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    Cambridge, you've more than shown up for us! From Cambridge, you've more than shown up for us! From this morning's incredible sunrise to an amazing first day of deck tours on our @galvesotn250 voyage, you've been a much-appreciated and welcoming port. We'll have our decks open today from noon to five for tours, merchandise sales, and all the selfies you can capture. 

Head to galveston250.com for all the details on our upcoming stops!
    =========== ELISSA Captain's Log: 12 noon, Saturda ===========
ELISSA Captain's Log: 12 noon, Saturday, June 20th, 2026
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CAMBRIDGE, MARYLAND

We headed north in the Chesapeake Bay yesterday, and this morning we ran up the Choptank River to beautiful Cambridge, MD.
 
One of the things that is extra-special about coming into these small ports is that, sometimes, better than PR releases or social media posts is simply catching people's attention with our towering, square-rigged masts suddenly appearing on their waterfront.
 
Free Public Tours today & tomorrow (Saturday & Sunday) 12 - 5 pm. 
 
Regards,
Captain Andrew Ellers

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POSITIONING
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ELISSA at 12 noon (EDT)
Distance Traveled: 1814nm
Position: 38deg 34.4' N  x  76deg 04.2' W
Course: n/a (moored)
Speed-Over-Ground: n/a (moored)
Weather: Sunny and Beautiful; 12kt wind from W.

Support our voyage at galveston250.com/support and pre-order our online-only Fair Winds t-shirt!

#GalvestonHistory #LoveGalveston #GalvestonIsland #1877ELISSA #Sail4th250 #SailBoston
    Movie night on The Strand returns tonight at dusk Movie night on The Strand returns tonight at dusk with a showing of Hidden Figures! Released in 2017, the movie stars Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer, and Janelle Monáe.

Three brilliant African American women at NASA, Katherine Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan, and Mary Jackson, serve as the brains behind one of the greatest operations in history, the launch of astronaut John Glenn into orbit, a stunning achievement that restored the nation's confidence, turned around the Space Race, and galvanized the world.

FREE to the public. Bring your blankets, chairs, and friends for a Galveston night under the stars at Hendley Green.
 
#GalvestonHistory #LoveGalveston #GalvestonIsland
    Hello, Cambridge, Maryland! @GalvestonHistory's 18 Hello, Cambridge, Maryland! @GalvestonHistory's 1877 ELISSA is at @CambridgeYachtBasin this weekend with FREE public tours scheduled for Saturday and Sunday from noon to five pm. We can't wait to welcome you on board the Official Tall Ship of Texas as we voyage on our @Galveston250 summer.
 
Many thanks to Dockmaster Scott Fitzhugh at the yacht basin, who's been instrumental in providing us with a temporary home in your community.
    =========== ELISSA Captain's Log: 12 noon, Friday, ===========
ELISSA Captain's Log: 12 noon, Friday, June 19th, 2026
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GRAB BAG - RANDOM BITS OF THIS AND THAT

DATA POINTS: We reached our furthest point south off the Florida Keys last week. Some of these records are the furthest ELISSA has reached in 40 years. Last night at about 2 am, northeast of Cape Hatteras, we reached our furthest point east in forty years. We are currently heading slightly west into the Chesapeake Bay, but will head farther east again when we reach NYC and Boston. Several days ago, we passed the latitude of Galveston, so now every minute we head north is setting a new “urthest north in 40 years!
 
NON-STOP SAILING: Proud to say that after sailing off the dock and down the channel in Fort Pierce, we went nearly four complete days without any use of the engine. That’s close to 700 nautical miles covered under sail alone. 'Fair Winds & Following Seas’ indeed! All good things must come to an end, though, and with a change in the weather today came shifting and diminishing winds, so we have thrown in the towel for now and are motoring the final 60 or so miles up and into the Chesapeake Bay.

HISTORY: Often when ELISSA is mentioned, so is “1877," the year she was built. Consider this: earlier this morning, we sailed past Kitty Hawk, the site of the Wright brothers’ first manned flight in 1903. When that happened, ELISSA had already been sailing for 26 years!

NEXT STOP: We will arrive tomorrow morning (Saturday, 6/19) in Cambridge, Maryland, stay a few days, and probably depart on Tuesday. It’ll give everyone a chance to get some rest and an opportunity to do some repairs and maintenance on ELISSA. We are working to offer free deck tours for the public on Saturday and Sunday afternoons.
 
Regards,
Captain Andrew Ellers

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POSITIONING
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ELISSA at 12 noon (EDT)
Distance Traveled: 1711nm
Position: 36deg 34' N  x  75deg 46' W
Course: 350 M
Speed-Over-Ground: 8.2 kts.
Weather: Mostly Cloudy w/showers; 10kt wind from W; seas 1-2’ from W.

Support our voyage at galveston250.com/support and pre-order our online-only Fair Winds t-shirt!

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    If there's one phrase we won't get tired of on thi If there's one phrase we won't get tired of on this history-making journey, it's "Fair Winds and Following Seas." We see it in the comments, we hear it from our crew, and we join in those well-wishes. Every mile sailed is another one in the record books, and each one of you is along for this voyage.

In honor of this adventure, we've got a limited-time pre-sale of our new Fair Winds t-shirt. Orders will be accepted through July 6. Get your order in now and show your support for our Galveston 250 summer!

Get your order in and find all the ways you can support at galveston250.com/support.
 
#Galveston250 #GalvestonHistory #1877ELISSA #LoveGalveston #GalvestonIsland
    The people of Texas are informed that, in accordan The people of Texas are informed that, in accordance with a Proclamation from the Executive of the United States, all slaves are free. – General Orders, No. 3

Juneteenth and General Orders No. 3, issued on June 19, 1865, announcing that all slaves were free, are among Galveston’s and the nation's most important historical moments. On today's 160th anniversary of that day, we look back on the people, places, and stories of Juneteenth and Galveston's central role in this holiday.

Read the full order and learn more at https://www.galvestonhistory.org/news/juneteenth-and-general-order-no-3.
 
#GalvestonHistory #LoveGalveston #GalvestonIsland #Juneteenth
    =========== ELISSA Able-Bodied Seafarer’s Log: 12 ===========
ELISSA Able-Bodied Seafarer’s Log: 12 noon, Thursday, June 18th, 2026
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SENSE of SCALE

I brought a new camera along for this trip, my last point-and-shoot having taken a tumble on a small-boat journey a while back. I’ve been loading it full of pictures from the same angles over the past several days. A boring concept at first brush, but when you couple that with the variability of weather, sail plan, and sea state over the span of days we’ve had, that repetition of angles takes on complexity.

Getting to know ELISSA from the perspective of quartermaster for the Main Mast Watch has been a joy. Each change in the forces acting on the ship and the subsequent adaptation of sail plan and trim have helped me get to know her a little better. To feel the way she responds almost grudgingly to a turn to starboard while the prop encourages a turn to port. The way she becomes lively and spirited with the lift of sail, able to turn so quickly that the compass card has difficulty keeping up.

To touch on Captain Ellers’s metaphors of galloping along, I’m accustomed to sailing schooners akin to show horses. Boats with creators like Alden, Crowninshield, and Burgess in their lineage. Sailing vessels with a turning radius that’ll make a modern yacht look twice, and a wetted surface conducive to dressage in tight spaces.

I’ve had precious few opportunities to sail aboard ships of ELISSA’s scale, made for heavy loads and deep draft. In the “following seas” of the past few days, my camera struggles to do justice, but this ship lopes along where those yachty ‘show horses’ would be prone to shying.

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    ===========ELISSA Captain's Log: 12 noon, Saturday, June 20th, 2026===========CAMBRIDGE, MARYLANDWe headed north in the Chesapeake Bay yesterday, and this morning we ran up the Choptank River to beautiful Cambridge, MD. One of the things that is extra-special about coming into these small ports is that, sometimes, better than PR releases or social media posts is simply catching people's attention with our towering, square-rigged masts suddenly appearing on their waterfront. Free Public Tours today & tomorrow (Saturday & Sunday) 12 - 5 pm. Regards,Captain Andrew Ellers==========POSITIONING==========ELISSA at 12 noon (EDT)Distance Traveled: 1814nmPosition: 38deg 34.4' N x 76deg 04.2' WCourse: n/a (moored)Speed-Over-Ground: n/a (moored)Weather: Sunny and Beautiful; 12kt wind from W.Support our voyage at galveston250.com/support and pre-order our online-only Fair Winds t-shirt! ... See MoreSee Less

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