This day trip was a lot of fun. We took Alley, Preston, Lauren, Nikki and Rylie out for lunch, a 3 hour cruise and then time just hanging out on the boat at the marina. The weather started out cloudy but by the end of the day it was beautiful out.
We made this into a little birthday celebration by giving Preston and Lauren their gifts. Preston's birthday was May 24 and Lauren's is June 2. Lauren was thrilled with her Nordstrom gift card and Preston was happy to get new barbecue tools.
We always find it amusing that with all the beautiful scenery some of our guests are happy to be in the salon and play games or visit. That's fine with us - it is all about having a relaxing day. Alley had brought a couple games so they had a rousing game of Yahtzee going for awhile.
Eventually they found their way to the fly bridge where we enjoyed the sunshine and the scenery. We didn't see any sea life until we returned to the marina and found a seal.
One treat we had was to cruise by the Tall Ships that are visiting the Everett Marina for exhibition and tours. Following is some information taken from the Everett Marina website that I found rather interesting. Now that I know more about them I would love to take a tour of them.
THE LADY WASHINGTON
Launched on March 7, 1989, the Lady Washington was built in Aberdeen, Wash., by Grays Harbor Historical Seaport Authority, a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit public development authority. The new Lady Washington is a full-scale replica of the original Lady Washington.
In 1787, after the Revolutionary War, she was given a major refit to prepare her for a unprecedented trading voyage around Cape Horn. In 1788, she became the first American vessel to make landfall on the west coast of North America.
A pioneer in Pan-Pacific trade, she was the first American ship to visit Honolulu, Hong Kong and Japan. Lady Washington opened the black pearl and sandalwood trade between Hawaii and Asia when King Kamehameha became a partner in the ship.
The modern Lady Washington, constructed as a brig, was thoroughly researched by historians and constructed by skilled shipwrights. She was launched as part of the 1989 Washington State Centennial celebration. The new Lady Washington is a U.S. Coast Guard inspected and certified passenger sailing vessel.
Over the years, Lady Washington has appeared in several motion pictures and television shows, including Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, Star Trek: Generations, Once Upon A Time, and Revolution.
THE HAWAIIAN CHIEFTAIN
Built of steel in Hawaii in 1988 and originally designed for cargo trade among the Hawaiian Islands, naval architect Raymond H. Richards’ design for Hawaiian Chieftain was influenced by the early colonial passenger and coastal packets that traded among Atlantic coastal cities and towns. The coastal packet service was part of the coasting trade based on mercantile activity of the developing seaboard towns. The early packet ships were regular traders and were selected because they sailed remarkably well and could enter small ports with their shallow draft. Out of the gradual development of the Atlantic packet ship hull form came the ship design practices that helped produce some of the best of the clipper ships of the later 1850s.
Hawaiian Chieftain was commissioned by Laurence H. “Baron” Dorcy, Jr., and constructed by Drake Thomas, owner of Lahaina Welding Co., Ltd. on the island of Maui. An article by artist and historian Herb Kane about Maui’s King Kahekili was Thomas’ inspiration for the name “Hawaiian Chieftain.” Master lofting was completed by Morgan Davies, with assistance from Raymond Richards.
