Tall-ship visits & events

[cohocatcher]

The replica of the Nina will dock today and will be there until June 15.

[cohocatcher]

Just visited her. She is TINY. Photos later (if I can figure out how to do it with my new computer).

[cohocatcher]

First try at posting photos.

[Northern Exploration]

The ships they crossed the oceans with are quite small not all like we invisage in our minds. My parents were in Newfoundland when the Matthew arrived after crossing the Atlantic. When I saw pics it was mind boggling that anyone was brave enough to go venturing in storms in these small ships. No wonder so many died in passages.

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Nina will be coming over to Victoria for the Tall Ships Festival, June 26-29, 2008.
Bounty will be here as well. Bounty was here in the inner harbor promoting the Film, Mutiny on the Bounty starring Marlon Brando and Trevor Howard.

Mock Cannon battles will take place, at the waterfront on Dallas road at night. I hope that it won't be too busy with other boats in the water like 3 years ago, the Tall Ships had a hard time Maneuvering.

[Low Light Mike]

I'm using this existing thread for ongoing news & discussion about tall-ship visits to our local areas and related events.

This was prompted by my reading today about events planned for Tofino in 2011 regarding the 200th anniversary of the Tonquin incident.


Here's a news story on it:
www.westcoaster.ca/tofino/10400-Tonquins-History-Taking-Shape-Clayoquot-Sound.html

- excerpt about work done to restore an anchor, and some of 2011 plans.

He hopes the anchor stock – along with the anchor, beads and interpretive materials – will play a key role in the 200th anniversary celebrations.

He said the Tonquin Foundation has invited four tall ships – Lady Washington, Hawaiian Chieftain, the New Zealand-flagged R. Tucker Thomson and HMCS Oriole – to the commemorative events but has yet to confirm dates.

The foundation has also invited a representative of the Astor family, one of the most famous U.S. fur-trading families, to the event, as well as a delegation from Astoria, Ore., which is celebrating its bicentennial in 2011, said Griffiths.

“We hope to work closely with the Tla-o-qui-aht First Nation to hold meaningful and respectful public commemorations of this event,” he added.

- it will be interesting to see if the Lady Washington replica ship travels up to Haida Gwaii. There's some bad history between that historical ship and the Haida people....