Curiosity Club on Tall Ships

Well, I missed seeing the tall ships in person, but I did make it to the Curiosity Club talk about life on the crew of a tall ship. The talk was projected on a hunk of sailcloth that was rigged up as a screen! We practiced tying knots, learned about traditional tools of a sailor, and deciphered the meanings of maritime tattoos. Fun stuff.

New Sketchcrawl: Tall Ships in Vancouver, WA

Join us this Sunday, May 26, to sketch the tall ships Lady Washington and Hawaiian Chieftain at the Vancouver Quay.

These ships are on their way upriver and will be docked in Vancouver, WA, through Memorial Day weekend.  You can visit the ships for a suggested donation of $3, or book a battle sail for $40-60.   

If you are traveling by public transit from Portland, keep in mind we'll be on Sunday schedules so service isn't frequent.  It looks like the fastest route from Close-In SE is to take the 6 bus to Jantzen Beach, then walk north over the I-5 bridge (total journey of about 70 minutes, ~25 minutes of that walking).

Location: http://historicalseaport.org/ai1ec_event/vancouver-wa-5/?instance_id=154019

Sail schedule: http://historicalseaport.org/sail-with-us/public-sail-schedule/

10am: Meet at the Quay, to sketch from shore and/or tour the vessels.

12:30: Break for lunch at Red Lion Quay Restaurant, since I think we might be able to get a view and keep sketching.

2:00: At this time the ships will be leaving for the afternoon battle sail.  There's a possibility we'll be able to sketch them from shore during the battle sail and thus have a chance to capture the unfurled sails.  There's also a possibility we'll get rained out!  Let's wing it.

Here are some of Kalina's sketches of these ships from previous visits.

Tall Ships are a huge challenge to sketch, but worth it - and the crew loves having artists aboard.

Tall Ships, two days

These are the result of two days sketching the tall ships 'Lady Washington' & 'Hawaiian Chieftain'. The first on a beautiful day last Saturday in St Helens and yesterday between rain storms at the Vancouver dock.

Linda was in Vancouver too and after looking at some of her detailes of the ships I was encouraged to do some also.