


This vessel is patterned after Turner’s record-holding “Galilee.” (Photo by Donna Beth Weilenman/Martinez News Gazette)įirst wooden tall ship built in San Francisco Bay Area in 100 yearsĪs bands played an estimated 1,000 people watched on land and on watercraft in Richardson Bay, the Matthew Turner finally touched water, leaving the shores of Sausalito Saturday afternoon. The name “Matthew Turner,” given the first wood tall ship built in the San Francisco Bay Area in 100 years, honors the prolific Benicia ship builder. The new tall ship “Matthew Turner” sets sail for its inaugural launch in Sausalito on Saturday.
