Some of the lines and rigging necessary to utilize the 4,200 square feet of sail in the auxiliary gaff-rigged topsail ketch, "Hawaiian Chieftain". With names like "clewlines", "belaying pins", "buntlines" "ratlines", "tacks", "sheets", "downhauls", "halyards", "stays" and "shrouds" the nomenclature involved with rigging of multiple sails can be downright bewildering.
The 103' LOA (length overall) sailing vessel is a replica of European merchant traders at the turn of the 19th century built in Hawaii in 1988. In 2004 it was purchased by the Grays Harbor Historical Seaport Society and joins the tall ship "Lady Washington" in educational, sailing training and ambassadorial visits around the west coast. The original figurehead was a carving of King Kamehameha , but was lost in a storm off the Oregon coast. The replacement was a smaller figurehead, seen in the far right of the bottom picture, still featuring a bust clad in yellow and red feathers represents a member of Hawaiian royalty.
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