By Carole Kuhrt Brewer,
August 18, 2010 at 4:34 pm
The HMS BOUNTY built for the 1962 movie, Mutiny on the Bounty will be part of the Festival.
Ahoy Matey! Calling all sailing affectionados.
With the magnificent Chicago skyline as the backdrop, more than 20 Tall Ships, from around the world, will sail into Navy Pier for six days of festivities celebrating and exploring Chicago's rich maritime heritage.
PREVIEW. Learn their story and see the beauty of 16 of the Tall Ships coming to the Tall Ship Festival in the Slide Show below. TALL SHIPS FESTIVAL 2010. Tuesday, August 24 through Sunday, August 29, 2010.
More than 20 Tall Ships, from around the world, will sail into Navy Pier for six days of festivities celebrating and exploring Chicago's rich maritime heritage. Visitors can go on-board ships, sail on selected ships (extra fee), shop more than 80 vendors, take ship tours, enjoy international music, participate in children's activities, meet the crew and more.
SPECIAL EVENTS. THE PARADE OF SAIL. The Pepsi Tall Ship Festival 2010 kicks off Tuesday, August 24 at 4p.m. with the Tall Ships The Parade of Sail. You can view the ships from a distance along Lake Michigan then watch as they get closer and closer before docking at Navy Pier.
FIREWORKS. Stick around for nightly fireworks displays. 9p.m. August 24 through 29.
TICKETS. Viewing Passes allow visitors within festival grounds on the East End Plaza and the North Dock of Navy Pier to see the ships and enjoy the festival. $15 adults, $9, children ages 3 to 12, free, children under 2. Boarding Passes are available for purchase August 25. They provide visitors on-deck tours of the ships guided by the visiting crews on the class A ships as well as all activities included with the viewing passes. $20 adult, $15 child, ages 3 to 12, free child 2 and under.
The 92' Madeline is a reconstruction of a mid-19th century schooner, typical of the trading schooners that once sailed the upper Great Lakes. The original Madeline was once the first EuroAmerican School in the Grand Traverse region. Launched in 1990, the modern Madeline now sails with a volunteer crew and serves as the State of Michigan's official tall ship.The 122' square topsail schooner, Lynx, is a replica of a naval schooner from the War of 1812. Serving effectively as a blokade runner and offensive weapon of war, she was among the first ships to defend American freedom. She serves today as a living history museum. Lynx traveled from California, through the Panama Canal, to participate in the Tall Ships festival.Red Witch is a 77' gaff-rigged topsail schooner whose designer was John G. Alden, long considered one of the world's greatest naval architects and classic yacht designers. She is named after the epic sea story, Wake of the Red Witch, by Garland Roark. The spacious salon is decorated with original posters and pictures from the 1949 movie, starring John Wayne. She is licensed to carry up to 49 passengers, and was built specifically for charter passenger travel."We have met the enemy and they are ours..." Commander Oliver Hazard Perr, USN, sent that famous dispatch during the Battle of Lake Erie on September 10, 1813. It referred to a merchant sloop turned man-o-war fighting vessal named Friends of Good Will. The Michigan Maritime Museum launched a 101' square topsail sloop replica in 2004.Pride of Baltimore II is a 157' topsail schooner built to the lines of an 1812-era Baltimore Clipper. Owned by the State of Maryland, her mission is three-fold: to promote Maryland trade and tourism, to represent the goodwill of Maryland's citizens; and to provide a unique education platform for American history and marine sciences. She can accommodate up to six paying passengers as "working guest crew."
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Built in 1989 in the former Russian state of Georgia, Fazisi is an 82' yacht that gained fame when she sailed 386 nautical miles in only 24 hours during the daunting 1989-90 Whitebreak Round the World Race. In 1999, Fazisi was purchased by members of the Joseph Conrad Yacht Club in Chicago, and then later donated to the Polish Yachting Association of North America.Tall Ship Adventures conducts sail training on bord the 72' Playfair, and her sister ship, Pathfinder, two twin square-rigged brigantines designed specifically for youth sail training on the Great Lakes. Every year, each ship sails more than 4,000 miles, spends approximately 40 nights as sea, and introduces 300 trainees to the tall ship experience.More than 900 volunteers built the 137' S/V Denis Sullivan in 2000. This replica three-masted schooner operates as a floating classroom and goodwill ambassador for the State of Wisconsin. Her mission is to re-establish the historical, cultural and environmental bonds between the community and the Great Lakes. She serves as the signature vessel for Great Lakes United's partnership with the TALL SHIPS.Hollywood drops anchor at Navy Pier with the HMS Bounty. This 180' full-rigged ship was built for the 1962 movie, Mutiny on the Bounty. MGM Studios used it to tell the story of the famous maritime mutiny that occurred in the South Pacific in 1789. Children will love to board HMS Bounty because she was used in such popular lilms as Treasure Island, Sponge Bob Square Pants, and Disney's Pirates of the Caribbean - Dead Man's Chest.Royaliste is a 68' gaff-rigged, square topsail ketch built in 1971 in Nova Scotia. In the late 1980s, she was refit to the specifications of a mid 1700s sailing vessel. Royaliste offers sail training with a privateer's flair: a costumed crew, historical re-enactments, and mock sea battles. A unique feature of the ship is her ability to be transported overland by trailer. Royaliste has traqveled more that 6,000 miles via highway, and also has sailed both the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.
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WINDY is Navy Pier's own 148' traditional, four masted gaff topsail schooner and the official flagship of the City of Chicago. She is built of modern materials, but still retains all the character and charm of tall ships in the great Age of Sail. During the past 15 years, she has offered Chicago skyline cruises to thousands of visitors from around the world.Tall Ship Adventures conducts sail training on board Pathfinder, a 72' square-rigged ship designed specifically for youth sail training on the Great Lakes. Since 1964, more than 15,000 youn people, ages 13 - 18, haave lived and worked aboard Pathfinder and her sister ship, Playfair, during one-week and two-week sailing adventures.The largest tall ship in the festival, the 198' brigantine, Flagship Niagara, was built in 1988 as a reconstruction of the warship aboard which Commander Oliver Hazard Perry won the Battle of Lake Erie during the War of 1812. Flagship Niagara is a floating history lesson. Student sail trainees and deckhands who serve aboard this tall ship sleep in hammocks on a single berth deck, which is converted three time a day into a mess hall for meals.One of the festival's most magnificent tall ships, the 185' Europa hails from Amsterdam, The Netherlands, and is one of the world's most famous sailing vessels. Built to sail around the globe, Europa has a crew of 10 - 12 professional seafarers and 50 "guest" crew members. This is her second voyage into the Great Lakes. Inland Seas was created in 1989 to teach culturally-diverse students from the state of Michigan and thoughout the Midwest about the science and heritage of the Great Lakes. More than 75,000 participants have experienced the award-winning Great Lakes Schoolship Program aboard thei 77' two-mast Gaff schooner.
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Roald Amundsen was designed and built as a deep-sea fish lugger in 1952 to service the military fleet of East Germany. When the Berlin Wall came down, she became obsolete. In 1992, a handful of enthusiasts converted and rigged her as a traditional brig. Today, this 165' vessel operates year-round with voyages for sailing trainees that last up to three weeks. She is crewed and maintained by approximately 1,000 volunteers. Her last appearance in America was in 2000.
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