She laid dormant under shrink-wrap in Maine for four years prior to being acquired by her current owner in March of 2021. Alca i was used for fifteen years to conduct research on behalf of the Smithsonian on the effect of global warming on the growth of algae between Maine and Labrador. Passageways include two bulkhead and three external water-tight doors. The hull is provided with 8 water-tight bulkheads, including a double collision bulkhead. The hull was then double sheathed inside and out with epoxy-saturated glass matt, with four layers at the water line, providing additional strength for Arctic work. Each piece of the two-inch thick oak strip hull planking was epoxy-sealed prior to fastening and all fastener holes epoxied prior to the fasteners being driven into the frames. Named after the extinct penguin-like flightless bird named Alca impennis (commonly known as the “Great Auk”), the hull of Alca i is strip plank on frame heavy construction with keel, frame and floors of epoxy-laminated and glassed white oak with bronze, Monel and stainless steel fasteners. Adventuress is a National Historic Landmark officially recognized as “Puget Sound’s Environmental Tall Ship.” Sound Experience offers programs for all ages and backgrounds and takes pride in providing many levels of training opportunities for volunteer and paid crew. Adventuress has sailed on the waters of Puget Sound for almost three decades under the stewardship of nonprofit Sound Experience, offering hands-on environmental education and leadership development to thousands of young people annually and partnering with youth-serving organizations to reach at-risk kids. Crowninshield-designed schooner has traveled the Strait of Magellan and the Bering Sea on an arctic expedition for naturalist Roy Chapman Andrews served as a Bar Pilot vessel off of San Francisco patrolled the west coast during World War II and trained young sailors in seamanship skills in Seattle with Youth Adventure. Sound Experience sails the historic schooner Adventuress to educate, inspire, and empower an inclusive community that works to improve our marine environment and celebrates our maritime heritage.
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