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In September 2008, the 42’ yacht named PILGRIM  left her port in Florence, Oregon returned to Portland and moored at the R.A.Rasmusen Sea Scout Base on the Columbia River, near the Portland International Airport.  This completed a circuitous voyage started in Portland in 1965.

PILGRIM was built by Gladding & Hearn in Somerset, Massachusetts  in 1958.  PILGRIM is a custom yacht built on a tug boat design hull.  The hull is of steel construction and the topsides are of wood.  The boat is heavily built.   PILGRIM was originally ordered built by a couple that intended to go on a