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San Francisco Maritime National Historical ParkAn ariel view south across the Aquatic Park lagoon with the pier on the left, museum on the right, and SF skyline in the background.
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San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park
Small Craft
 

The park's collection of more than 100 traditional and significant small craft is a fine introduction to boatbuilding and the maritime trades. Read an article about six small craft in the collection, or experience one brave sailor's small craft odyssey on San Francisco Bay!

 
The shrimp junk, Grace Quan, sailing on San Francisco Bay.
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The shrimp junk, Grace Quan, setting sail on San Francisco Bay.
 

Chinese Shrimp Junk Project

 

In 2003 employees and volunteers from San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park and China Camp State Park in Northern California, built a replica of a Chinese Shrimp Junk and named it Grace Quan.

 

The Grace Quan is a replica of the type of fishing vessel used throughout the Bay Area by Chinese shrimp fishing companies between 1860 and 1910.

 

More about the shrimp junk.
Sailors aboard a Pelican sailboat.
Small Boat Shop Classes
listing of classes offered this spring, summer and fall
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A small boat, called a yawl, about to be launched from a highwire rig.
Six Small Boats
Article and pictures about six small boats in the park's colllection
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A sailor getting his boat ready for a gunkholing trip through the San Francisco Bay Delta.
Small Boat Odyssey
Article and pictures about a gunkholing trip through the San Francisco Bay Delta.
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The last stop and turnaround point for the Powell/Hyde cable car line.  

Did You Know?
San Francisco Maritime is the only NPS site that has a cable car turnaround adjacent to the park. Riders disembark and workers push the cars around on the track to position them for the next journey back up steep Hyde Street.

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Last Updated: August 30, 2007 at 12:34 EST