Braving this week’s snow storm, the Mexican Tall Ship Cuauhtémoc arrived in Boston Harbor. Docked at Fan Pier, the arrival is the first in a series of introductory visits leading up to Sail Boston 2017. The training ship Cuauhtémoc is nearly three hundred-foot-long with a three-masted barque. Built in the shipyards of Bilbao, Spain in 1982, she has Read More…
100 Day Countdown to the Return of the Tall Ships The long awaited Grand Parade of Sail to kick off Sail Boston 2017 On March 8, 2017, Sail Boston officially began its 100 day countdown to the Return of the Tall Ships. On June 17, more than fifty majestic sailing vessels from around the globe, led Read More…
The U.S. Coast Guard Barque EAGLE, “America’s Tall Ship” has returned to Boston Harbor and is docked at Charlestown Navy Yard Pier 4 this weekend. Sunday is the last day to tour the EAGLE (10am-7pm) before she sets sail again.
It is a weekend of Tall Ships in Boston Harbor with the Portuguese Navy’s Sagres and France’s Hermione docked at Fan Pier and Rowes Wharf, respectively, for public tours. Arriving at Fan Pier in the Seaport, the Portuguese Navy’s Tall Ship Sagres arrived as part of Sail Boston 2015. The Sagres is one of the world’s most iconic Read More…
A replica of the L’Hermione, the three-masted, 216-foot, 32-gun frigate that carried Lafayette to America in 1780, will arrive in Boston at Rowes Wharf during the morning of July 11th with tours and events on Saturday and Sunday. Hermione Voyage commemorates the Marquis de Lafayette’s voyage to the United States in 1780. In support of the American Read More…
The Spanish tall ship, Juan Sebastian De Elcano, arrived on a rainy Monday through Boston Harbor. The four-mast topsail schooner is the 3rd largest Tall Ship in the world. It will make its way to Charlestown Navy Yard for public tours starting Tuesday and throughout the week. Soon to follow on July 10th will be the Portuguese Navy ship, Sagres, Read More…
For five days during the Summer of 2017, over 50 Tall Ships from around the world will sail and dock in Boston Harbor, said Mayor Martin Walsh at a press conference on Thursday at Rowes Wharf. Boston will be the only U.S. stop for the ships in a visit organized by Sail Training International. Mayor Read More…
After posting some of my images from the 4th of July, I happily received more great photos from neighbors as shown in the gallery below. The scenes include the Navy Seal “Leap Frogs,” Tall Ships, Blue Angels, USS Constitution, US Coast Guard Barque Eagle and depict events commemorating the War of 1812 Bicenennial, Navy Week, Read More…
Look up the air! Look out on the harbor! Wow! It was one spectacle after another on the North End / Waterfront and downtown Boston during the 4th of July Bicentennial Commemoration of the War of 1812. The U.S. Navy’s renowned Blue Angels performed several aerial demonstrations during the USS Constitution turnaround. The Blue Angels Read More…
Happy 4th of July! It’s been quite a week of Independence Day celebrations. Here are some Tall Ships photos from around the waterfront area, including the arrival in the fog and a couple at night. Hoping to get some quality night time shots later this week. Enjoy! (Check out the event schedules for all the Read More…
Hundreds of local residents and tourists from around the country came out on Saturday for the 4th of July Family Fun Day Celebration at Christopher Columbus Park organized by the Friends of Christopher Columbus Park. The special event kicks off a week of Tall Ships, Harborfest and War of 1812 Bicentennial commemorations on the waterfront. Read More…
Operation Sail, Inc., (OpSail) the national non-profit organization that produces tall ship events commemorating patriotic American milestones, will sail into Boston from June 30 – July 5, 2012 to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the War of 1812 and The Star-Spangled Banner.