The Gloucester Adventure

Adventure, an Essex-​built schooner designated a National Historic Landmark nearly a decade ago, is a New England treasure and a throwback to simpler times and the Gloucester fishing industry’s golden era.
She was conceived and built as a knockabout (to wit, sans bowsprit) fishing schooner in 1926. Always a little quick for her purpose, her propeller and screw were removed and all 121′ of her were refitted as a windjammer. In 1989, she was donated to the City of Gloucester with the expressed intention of standing as a testament to the city’s fishing legacy and as a living memorial to fishermen lost at sea.
Nowadays, the Adventure is berthed at a non-​public dock adjacent to Gloucester’s new cruise terminal. Its location is far from ideal and a major downgrade from its previous home at the Heritage Center on Harbor Loop (note that the listed address is incorrect). Even so, the restoration effort (led, by and large, by a devoted crew of volunteers) has been remarkable and even from docked and viewed from afar she’s a gorgeous and powerful visage.