Spanish training-ship JUAN SEBASTIAN de ELCANO

JUAN SEBASTIAN de ELCANO

ESMERALDA -- "Parade of Sail" Valparaiso, April 2010

ESMERALDA

Venezuelan barque, SIMON BOLIVAR, Valparaiso, Chile April 18th, 2010

SIMON BOLIVAR at sunset, Valparaiso, Chile, April 18th, 2010

new figurehead for Dutch barque EUROPA

new figurehead for EUROPA, seen in Valparaiso, Chile, April 18th, 2010
                                                                                                         

EUROPA is on the way to the Great Lakes United 2010 Challenge.

VELA SUD AMERICA fleet -- Cape Horn

Argentina's LIBERTAD in the right foreground;  4-masted ESMERALDA from Chile on the left, with EUROPA and GLORIA behind her..

Photo-credit to kactusfoto, Chile.

CHARLES MORGAN--restoration, Mystic Seaport, Mystic, CT

                              Keel timbers, surprisingly intact, when uncovered
                                    (above).



Hull interior.

For current updates, and restoration updates go to:
   
http://www.mysticseaport.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.viewPage&page_id=FCF87004-65B8-D398-72F3FBDB1166241C

Dutch schooner REGINA MARIS

REGINA MARIS  

Scantlings:

LOA:   177'

Beam:    20' 9"

Draft:       9' 8"

Year built: 1970/1991

                            

23rd April 2010 -- Grosse Point Yacht Club -- Michigan

April 23rd, 2010 7:00 PM

A presentation on the 2010 Great Lakes United Challenge® fleet

to the GREAT LAKES CRUISING CLUB

by Thad Koza.

Also, sponsored by:

The presentation will include discussion of the fleet,

and the ports to be visited,

and images and contact information for:

EUROPA, PRIDE of BALTIMORE II, NIAGARA, tallship BOUNTY, privateer LYNX, 

INLAND SEAS, APPLEDORE V, schooner ROSEWAY, and others.

The talk will take place at: The Grosse Point Yacht Club

                                              788 Lake Shore Road

                                              Grosse Pointe Shores, MI 48236

To contact GPYC, call: 313.884.2500

or Theodore (Ted) Smith at: 313.580.2522; e-mail: THSUSPS@aol.com

or Thad Koza directly at: tallships2010@yahoo.com

27 April 2010 -- Algonac, MI

April 27^th, 2010   6:30 PM

A presentation on the 2010 Great Lakes United Challenge® fleet

by Thad Koza.   

                                                     

     

 Sponsored by the  ALGONAC HISTORICAL SOCIETY.

                         The presentation will include discussion of the fleet,

                                         and the ports to be visited,

                             and images and contact information for: 

EUROPA, PRIDE of BALTIMORE II, NIAGARA,

tallship BOUNTY, privateer LYNX, INLAND SEAS,

APPLEDORE V, schooner ROSEWAY, and others.

The talk will take place at:

Knights of Columbus Hall

1905 Mill Street

Algonac,  MI

Contact: Marilynn Genaw:

Cell: 586.214.2104

Or by e-mail at: mg22402@yahoo.com

Or contact Thad Koza direct at:             Tallships2010@yahoo.com

Portuguese fishing schooner, SANTA MARIA MANUELA, sister to CREOULA

The 3 surviving fishing schooners of the great Portuguese fishing fleet of the early 20th century have  been brought int o a joint project of restoration.  The SANTA MARIA MANUELA and ARGUS have been purchased by the fishing company,  Pascoal , and are being restored.

CREOULA is the 3rd schooner in the set.

Three are some links to the project:

http://www.facebook.com/l/22dde;santamariamanuela.blogspot.com/
http://www.facebook.com/l/22dde;polynesia2.blogspot.com/

Thanks to the information from Aporvela Associacao, and Rui Santos who can be reached at:

                         caravela@aporvela.pt

CUAUHTMEOC -- Vela Sud America -- 2010 participation

CUAUHTEMOC, the Mexican Navy training barque, will participate in Vela Sud America, and will be the host vessel for the concluding festival in Vera Cruz, 18-23rd of June, 2010

CAPITAN MIRANDA -- Vela Sud America

 

CAPITAN MIRANDA is host vessel for the VELA SUD AMERICA regatta in Montevideo. 

Regatta scheduled to be in Montevideo, 28 February - 2 March, 2010

For more information go to:

http://tallshipsinternational.net/VelaSud.html

schooner ARGIA to participate in "Harborfest," Greenwich, CT, April 2010

schooner ARGIA from Mystic, CT

Scantlings:

    LOA: 81'

    Beam: 19'

    Draft: 7' 6"

    Hull: wood

    Rig: 2-masted gaff topsail schooner

    Year built: 1986

Contact: ARGIA Mystic Cruises

              860.536.0416

2010 schedule for tallship UNICORN

Climb Aboard
with
Sisters Under Sail
The Leadership Program for Teenage Girls aboard Tallship Unicorn

Sail the Great Lakes this summer
aboard the only all-female crewed tall ship in the world!

Voyage schedule for 2010
Date	Leg	Program	Status
Jun 6 – Jul 3	Halifax to Toronto	alumnae & trainees	open
Jul 3 - Jul 16	Toronto to Toronto	alumnae & trainees	FULL
Jul 18  - Jul 23	Toronto to Detroit	trainees	open
Jul 25 - Jul 30	Detroit to Port Colborne	trainees	open
Jul 31 - Aug 15	Port Colborne to Green Bay	alumnae	FULL
Aug 15 - Aug 24	Green Bay to Chicago	trainees	FULL
Space is limited to 6 girls/passage between the age of 13 - 21 Schedule is subject to change Write to Dawn Santamria for more details: dawn@tallshipunicorn.com

Spanish top-sail schooner, JUAN SEBASTIAN de ELCANO

 JUAN SEBASTIAN DE ELCANO has been a frequent visitor to the Americas.

For more info:

go to:

http://tallshipsinternational.net/JSDE.html

Chilean barquentine, ESMERALDA

The ESMERALDA will be the host vessel in several of the Chilean ports to be vistied by the VELA SUD AMERICA, Sails South America, fleet in April 2010.

ESMERALDA is a 370' barquentine, that carries square sails on her foremast, and was built in             .

For further information go to:

                       http://tallshipsinterantional.net/ESMERALDA.html

 

or to:  http://tallshipsinternational.net/ESMERALDA.html

schooner ROSEWAY to sail to Great Lakes 2010

Abby Kidder has announced that the schooner ROSEWAY plans to participate in the events, festivals and races that are part of Great Lakes United 2010.

FRIENDS GOOD WILL

schooner RED WITCH

Toronto brigantines PLAYFAIR & PATHFINDER