More tall ships

Jul 05, 2010 08:06

Yesterday afternoon I headed back down to Harbourfront to see the tall ships sail out via the Western Passage. I found an excellent vantage point at the rather surreal Ireland Park. Unfortunately the wind was blowing out of the southwest pretty much directly up the Western Passage so, although all the ships had sails (but close hauled!) set they were heading directly into the wind under engine power. Take a look at any of the square rigged sails and this should be immediately obvious.

There are 74 shots covering all the ships in this Flickr set.

Here are a couple of tasters:

My favourite, The Pride of Baltimore



and the very pretty Dutch Barque Europa


toronto

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