2001-04-04 04:00:00 PDT San Francisco-- The tall ship Balclutha, which first came to the Bay Area in 1887 to haul grain to Europe, returned to its berth at the Hyde Street Pier yesterday with the ...

The stately tall ship Balclutha, above, sits moored at its berth at San Francisco's Hyde Street Pier while undergoing minor repair work Friday. At right, Curtis Jensen (left) and Lindsay Combs ...

The Balclutha was built in Glasgow, Scotland in 1886. The name “Balclutha” is Gaelic for “Town on the Clyde.” The ship made her maiden journey to San Francisco in 1887 and passed under the ...

The Balclutha is a steel-hulled fully rigged ship that was built in 1886. She is the only square rigged ship left in the San Franciso area and is representative of several different commercial ...

The Balclutha was built in Glasgow, Scotland in 1886. The name “Balclutha” is Gaelic for “Town on the Clyde.” ...

Martin Davis works on the mooring repair crew at the San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park on the Hyde Street pier.

Live sea music Saturday, November 16 at 8pm: Vocal Group Brass Farthing arrive to spread their brand of shipboard good cheer aboard the 1886 square-rigger Balclutha at Hyde Street Pier.