Californian in downtown San Diego holds the designation of Official Tall Ship of California, a 145-foot topsail schooner replicated from the Revenue Cutter C.W. Lawrence that patrolled the Gold Rush coastline. Launched in 1984 as part of the Los Angeles Summer Olympics celebration, she berths alongside the 1898 steam ferry The Berkeley at Maritime Museum of San Diego on Discovery Pier at 1492 N. Harbor Drive. Visitors board for four-hour sailing adventures into San Diego Bay and the Pacific, hauling lines, manning the helm, and hearing dockside narratives covering whaling, the sea otter trade, and ship's gunnery along the Embarcadero near the USS Midway Museum. The hands-on deck program sets her apart from static maritime exhibitions, including the neighboring USS Midway Museum, by putting passengers to work on a traditionally rigged sailing vessel under volunteer crew supervision. Weekend tall ship adventure cruises take the schooner past Point Loma's lighthouse and beyond the harbor mouth into Pacific swells where seasonal gray whale sightings supplement the full maritime curriculum.