Adventure (1926 schooner)

Adventure
Sailing in the tourist trade
History
United States
BuilderJ. F. James & Son Shipyard
Launched16 September 1926
General characteristics
TypeSchooner
Tonnage130 gross register tons (GRT)
Length
  • 122 ft (37 m) (LOA)
  • 109 ft (33 m) (LWL)
Beam24 ft 6 in (7.47 m)
Height110 ft (34 m)
Draft13 ft 6 in (4.11 m)
Installed power
Sail planGaff rigged schooner
Complement27
Adventure (schooner)
LocationGloucester, Massachusetts
Coordinates42°36′56.3″N 70°39′14.7″W / 42.615639°N 70.654083°W / 42.615639; -70.654083
Built1926
ArchitectThomas F. McManus
NRHP reference No.89002054
Significant dates
Added to NRHP11 December 1989
Designated NHL19 April 1994

Adventure is a gaff rigged knockabout schooner. She was built in Essex, Massachusetts, USA, and launched in 1926 to work the Grand Banks fishing grounds out of Gloucester. She is one of only two surviving knockabout fishing schooners – ships designed without bowsprits for the safety of her crew.

Adventure was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1994, underwent a substantial restoration in 2012, and sails today in the tourist trade out of Gloucester.