Smithers wrote:
Don,

Is Halifax still a stopping off point for the Tall Ships when they go on
tour through the Great Lakes? I was in Quebec when they came thru on the
way to Chicago. There must have been 15 ships, some in the process of being
restored, and some in pristine condition. It seems that there are more
people who are interested in the 'romance" of the old wooden tall ships.

I also saw some great Windjammer Boats in the VI's and they seem to be
booked up well in advance.

But the best Tall Ship I have seen was on TV the other night, I was a newly
built Clipper Ship called the Royal Clipper. You can see the details here
http://www.starclippers.com/ships_rc.html .

The best part it is fully automated so the guest can play around with
raising and lowering the sails, but it can really be done with very few
crewman.

It is a beauty.



That is a beauty...but I'm partial to topsail schooners...
see:
http://www.cs.ubc.ca/spider/flinn/bluenose/index.html
The tall ships always stop here for about a week when the tour is on or
a race is taking place.
see: http://museum.gov.ns.ca/mma/tallships.html
My good buddy (best man at my wedding once worked for the Windjammer
fleet...he was captain on one of the tall ships.
Once he was 1st mate on the supply ship that traveled from Florida, all
the way to Aruba, and any points in between where Windjammer had a boat.
I kicked myself for not taking a leave from work to do that month long
journey.
here's a few photos of some of my sailing waters.
http://www.richardvroom.ca/cgi-bin/d...on=nova_Scotia