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Bosun Kate Miller-Vickers helps ready the yards of the Lady Washington for the 2024 sailing season. (Michael S. Lockett / The Daily World)

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Sailors aloft: Lady Washington readies for sailing season

There’s more to it than casting off the lines and going

Michael S. Lockett / The Daily World The Lady Washington lies moored alongside the pier at Port Orchard, where it will overwinter following this year’s successful sailing season.

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Good sales, good sails: Lady Wash wraps up 2023 season

Ticket sales for the iconic vessel are rebounding

Michael S. Lockett / The Daily World Sailors aboard the Lady Washington bring in sails as the ship heads in to port in Olympia on September 2.

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Sunny sailing: Lady Washington takes part in Olympia Harbor Days

She’ll be present there for another weekend

Michael S. Lockett / The Daily World file The Lady Washington sits tied alongside the pier in Port Orchard on July 2.

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Close-ish to home: Lady Washington visits Olympia

This may be the closest she’ll come to Aberdeen for a long while

Michael S. Lockett / The Daily World The Lady Washington’s Chief Mate James Hsu, left, works with Marijo Gauthier-Bérubé as she takes part of a program where nautical archaeology graduate students familiarize themselves with practical sailing aboard the Lady Washington.

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All hands: grad students learn to sail the traditional way

It’s one thing to see a sail plan in a classroom, another to hoist them onesself

Michael S. Lockett / The Daily World Kate Miller-Vickers eyeballs the pier as the Lady Washington glides into the dock at Port Orchard on July 2.

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Lady Wash spending summer season sailing, schooling

The ship has seen thousands of guests as it makes its way through the sound

Michael S. Lockett / The Daily World The crew of the Lady Washington hoist parts of the topmasts aloft as they prepare the ship for sea.

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Lady Washington crew readying ship for sailing season

It’s a little more complicated than hoisting the sails and putting out to sea.

Lady Washington lies alongside the pier at the Grays Harbor Historical Seaport, laid up for winter. The nonprofit is seeking funds to update equipment aboard the vessel, now more than three decades old. (Michael S. Lockett / The Daily World)

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Keep her sailing: nonprofit fundraises for Lady Washington, eyes future

A ship always has needs.