Congratulations to our friends at the Adventuress, who use the boat as a floating environmental training facility. If you have never taken a ride on her, you should do so this summer. With the economy in tatters, it’s a good idea to spend your vacation dollars closer to home. It’s also environmentally the best thing to do!- Editor
6/15 Seattle Times
By Craig Welch
Seattle Times staff reporter
”…Nearly two dozen icons of Puget Sound’s past will split $750,000 in grants as runners-up in a public contest to boost historic preservation in the Seattle area.
… The first place winners — Town Hall on Seattle’s First Hill and a 136-foot wooden ship called Schooner Adventuress — were chosen by the public in a campaign that ended last month. Each was awarded $125,000.
More at
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2012126779_preservation16m.html
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On behalf of all of us aboard Puget Sound’s environmental tall ship, Adventuress, thank you Al and all who voted! We’re so thrilled and humbled that so many folks in the region care about this historic ship and her environmental/youth mission. Thank you all and hope to see you aboard!