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Weekend Wonders and a Shoreline are on hiatus until May for scheduled maintenance. Make plans this spring and summer to spend your Sundays with us on Tall Ship American Pride!

Weekend Wonders takes place Sundays* 12:00 to 3:00pm with free deck tours and interactive lessons rotating through four categories each week, sponsored by the Port of Long Beach. You can also purchase tickets to join us for a two-hour, round-trip Shoreline Sail around the Long Beach harbor Sundays* at 3:30pm. Click here for complete details and tickets!

*Weekend Wonders and the Shoreline Sail are both cancelled on Sunday, March 30. All programming on Tall Ship American Pride is paused in April for scheduled maintenance. The schedule is subject to additional changes for maintenance. Please check back for other schedule updates.

Your business, organization, group or family can book Tall Ship American Pride for events and excursions, with the option of sailing out of Downtown Long Beach or Downtown San Pedro.

From special events with catering to weekend excursions or filming services, let us help you envision your perfect event, day sail or multi-day voyage!

Click here to learn more or contact Alice Taylor, Director of Sales and Marketing, for more information and availability: info@lamitopsail.org or 310-548-2903.

Ready for Summer Camp? We have three options: Explorer Day Camp, 5-day Adventure Camp and 12-day Voyager Camp! Registration is now open for Summer 2025… click here for complete details and register your camper today!

Our Summer Camp options are built on our TopSail Youth and TopSail STEM programs - education and adventure experiences aboard our tall ships, including American Pride. They are available as a day sail, a multi-day voyage, or both - perfect for field trips, youth groups, local organizations serving youth, and more. Click here to learn more.

We’re still reveling in the excitement of welcoming the Official Tall Ship of the City of Long Beach back to her home dock on Pine Avenue Pier in Long Beach’s Rainbow Harbor at American Pride’s Homecoming Celebration, which was held September 13-15, 2024! For those who were unable to join us, don’t worry… we are working on more opportunities for you to explore, discover and learn with us and aboard Tall Ship American Pride in Long Beach. Click here to read more!

The Children’s Maritime Institute is the Long Beach-based division of the Los Angeles Maritime Institute, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that has been providing hands-on learning experiences to young people for more than 30 years.

Click here to learn more about us.

Click here to learn more about how you can help young minds set sail!