What is happening with the big boat?
The big green boat is the historic schooner Wawona, built in 1897 in Fairhaven, California. She measures 165′ on the deck and sailed three bald-headed, gaff-rigged masts. She was built to haul lumber to California and elsewhere but became a fishing vessel in 1914. She sailed to the Bering Sea to seek codfish and was the most successful sail-powered fishing vessel during her 29 seasons in Alaska. During WWII, she was commandeered by the Army and was used as a barge to haul lumber to the Boeing Airplane Company, where it was used to make military aircraft. The Wawona became a museum ship in 1964 and was the first vessel to be listed on the National Register of Historic Places, in 1970.
