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Pennant Enterprises Schooner

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  • Location: Salem
  • Category: Tours & Sightseeing
  • Hours: Weekends at 2, 4, and 6 PM beginning Memorial Day weekend; Daily in July and August at 2, 4, and 6; Weekends from Labor Day through Halloween at 12, 2, and 4.

The original FAME, built in Gloucester and owned in Salem, was a fast `Chebacco' fishing schooner that was reborn as a privateer when war broke out in the summer of 1812. She took at least 21 prizes before being wrecked in the Bay of Fundy in March of 1814.

The new FAME is a full-scale replica of this famous schooner. Framed and planked of white oak and trunnel-fastened in the traditional manner, the new FAME was launched in 2003. She is now based at Salem's Pickering Wharf Marina, where she takes the paying public for cruises on historic Salem Sound.

Aboard the new FAME, passengers learn about the fishermen, pirates, privateers, traders and men of war who shaped our North Shore. They learn about the fishing trade that prompted Cape Ann's first European settlements... the brave little schooners of George Washington's fleet... the East India trade that made Salem rich... and, of course, the privateers of the Revolution and the War of 1812.

FAME sails up to three times daily - weather permitting - from Memorial Day through Labor Day, and on weekends through Halloween. Our handsome schooner is also available for private charters, group outings, parties, and special events. PLEASE CALL AHEAD TO CONFIRM AVAILABILITY. The schooner is occasionally chartered for private events.

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