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| HMS Bounty (R) |
Okay, so I wasn't going to go down and watch them come in...but who was I kidding?! As the time grew closer to the grand procession, I found myself bidding ado to the office and heading down to The Lake with camera and lunch in hand.
The last Tall Ship festival was 2008 with 4 ships. It was pretty cool and a bit of a fiasco as the event planners didn't realize when they sold 25,000 tickets that all those people would be descending upon a very small area with almost no parking. They wised up this go around and are now charging an arm and a leg for everything from parking to viewing to events.
But I digress. The ships participated in a grand procession that stretched away onto the lake - there were the Tall Ships, a salty at anchor, and more sail boats, motor boats, refurbished tug boats, the retired Coast Guard ship The Sundew (now privately owned), jet ski's and kayaks. It was a veritable flotsam of white boats bobbing around on the calm waters of Lake Superior.
Nine boats are in harbor for the next several days:
S/V Sullivan
HMS Bounty
Roald Amundsen
Barque EuropaPride of Baltimore
Zeeto
Coaster II
Roseway
For details on the specifics of each, check out his link: Tall Ships Duluth 2010
Meanwhile, I leave you with thoughts of days gone by (or Johnny Depp...)
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| Roseway |
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| Barque Europa |
Brig Niagra
2 comments:
That is SO cool. I wouldn't have been able to stay away either.
Have a great weekend.
I have the urge to buy a cannon now...
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