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Eighty-five years after it set sail for the Gulf of California, the Western Flyer once again departed on the same voyage on Sunday, March 16, …
David Schmalz here, excited to share an outstanding short film about the Western Flyer, the famed boat John Steinbeck and Ed Ricketts, along w…
The Western Flyer returned to Monterey Bay and is now docked in Moss Landing, with plans to return longterm to Monterey Harbor. The Western Fl…
Western Flyer Captain Paul Tate (left) and Western Flyer Foundation president John Gregg on the bow of the boat, re-creating a 1940 shot of We…
Western Flyer Captain Paul Tate (left) and Western Flyer Foundation president John Gregg on the bow of the boat, re-creating a 1940 shot of We…
Centerpiece
ED RICKETTS AND JOHN STEINBECK WERE, IN STEINBECK’S OWN WORDS, “OBVIOUSLY RIDICULOUS” WITH THEIR 1940 IDEA OF A SIX-WEEK-LONG EXPEDITION TO TH…
Western Flyer Captain Paul Tate (left) and Western Flyer Foundation president John Gregg on the bow of the boat, re-creating a 1940 shot of We…
This is not the original steering wheel, it’s older than that. This historic wheel was part of a 19th-century boat.
The boat sleeps up to 11 people, and the Western Flyer Foundation will be chartering it to individual scientists who can do research and spend…