in 1913 at the Rice Brothers' Yard in East Boothbay, Maine. Her first owner sold her the next year to the San Francisco Bar Pilot's Association, which marked the beginning of her career as a workboat. For 35 years, she transferred pilots to and from cargo vessels near the Farrallone Islands. During World War II, she was a US Coast Guard vessel, guarding San Francisco Bay.

After she was replaced by a power vessel, she was beached for ten years near Sausalito and quickly deteriorated. About 1960, she was brought to Seattle, and went through several owners, eventually winding up in the care of Monty Morton and Ernestine Bennett, who managed a non-profit organization called Youth Adventures. The vessel was eventually restored to its former glory and listed as a National Historic Landmark in 1989. She is now operated by Sound Experience, a non-profit organization based in Port Townsend. The ship hosts environmental education programs April through October.