July 8, 2007
Privateer Lynx - Classic replica arrives in Kona
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The 122 foot square topsail schooner is an interpretation of a privateer, or naval schooner, deployed in the War of 1812. Even the crew is decked out in period style uniforms as they operate the vessel in keeping with the maritime traditions of the era. The expertise of the non-profit Lynx Educational Foundation that manages the schooner and organizes the educational voyages is so highly regarded that they were hired to train the cast and crew of Pirates of the Caribbean. The foundation couches hands-on-lessons in Celestial Navigation, Life and Earth science, Sail and Wind Theory and, in this case Polynesian History, in the context of early American maritime tradition.
Description of ship taken from article in Big Island Weekly, July 4th, 2007 writen by Kristine Kubat
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