Tall Ships

This isn’t a very timely post inasmuch as the festivities have passed almost a week ago.  Nevertheless, this event only arrives at three year intervals and now that the kids have returned home I have the time to make it worthy of mention – albeit late.        

A tall ship is a schooner, brig, barque or ship sporting traditional sailing rigging.  The masts to hoist the sail make then taller than their propeller-powered brethren.  Most all of the vessels pictured are used for purposes of educating crew in seamanship and traditional sailing skills.  They had been moored in Green Bay for a while and on Monday they returned to Sturgeon Bay in the late afternoon. Tuesday they sailed to Algoma to participate in the Tall Ships Challenge^© Race. 

Here are some photos taken of their arrival in Sturgeon Bay and a brief description of the vessel.      

Santa Maria – A replica of the original ship sailed by Christopher Columbus.  The vessel is crewed by seventeen men and women who departed Europe in November of 2018.  It is an educational vessel.           

Bluenose II – a replica of an undefeated sailing competitor from 1921.  Home port is Lunenburg, Nova Scotia.  It is also an educational vessel.         

Windy – home port is Chicago, Illinois and is a vessel constructed of modern materials.  Its principle use is pleasure sailing for the public.          

US Brig Niagara – from Erie, Pennsylvania.  A replica of the vessel sailed by Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry.   It is also an educational ship.       

Inland Seas – from Traverse City, Michigan is constructed in the style of a traditional Great Lakes schooner.  It serves in hands-on sailing education and Great Lakes scientific research.         

Pride of Baltimore II – is a replica of the original that has logged more than 250,000 nautical miles traveling to more than 40 countries and 200 ports.  It is used for both education and entertainment purposes.  It also makes profligate use of its cannon.

Amphicar - Model 770 is an amphibious automobile made in West Germany and sold in the US from 1961 to 1968.  It’s a descendant of the Volkswagen Schwimmwagen.   Home port - Sturgeon Bay.