San Diego maritime museum and sailing ships

[AerynSun_JohnCrighton]

Good morning,

     We are staying after cruise end of Dec. Dad wants to visit the maritime museum and said they have ships that sail out into bay. He can't seem to find if they are still doing that or even open end of Dec (29, 30). Anyone that lives there got any information? TIA!

[CruiserBruce]

I am not aware that any of the museum ships actually sail. Never heard that they did, haven't seen any indication they do, and have been there several times.

[AerynSun_JohnCrighton]

15 minutes ago, CruiserBruce said:

I am not aware that any of the museum ships actually sail. Never heard that they did, haven't seen any indication they do, and have been there several times.

https://www.sandiego.org/members/museums/maritime-museum-of-san-diego/events/californian-tall-ship-adventure.aspx. this is what he is talking about.

[CruiserBruce]

17 minutes ago, AerynSun_JohnCrighton said:

https://www.sandiego.org/members/museums/maritime-museum-of-san-diego/events/californian-tall-ship-adventure.aspx. this is what he is talking about.

Link doesn't work.

[AerynSun_JohnCrighton]

Copy and paste. It works outside of cruise critic.

[AerynSun_JohnCrighton]

Sailing ships  

[CruiserBruce]

I wasn't aware of that. They are selling tickets for late December, so it would seem to be a go.

[AerynSun_JohnCrighton]

Yeah they said the actual sailing boats they don't have schedule for Dec yet.  I found a contact page to email. Besides zoo that anything else of interest? Any vineyards not too far away?

[princeton123211]

They don't advertise sailings but the Star of India, built in 1863, is still an active sailing ship and they do take her out every once and a while. I believe the reason she does not sail that often is that she has no engine or propeller so a tug is required to tow her to open water each time she goes out and back which is costly and time consuming unlike their other vessels that can maneuver on their own. 

[CruiserBruce]

1 hour ago, AerynSun_JohnCrighton said:

Yeah they said the actual sailing boats they don't have schedule for Dec yet.  I found a contact page to email. Besides zoo that anything else of interest? Any vineyards not too far away?

SafariWest is even better than the Zoo. There is a lot of stuff in Balboa Park besides the Zoo. There is also SeaWorld. 

[ATSEAMYLIFE]

3 hours ago, AerynSun_JohnCrighton said:

 Besides zoo that anything else of interest? Any vineyards not too far away?

We like the Safari Park better than the actual zoo.  Depending on your age group there's Legoland, which I swore I wouldn't like but did.  SD isn't really known for vineyards, but north about 60 miles is Temecula Valley that has some very nice wineries.  Don't let the miles fool you it can still take two hours to get there.  Also, USS Midway is a must visit.      

[AerynSun_JohnCrighton]

37 minutes ago, ATSEAMYLIFE said:

We like the Safari Park better than the actual zoo.  Depending on your age group there's Legoland, which I swore I wouldn't like but did.  SD isn't really known for vineyards, but north about 60 miles is Temecula Valley that has some very nice wineries.  Don't let the miles fool you it can still take two hours to get there.  Also, USS Midway is a must visit.      

We are all over 40 so probably no Legoland. Thanks!

[KeepCalmBearOn]

Here is the link to check.

 

https://sdmaritime.org/visit/on-the-water-adventures/

[ATSEAMYLIFE]

On 6/27/2024 at 6:13 PM, AerynSun_JohnCrighton said:

We are all over 40 so probably no Legoland. Thanks!

If it wasn't for grandkids I would have no knowledge.  

[KeepCalmBearOn]

On 6/27/2024 at 6:12 AM, AerynSun_JohnCrighton said:

Copy and paste. It works outside of cruise critic.

 

Didn't work for me with a copy and paste.