Residents have the chance to sail aboard a Gig Harbor icon at no cost this month.
Residents have the chance to sail aboard a Gig Harbor icon at no cost this month.
The Gig Harbor BoatShop is offering an hour of sailing aboard Thunderbird No. 2, known as the Pirouette, which the organization relaunched in May after two years of renovation.
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The Adventuress isn’t your typical tall ship. The schooner, built in 1913, has seen sailors young and old from all corners of the South Sound, and this week it will dock in Foss Waterway to share its charm with Tacoma residents.
South Sound residents have the chance to hit the high seas, or at least Puget Sound, aboard the historic schooner Adventuress.
For some, she’s a newborn; for others, a grand old lady. Either way, the Thunderbird No. 2 needs her rest. The classic wooden sailboat has been put to bed for the winter, six months after volunteers at the nonprofit Gig Harbor BoatShop finished a two-year renovation project.
Thursday, March 21 Gig Harbor BoatShop
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