Friendship Sails!
SEPTEMBER 4 & 5, 2010
Grab your windbreaker, sunglasses and a pair of binoculars for the ride of a lifetime!
It is with great excitement that we announce that National Park Service tall ship, Friendship of Salem, has successfully completed all necessary US Coast Guard certification and sea trails, enabling her to board commercial passengers on day sails.
Friendship’s Inaugural passenger sail will take place Labor Day Weekend, September 4th and 5th when the vessel will travel to and participate in the annual Gloucester Schooner Festival. Tickets for this exclusive event are available on a first-come, first-serve basis. The passenger capacity is 45 persons per sail.
Tickets are now available for purchase online!
Sail on Saturday, September 4th
Sailing from Salem to Gloucester
7:30 AM - 2:30 PM
Ticket Price $250.00 / $185.00pp for Members of Essex Heritage and Rotarians of the North Shore. View and print the Rotary Flyer.
* All participants must plan to arrive at the dock in Salem at 6:45 AM
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Departure/arrival times subject to change due to tide/wind constraints.
* For all ages 12+
Buy Tickets and additional information
Sail on Sunday, September 5th, 2010
Gloucester Schooner Festival Day Sail
8:30 AM - 3:00 PM
Ticket Price $250.00 / $185.00pp for Members of Essex Heritage
* All participants must plan to arrive at the dock in Gloucester at 7:45 AM
* Departure/arrival times subject to change due to tide/wind constraints.
* For all ages 12+
Buy Tickets and additional information
To pay by check
To pay by check and reserve your ticket, please call Essex Heritage at (978) 740-0444. Tickets are $250 per person. Checks can be made payable to Essex Heritage and mailed to Essex Heritage, 221 Essex Street, Suite 41, Salem, MA 01970. Please note which day you are purchasing tickets for and the names of all passengers.
Cancellation & Refund Policy
This event is rain or shine. Please dress accordingly! Should the National Park Service need to cancel the sail due to storm conditions (RE: hurricane force winds) or another unforeseen cause, passengers will receive a full refund for their tickets.
Individual cancellations must be received not later than noon on August 20 (14 days prior to the date of sail) to be eligible to receive a refund. The ticket will be refunded less the cost of electronic ticketing fees associated with credit card purchases. Those tickets purchased by check will receive a full refund. Cancellations received after this deadline will not be eligible for a refund.
Cancellations will be accepted only - via email to emilyl@essexheritage.org or by phone call to Essex Heritage at 978-740-0444 and must be received before the cancellation deadline of noon on Friday, August 20.
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An educational vessel and National Park Service emissary to the region, Friendship is a full scale replica of the original ship built in 1796. The three-masted, square-rigged, 342-ton vessel was an “East Indiaman,” a type of merchant ship that made Salem and Newburyport leaders in trade with the Far East in the years after the American Revolution. For more information about the history of Friendship, visit the Salem Maritime National Historic Site at www.nps.gov/sama.
The Essex National Heritage Commission and National Park Service Strategic Relationship provides a dynamic platform that successfully extends the NPS mission beyond traditional park unit boundaries. Working together we are currently engaging, promoting, educating and inspiring new audiences throughout this region.