sloop PROVIDENCE --tallships 2007

After re-organization and re-tooling the historic sloop PROVIDENCE will again take to the high seas.

Committed to the ASTA tall ships challenge, the PROVIDENCE will appear in Norfolk, Newport, and Halifax in 2007.

for further information go to:

http://www.sloopprovidenceonline.org

For overall event information go to:

http://www.sailtraining.org

tall ships fleet + + + Mediterranean 2007

An interesting posting, from an Italian source, of the tall ships fleet scheduled
for the Mediterranean in 2007:

NAVE	ARMATORE	NAZIONE
AMERIGO VESPUCCI A	Com.te Massimo Vianello	Italia MM
AQUARELLE B	Georgen Depetri (Master)	Francia
BELLE POULE B	Lt Claude Zallot (Master)	Francia
CAPITAN MIRANDA A	Capt J Ambroseni	Uruguai
DIAMANT NOIR D	Amirault Audren	Francia
ETOILE HORIZON B	Bob Escoffier (Master)	Francia
FAR BARCELONA B	Miguel Borillo I Esteve (Master)	Spagna
FETIA URA C	Da comunicare	Francia
GUAYAS A	Capt Carlos Valleso Game	Ecuador
IDEA DUE C	Pantaleo Coluccia (Master)	Italia
ISLA EBUSITANA B	Luis Herrador Monedero (Master)	Spagna
JOLIE BRISE B	Toby Marris (Master)	UK
LAISSE DIRE 777	Da comunicare	Francia
LE DON DU VENT B	Philippe Derain	Francia
LIBERTAD A	Capt Pablo Marcelo Vignolles	Argentina
MIR A	Capt Yury Galkin	Russia
MIRCEA A	Captain Pamparau Dinu	Romania
NAVE ITALIA A Ex swan Fan Makkum		Italia
PALINURO A	Com.te Angelo Patruno	Italia MM
PAMADICA C	Carlo de Thierry	Italia
PANDORA B	De Amici	Italia
POGORIA A	Da comunicare	Polonia
SARIE MARAIS OF PLYM D	Justin Sanders (Master)	UK
SPITIR OF VIKING C	Clouzean (Master)	Francia
STAD AMSTERDAM A	Capt Richard Slootweg	Olanda
TARTESSOS D	Gonzalo De La Cruz Fernandez	Spagna
UCANDALUS C	Luis Miguel Coin (Master)	Spagna
ZENOBE GRAMME C	Dirk Rossel (Master)	Belgio

Polish tallship DAR MLODZIEZY, 2008-09

The wall beneath the bridge on the DAR MLODZIEZY, proudly displaying the logos for major voyages and maritime festivals that the DAR has visited over her 25 years. There should be several additions with her plans for a long voyage in 2008-2009 to the west and east coasts of North America. The ports which are expected to host the DAR have been announced as follows:

2008-West Coast

• June 25 -29, Victoria , B.C.
  

July 2-7 , Tacoma , Washington

July 10-12, Port Alberni , B.C.

July 23-27, San Francisco , California

August 7-10, Channel Islands ( Oxnard ),
California (cannot accommodate DAR due to draft)

August 13-17, Los Angeles , California

August 20-24, San Diego , California

September 6-7, Dana Point, California (a post race port)

2009 East Coast

Charleston Memorial Day weekend (May 22-25)

Bermuda (STI port) June 12-15

Norfolk/Baltimore ???
Nothing signed and no specific dates

New York ??? Nothing signed and no specific dates

Boston (ASTA port) July 8-13
Nothing signed but dates agreed to

Halifax (STI port) July 17-20

For updated information or to volunteer for the DAR committee contact Hal Barstow at:

halbar45@earthlink.net

tallship BOUNTY

The tallship BOUNTY will make an appearance at Sail Virginia 2007, June 7th-12th.

For more information on Sail Virginia, go to: http://www.sailvirginia2007.com

For a complete schedule for the BOUNTY, go to her homepage at:

http://www.tallshipbounty.org

2007 tall ships postcard series

The series of 8 tall ships postcards for 2007 can be viewed and ordered at:

http://www.tallshipsinternational.net/pstcd2.html


The tall ships in the series are: GORCH FOCK II, TARANGINI, PRIDE of BALTIMORE II,

HARVEY GAMAGE & SPIRIT of MASSACHUESTTS, PRINCE WILLIAM,

schooner VIRGINIA, PICTON CASTLE, & URANIA.

Spanish schooner FAR BARCELONA

The Spanish schooner, FAR BACELONA, has a long and illustrious history. built as a Norwegian jakt in 1874, she has been restored to sailing condition by the CONSORCI El FAR in Barcelona, and will participate in the is year's ( 2007) tall ships festival in Barcelona.


Photograph by PERE DE PRADA.

FAR BARCELONA is a 76' two-masted schooner, and can be contacted at:

http://www.entfarbarcelona.org

For information on the tall ships festival in Barcelona and the Mediterranean, go to:

http://www.tallships2007mediterranea.org

URANIA, sail-training vessel of Royal Netherland Naval College

The Royal Netherland Naval College has announced the itinerary for URANIA on its vist to North America in 2007. Called the "Atlantic Breeze", the journey will start at the end of March,a nd run through August 2007. See schedule below:

HNLMS Urania

Atlantic Breeze 2007

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In 2007 HNLMS Urania will take part in a transatlantic journey called Atlantic Breeze 2007. Planning as follows:

20 March		:Vertrek uit Den Helder
23 – 25 March		:Plymouth, Engeland
06 – 08 April		:Funchal, Madeira
01 – 04 May		:Kingstown, St. Vincent
07 – 15 May		:Willemstad, Curaçao
18 – 20 May		:Philipsburg, St. Maarten
27 – 29 May		:Nassau, de Bahama’s
01 – 03 June		:Jacksonville, FL
07 – 12 June		:Norfolk, VA
13 – 16 June		:Annapolis, MD
16 – 18 June		:Baltimore, MD
22 – 25 June		:New York, NY
26 June – 01 July		:Newport, RI
03 – 05 July		:Boston, MA
12 – 16 July		:Halifax, Canada
05 – 08 August		:Plymouth, Engeland
10 August		:Aankomst in Den Helder

The journey will last 144 days and a distance of approximately 12000 nautical miles will be covered.

During autumn 2007 HNLMS Urania will participate in several races and sailing events.

There will also be a postcard of the URANIA as part of

the ASTA tall ships 2007 postcard series.

See draft-proof of URANIA above. For postcard inquiries, write to:

tallships2007@yahoo.com