Word is the Mexican Navy tall ship ARM Cuauhtemoc is due for a port visit in May. She was her once before in 2008. (Will post photo when i locate it) She is the last of four sister ships (the other 3 being Colombia’s Gloria, Ecuador’s Guayas and Venezuela’s Simón
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Local tour boat Mar II looks to be having some planks replaced below the waterline. She also appears to have received a fresh coat of paint.
The Picton Castle arrived back in Lunenburg this past week after spending the previous 2 years abroad. During that trip, the ship completed her 6th circumnavigation of the world. Also in Lunenburg, another Moreland Enterprise, the Conversion of a side trawler to the Sailing Vessel Tiare Taporo seems to be
As announced earlier this month, installation of a hydraulic steering gear is underway aboard the bluenose. She is currently tied up next to the fisheries museum’s Wharf.
The Bowdoin is the official Sailing ship of the State of Maine, and seems to make an annual stop in Halifax in August. See posts from August 2013, 2012, 2011
The Bluenose II(I) has been moved today, July 30, from the Lunenburg Foundry dock, where it has been berthed for the past two years, to a dock near the Fisheries Museum of the Atlantic. The move coincides with the official handover of the vessel to the provincial government. Bluenose II
STS Lord Nelson, will visit Halifax this August 2/3. This three-masted barque is one of two tall ships that are part of the Jubilee Sailing Trust, a registered charity founded in 1978 in the U.K. The JST takes both disabled and able-bodied men and women to sea, to not only teach them how
UPDATE:Normally a post doesn’t illicit urgent calls from the National Post. This one did, however, and so I went to talk to the Owners. Schwalbe set sail from the Bahamas 32 days ago,with a plan to head to Bermuda, then great circle route to the UK. On the Way she
From Mike Horn Via Twitter Pangaea has arrived safe and sound in one of the friendliest Ports in the world Halifax NS Canada after a rough ride. Catching up with some of our student Explorers, looking at future projects, and a small technical reparation to be done. Shes Currently anchored off
The Maine Maritime Academy Sailling Vessel Bowdoin has arrived for her annual August visit. Built in 1921, she is 8 years younger the the CSS Acadia For her previous visits See the 2011 and 2012 posts