Tall Ships in Halifax

[Tweed]

Massive Russian sailing vessel highlight of Tall Ships festival in Halifax
By Elizabeth Mcmillan , THE CANADIAN PRESS
Saturday, July 18, 2009



HMS Bounty arrives in Halifax on Thursday July 16, 2009 to participate in Tall Ships Nova Scotia Festival 2009. Organizers are expecting up to 50 historic and unique vessels during the two week event. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan

HALIFAX, N.S. - Capt. Jack Sparrow look-a-likes swagger next to rows of fully-rigged schooners and barques as officers wearing feathered hats and cropped jackets call out to women in corseted dresses.

But it’s not a Pirates of the Caribbean convention.

The Tall Ships Nova Scotia Festival swung into high gear on Saturday as tens of thousands of people gathered on the Halifax waterfront to get a close look at 40 vessels from 13 countries.

Organizers expect 80,000 visitors to pump $40 million into the province’s economy during the two-week festival.

On Monday, most of the ships will take part in a parade of sail through the harbour, with some of them leaving for other ports around Nova Scotia.

Among the ships on display are the Canadian schooner Bluenose II, a replica of the HMS Bounty, made famous by a Hollywood film about the mutiny against Capt. Bligh in 1789, and the Amistad, a copy of the famous slave ship.

But one of the most impressive ships is the 114-metre Kruzenshtern, a giant Russian barque that loomed out of the fog that shrouded the waterfront.

With 56-metre masts, the Kruzenshtern is the second-largest sailing ship in the world and one of the fastest in its class. Its sails have an area of 3,900 square-metres, which could cover two-and-a-half hockey rinks.

The ship typically has four masts, but the front one snapped in half in a gale off Bermuda last month.

More here:
Penticton Herald

[GaiaGirl Pearl]

... boom boom

[Sho Kyong]

So that's what you call tuna boat?

[Bridget Jennings]

groan .....

[GaiaGirl Pearl]

... though sea minor would be ok too - not too many sound waves ;^)

[Bridget Jennings]

cute Gaia

[GaiaGirl Pearl]

... 'cos in sea major it might be hard to handle

[GaiaGirl Pearl]

... in sea flat

[Sho Kyong]

That's pretty cool Gaia! Here I thought it was done in PS and it's real!!!
We must entreat Martina to build something like this at TSS for Tweed....but one that sails in the wind....and has cannons. I think the long neck would make an excelent plank (~;

[GaiaGirl Pearl]

He's funny eh? The full story about the geetar run-about (the SS Maton) is here: http://anmm.wordpress.com/ - thats the Maritime Museum blog, its a good read.

BTW, seeing as this is a blog about the Bounty ... 200 years ago we had "That Bounty Bastard" Captain William Bligh thrown in the clink after the whole country mutineed against him. Ironically, Bligh's great-great-great-great-granddaughter is now the Premier of Queensland (equivalent to a US Governor and Queensland is a huge state including the Great Barrier Reef) - funny how the earth turns.

[Oma Larnia]

GaiaGirl, Haha!!! Is that motorboat gee-tar approved by the ROE team??!! Hehe...Love it, looks like tons of fun to float around in. Now...just add cannons...should be good ta go fer next battle hour.