NEWBURYPORT — The Black Dog's tall ship, the Alabama, will arrive in Newburyport for a three-day visit next week.
This is the second year the 90-foot, gaff-rigged fore and aft schooner has come to the city. It is owned by the Black Dog clothing store company, which has a shop downtown in Market Square.
Arriving in Newburyport Tuesday afternoon, the Alabama will offer free dockside tours to the public Wednesday and Thursday and then leave on Friday. The Newburyport Art Association, the Custom House Maritime Museum and The Governor's Academy will each hold private events on the ship in the evenings.
The Black Dog tall ships — the Alabama and the Shenandoah — often visit the ports where Black Dog stores are located.
Robert Douglas purchased and rebuilt the Alabama in 1995. The schooner was originally designed by Thomas McManus and built by Pensacola Ship Building Co. in Florida in 1926. It has been rebuilt to that original design, which models a Gloucester fishing schooner.
Morgan Douglas, one of the sons of Robert Douglas, the founder of The Black Dog, is the captain of the Alabama and also the manager of the Black Dog Tall Ships program. For journeys, he is joined on board by a first mate and crew.
Last year's inaugural visit to Newburyport was the most well-attended tall ship tour of all of the events last summer, Douglas said, drawing "hundreds, if not thousands."
"Everyone in Newburyport was very welcoming. It was a great first visit," Douglas said yesterday.
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