Jack Gardiner Posted January 30, 2004 Posted January 30, 2004 http://www.saratogamuseum.com/events/tallships.html woops, bad link, I have to find a newer updated link, but this has some cool pics heres a better one http://www.sailrhodeisland2004.com/ I gotta have my weekender done in time for this!! Jack Quote
Steve Downs Posted January 30, 2004 Posted January 30, 2004 Cool, that's one of the things I miss about living back east, all the harbor activity. Gotta love those tall ships. Quote
Nora Lee+ Posted January 31, 2004 Posted January 31, 2004 Hoping to be up there for that, we are planning to be at the Woodenboat Show in Newport the following week. Husband is a ex Sea Bee and was stationed at Davisville, Quonset Point. There is a new Sea Bee Museum up there we will stop to see also. Quote
ken connors Posted January 31, 2004 Posted January 31, 2004 i remember seeing them in Newport back in '76 for the Bicentennial. it was impressive, but i was too young to appreciate it. back then you couldnt board the vessels. this year you will be able to board. im looking forward most to anchoring in Newport harbor for the day on the thurs that they sail in, and watching them sail by. what a summer, the tall ships and the woodenboat show, both only 15 min away! too bad theyre only a week apart, id rather spread the fun out more. Jack, if you finish your weekender in time ill be very impressed. especially after this freakin winter. i dont know what feb. will be like, but we havent had a jan. this cold since 1893. thank goodness for global warming or wed really be in trouble. :roll: Quote
Nora Lee+ Posted January 31, 2004 Posted January 31, 2004 Did the tall ships in NY Harbor in 1976 and again in 1986, we anchored between Liberty & Ellis Islands for both events. It was an awesome experience, each time, seeing the horizon filled with sailing vessels of all types. coming into the harbor. It is a spectacular experience, to be on the water to experience it! In 86 we were aboard our 'True Rocket' 20 ft wooden boat named "Born on the 4th of July" in honor of our son's 9th birthday. It was the biggest birthday party, I ever gave him, and the highlight of his memory, to this day. (Jeff you are building life time memories with your boys, and giving them skills that will follow them their entire life.) He had his friend Phong Nugyen aboard as his guest. Phong and his family fled Vietnam, in a 22 foot boat with 30 people aboard,( the men were tied along side and swam, wonmen and children were aboard) they took 7 days to get from Vietman to Maylasia. Jon Jr wanted his friend Phong to sail to Lady Liberty with him. Our local paper did an article about the boys, and they were minor celebrities in the anchorage. Just last week, we watched the videos of the two trips and I still get chills watching them. Quote
Jack Gardiner Posted January 31, 2004 Author Posted January 31, 2004 I also was in Newport in '76. I recieved a coin from one of the CG Eagle's crewmembers at the time I remember my Dad saying, keep that, someday that will be worth a few. I could not remember if you could board the vessels, but I do remember being right beside the ships on the warf. The parade of sail was VERY spectacular. I remember foreign sailors walking around newport with local girls and the local guys complaining that they could not get a second look;) rt 138 coming into the bridges was at a standstill everyday and turned into tailgate parties, overheated cars everywhere, yes, I was inside one of those. I was 16 back then. I was at Ft Adams for the 1986 parade of sail, very cool. I have to complete this boat for this! Ken, your in Wickford?, well we are out of little allens harbor, just north of quonset, actually I think its in davisville. We have a large slip there where we keep our 34' dive boat. basicly the base of operations for us, the dive shop is right up the street. So you will keep the south lookout and we will keep the north lookout! Coldest Jan since 1893? I have been building a sailboat in my converted 1920's drafty prohibition rum runners storage shack turned workshop. on the coldest night we had the wood burning stove going, and the kero tube heater going and it just could not keep it warm even with a fan blowing the warmer air higher in the room down. So I had to retreat and wait it out a few days. <----<<< you eskimo's in the audience, I know, we are wimps. The hull is complete and ready to glass, some more interior fitting out and finishing and thats done. this boat is only 14' long and a beam of 48", so its not hard to move around. I have started the keel for the weekender, doing the glue ups. So I guess its offcial that I have started it. being a carpenter, and I use the term loosely hehehhe I am pretty good at managing a project however my orginal plan was not to rush and enjoy the "boatbuilding" part of it. hrmmm, perhaps the schooner project for winter 04' or a knuckle bow weekender rambling on again Jack Quote
Jack Gardiner Posted April 18, 2004 Author Posted April 18, 2004 Sad news, They have cancellled the parade of sail, due to the cost and risks of security, the ships will be towed in by tugs I hate to say it but chalk another victory up for the terrorists, I was under the impression by our president that we must go on with our lives as usual, and not buckle to the terrorists. sadly, it isnt the case here. On a side note the columbian vessel wont be making the trip, cause its being held until they find out who is responsible for the 80 or so kilo's of herion and cocaine found in the engine room. guess il just stick with the best therapy I know, Boatbuilding, hopefully the rest will sort itself out. pokes a finger thru some loose stitching in his moaning chair........... Jack Quote
Capn Trey Posted April 18, 2004 Posted April 18, 2004 Thats too bad . . . it is a sight to see, I was lucky enough to sail my weekender on Mobile Bay with the Tallships back in July 2002. It was a most enjoyable experience! Cap'n Trey Quote
Jack Gardiner Posted April 30, 2004 Author Posted April 30, 2004 Oh boy, Seems the powers that be have once again changed the plan. As of now the plan is to MOVE the tall ships back to Newport, and the parade of sail is back on!!!! Jack also on the local news front, they have taken an old blue law off the books, it seems the police could open fire if a crowd of over 30 were to be illeagally "demonstrating" Quote
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