The Friends Good Will is a tall ship that sails on the Lake out of South Haven. It is a replica of a ship that sailed during the war of 1812 and everything is done manually. I was, once again, a nervous wreck. This time about getting seasick. I made sure we all took some Dramamine beforehand, but it was a gorgeous day and the lake was perfectly calm.
The kids had a great time - the swords were a huge hit!
Before we headed out this woman explained that some pirates had stolen our treasure and we were going off to chase them. I'm not too sure the kids bought it :)
Little Jack wasn't very cooperative - but this pic is still pretty cute!
Once we boarded the ship the kids were all able to help control the sails. It was pretty amazing to watch. There were so many ropes running in every direction - I have no idea how they keep it all straight.
For a while we just enjoyed sailing on the beautiful, thankfully calm, lake.
We did eventually catch up with the pirates and some of our crew boarded the little boat to go retrieve our treasure. They even staged a battle over the treasure on the other ship. Luckily we were successful and the crew brought the treasure chest back to our ship - Max was thrilled that there were tootsie rolls. Momma was less that thrilled that Jack picked pixi sticks.
The Friends Good Will is a tall ship that sails on the Lake out of South Haven. It is a replica of a ship that sailed during the war of 1812 and everything is done manually. I was, once again, a nervous wreck. This time about getting seasick. I made sure we all took some Dramamine beforehand, but it was a gorgeous day and the lake was perfectly calm. 
The kids had a great time - the swords were a huge hit!
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