Schooners Etc

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The Virginia rounding Long Beach Bar (Bug Light) near Orient Point, July 2009


Here are some photos of random schooners I saw this summer. Let's see if we can get some good photos of schooners, tallships, vintage ships, etc that we have seen.

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Argia, Fishers Island Sound, September 2009

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I'll post a few.

These are from the Pepsi Americas Sail tall ships event in Beaufort, NC in 2006.

At least one of them appears to be one of the same ships you posted.

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Yup, that's the Virginia in the bottom photo. Others look like the Alliance, and maybe the Spirit of Massachusetts.

Nice shots!

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My wife and I once drove to Norfolk to see the Virginia only to discover it was booked for a private cruise. Noticing our obvious dissapointment, the captain let us know that they would return in a couple of hours and he'd personally give us a private tour. Naturally we were on the dock when they returned and got a terrific tour. I've always remembered that skipper's graciousness and enjoy recounting the story.

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Harvey Gamage, Mystic River, May 2009

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Bunch of wusses, big girls blouses, there is only ONE topsail amongst the lot.