San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park
C.A. Thayer Restoration Film
C.A. Thayer Restoration Film
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National Historical Park
1988 Park Size 50 acres Annual Visitors 1.8 million Park Fee $15 to visit ships, free to walk grounds Superintendent Paul DePrey Park Partner San Francisco Maritime National Park Association Location San Francisco County, CA |
San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park is home to over 100 historically significant vessels and a world-class collection of Pacific maritime artifacts and documents. Millions of visitors enjoy a number of the park’s ships and exhibits at Hyde Street Pier annually.
The tall ship C.A. Thayer (1895) is a three-mast gaff-rigged schooner that delivered lumber and other cargo along the Pacific Coast into the early 20th century. The 216-foot ship is a National Historic Landmark, but has not been under sail in nearly 60 years. The Thayer is currently in the final stages of a full reconstruction that has taken over a dozen years to complete. A separate Fund grant provided new sails for the ship. The Fund for People in Parks worked with National Park Service staff and filmmaker Steve Bumgardner to produce a short documentary film, C.A. Thayer: The Last of the Lumber Schooners. It focuses on lumber schooner history, the physical reconstruction, and stories about the unique personal contributions and commitment of members of the restoration team to this once-in-a-lifetime project. The film can be viewed below or on the park's YouTube channel and is in ongoing use in the park and park partner’s outreach communications. It was also featured at the 2018 International Maritime Film Festival, at the 2019 Tall Ships America Conference, the Sausalito Community Boating Center's annual Herring Celebration, in Norcalsailing.com's weekly newsletter, the "Tales of Sail" blog for the Association for Gaff Rig Sailing, and is currently playing daily at the Santa Barbara Maritime Museum. Project Cost: $30,000 Project Completed: 2017 |
