the DAR in 2008

The DAR MLODZIEZY is coming to the west coast in 2008.

Planned ports to visit include: Los Angeles, San Francisco, Tacoma, Seattle,a nd Victoira BC.

If you are interested in joining a welcome committee or planning committe, contact:

Hal Barstow at : halbar45earthlink.net or

Thad Koza at: thadkoza@yahoo.com

There will be a fund-raising and organizing diner at Ports' O'Call in San Pedro on November 4th, 2007, please contact Hal, for tickets and reservations, ASAP at: halbar45@earthlink.net

Baltic Sail 2007

Baltic Sail, the partnership of sevearl Baltic ports to create and support a number of maritime festivals for traditional sailing vessels appears to have become both more organized, and more serious in its planning and scheduling.

Here are the ports, dates and contact for the series fo festival in 2007:

Baltic Sail 2007

Halmstad Marinfestival & Baltic Sail
July 19th-22nd, 2007
www.balticsail.halmstad.se
jose.ciavarella@halstad.se

Sail Gdańsk
July 26-29th, 2007
www.sail.gdansk.pl
sail@gdansk.gda.pl

Sea Festival, Klaipeda
July 27th-29th, 2007
www.svente.lt
kipras@kalipedainfo.lt

Sail Karlskrona
Aug.2-5th, 2007
www.karlskrona.se/sail
sail@karlskrona.se

Hanse Sail 2007, Rostock
August 9th-12th,2007
www.hansesail.com
hansesail@rostock.de

Baltic Sail Helsingor
Aug. 17th-19th, 2007
www.balticsail.dk
info@balticsail.dk

Baltic Sail Travemünde
August 23rd-28th, 2007
www.luebck-tourismus.de
charter@luebeck-tourismus.de


I will try to establih LINKS with the festivals, and provide updates, and lists of ships expected.

If you have information to add, or questions to ask, e-mail me at:

tallships2007@yahoo.com

the DAR 2008

PRIDE

Swedish schooner HAMLET

The Swedish schoner, HAMLET.

LOA: 111' 6"
Beam: 22' 4"
Draft: 9'
Year built : 1936
Homeport: Skarhamn, SWEDEN

homepage: http://www.hamletcharter.com


(Photo taken, August 2006, Rostock, HANSE SAIL)

NINIVE

The German vessel, NINIVE. Photogrpah taken August 2006, Hanse Sail, Rostock

GOTLAND

The GOTLAND, p[hotograph taken, August 2006, Hanse Sail, Rostock.

tallship NIAGARA

The replica of a 19th century American gunboat, NIAGARA, in the "Parade of Sail", Chicago, August 3, 2006.

schooner HIGHLANDER SEA

The webpage for HIGHLANDER SEA is at:

http://www.achesonventures.com/highlandersea.asp

sloop FRIENDS GOOD WILL

FRIENDS GOOD WILL can be reached at:

http://www.michiganmaritimemuseum.org/freindsgoodwill

tallship MEANDER

Another Dutch schooner, the MEANDER.
Photograph taken August, 2006 in Rostock.

Swedish brig GERDA

The brig GERDA operates in Stockholm, Sweden.

German tallship RYVAR

Photograph taken at Hanse Sail, Rostock, Augsut 2006

tallship MERCEDES

The new Dutch brig, MERCEDES.

"Wind is our Friend"

Captain Oliver Wipperfuth can be reached: mailto: info@windisourfriend.com

The Brig's webpage is: http://www.windisourfriend.com

Postal address is : MERCEDES
Grebiner Weg 54
24148 Kiel, GERMANY

tallship DAR MLODZIEZY 2006/2008

A fund-raising and organizational dinner for the expected visit of the Polish sail-training vessel, DAR MLODZIEZY, to California in 2008, is being held on Nov. 4th 2006. See attached invitation, the general public is invited.
Contact, Hal Barstow, at: halbar45@earthlink.net


The Consulate General of the Republic of Poland in Los Angeles
The Polish American Congress of Southern California
The Los Angeles Maritime Institute
and
The Gdynia Maritime University

Invite you to dinner
and a slide presentation of the Polish tall ships to announce the upcoming voyage to the U.S. by the University’s sail training vessel

Dar Mlodziezy
Saturday November 4, 2006























Where: Ports O’Call Restaurant in Ports O’ Call Village, San Pedro, California
When: Reception (no host bar) 6:00p.m.
Dinner 7:00p.m.
Tickets: $50

Advance payment by check payable to “Los Angeles Maritime Institute” must be received by October 27, 2006 to guarantee your reservation.
Please indicate “Dinner for Dar” on your check and mail to:

L.A. Maritime Institute
Berth 84, Foot of Sixth Street
San Pedro, CA 90731
(310)833-6055

Russian tall ship SHTANDART

The replica made to celebrate the 300th anniversary of the city St. Petersburg, and the sailing fleet of Peter the Great in 2003. SHTANDART.

Gallantly skippered by Capt Vladimir Martus, the webpage for SHTANDART is:

http://www.shtandart.com

Captain Martus can be reached at: vmartous@shtandart.spb.ru


Photo taken on 12 August 2006, Rostock, GERMANY

German sail-training vessel GORCH FOCK II

The German tallship, GORCH FOCK II, will participate in the 2007 tall ships challenge, and in Tall Ships Rhode Island 2007.

Photographs taken on 12 August, 2006, Rostock.

tallship GREIF, Germany

The "Four Reefs" or "cztery refy"

A sea shanty group from Poland that visited Bay City during the tall ships festival, and also earlier int he summer in Chicago. They are international in scope, and most likely will be in Szczecin 2007 next year !

http://czteryrefy.szanty.pl

or e-mail their leader, jerzy Rogacki, mailto:czteryrefy@poczta.onet.pl

ARKONA

The German ketch, with the delightful, "skyblue" topsail. Rostock, August 2006

ARNY MAUD

ARNY MAUD

Dutch schooner MARIE GALLANTE

schooner HIGHLANDER SEA

The schooner HIGHLANDER SEA from Port Huron, MI in the "Parade of Sail", Chicago, 3 August 2006

schooner RED WITCH

The schooner RED WITCH departing for the "Parade of Sail" on 3 August 2006.

schooner LIBERTY CLIPPER

The schooner LIBERTY CLIPPER can be seen at sunset daily, in Boston harbor.
Shots taken in June 2006

Dutch tall ship J. R. TOLKIEN

The Dutch topsail schooner, J. R. TOLKIEN, 137' LOA.