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Fells Point, May 31. Photo by Thomas Scilipoti[/caption]
PARTY ALERT! SpinSheet readers are big tall ship fans, so many already know about tonight's Portside Party for Sail Baltimore from 6-10 p.m. at Baltimore's Visitor Center. Click here for more details.
Here's a snippet from the Baltimore Sun's article on the the arrival of tall ships from all over the world (video below).
"The plan, cooked up by local leaders 40 years ago, was to draw a few tall ships to Baltimore to help celebrate the nation's bicentennial... It worked so well, they never stopped.
The Juan Sebastian de Elcano, a four-masted barque schooner used by the Royal Spanish Navy for training, glided into Fells Point on Tuesday morning — the first of three tall ships to visit the city over the next several days.
The Gazela Primeiro, a Portuguese barquentine now owned by the Independence Seaport Museum in Philadelphia, is due Wednesday. The ARA Libertad, a school vessel of the Argentine Navy, arrives Friday. The Japanese Coast Guard training vessel Kojima is also coming, on Sunday.
"This will be one of our biggest weekends this year," said Laura Stevenson, the executive director of Sail Baltimore..." Read the rest of the article here.
