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Leading up to Sunday, July 4, 1976, more than 100 large sailing ships, including 16 square-riggers, came into the harbor en masse — and on the day itself, they were joined by perhaps 5,000 small craft, from tiny catamarans to good-size yachts.
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Christopher Bonanos,
Curbed,
30 June 2026
The Pacific had struck the Orpheus, a 1,100-ton square-rigger that was traveling north along the Washington coast to load a shipment of coal at Nanaimo in British Columbia.
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Joel Sams,
Smithsonian Magazine,
30 Jan. 2025
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Christopher Bonanos,
Curbed,
30 June 2026
The Pacific had struck the Orpheus, a 1,100-ton square-rigger that was traveling north along the Washington coast to load a shipment of coal at Nanaimo in British Columbia.
—
Joel Sams,
Smithsonian Magazine,
30 Jan. 2025
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“Square-rigger.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/square-rigger. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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