Step aboard The Lynx

The Lynx (above), a War of 1812 privateer square top sail schooner, has arrived on the East Coast from Hawaii and California and is scheduled for a five-year mission along the East Coast, the Great Lakes and Canada, where she will participate in celebrations of the 200th anniversary of the War of 1812 and "The Star-Spangled Banner."

The 122-foot square top sail schooner Privateer Lynx, with its eight-member crew in period dress, will fire a salute from her main battery of six-pounder carronade deck guns upon Lynx's grand entrance, which is scheduled for 3 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 26, at New London Waterfront Park. Following its grand entrance The Lynx will be available for public tours as well as sailing excursions around the New London waterfront.

For more information and reservations, call 866-446-5969 or visit www.privateerlynx.org.