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Come & Explore the Lynx

One of the first ships to defend our great Country's freedom.

 

 
 


Climb aboard and step back in time as you relive history and feel the adventure. The 122-foot square top sail schooner Lynx has sailed into the Palm Beach area and is available for Public Dockside Tours and Sailing Adventures.

The Lynx crew wear period dress and operate the ship in keeping with the maritime traditions of early 19th Century America.  

  
Adventure Sailing Trips
Take part in a unique, interactive sailing adventure as you join the crew while they hoist the sails, steer the ship, fire the main battery of six-pounder carronades and experience first hand what life aboard a traditional, square topsail schooner is like.  On decks and below Lynx evokes the life, spirit, and atmosphere of a vanished age of sail.

Explore the Lynx America's Privateer

Peanut Island


The Lynx Bell

Please Call 561-881-9757
For Reservation

Dock-Side Tours: 
Wednesday - Friday / 10:00am - 3:00pm
(Last tour @ 2:30pm)
Saturday & Sunday / 10:00am - 1:00pm
(Last tour @ 12:30pm)
$17.00 per adult / $11.00 per child 5-12
children under 5 are free

Adventure Sail:  Saturday & Sunday / 2:00pm to 4:30pm
$75.00 per adult / $42.00 per child 5-12 
Not recommended for children under 5

Want to take a dock-side tour of both of the breathtaking tall ships?  
Purchase a combination ticket for the Lynx & the Bounty - Available: Wednesday's - Sunday's
$22.00 per adult & $16.00 per child 5-12 

The above ticket prices include round trip boat shuttle service to & from the island.


ABOUT THE LYNX:

The 114 ton Lynx is an interpretation of an actual privateer named Lynx built by Thomas Kemp in 1812 in Fell's Point, Maryland. She was among the first ships to defend American freedom by evading the British naval fleet then blockading American ports and serving in the important privateering efforts.

While Lynx has honored the spirit of the original vessel in her design and accouterments, she was modified to meet current U.S. Coast Guard regulations and safety requirements. New tools and modern techniques have only enhanced the time-honored craft of wooden boat building.

The planning, design and construction of Lynx have respected her early American maritime heritage, but have added a healthy infusion of modern technology to help insure safe passage.

At her launch on July 28, 2001 in Rockport, Maine, past and present converged in a gala event that ordained for Lynx a magnificent future on the high seas.