The 2010 Schooner Days in Olde Towne Portsmouth

Schooner Days 2010 - October 15 - 16

Schooner Days is a celebration of the world’s largest gathering of schooners along the waterfront of Olde Towne Portsmouth, Virginia. It's held this year in conjunction with the 21st Annual Great Chesapeake Bay Schooner Race from Baltimore to Portsmouth- racing to save the bay!

Visit the Schooner Days 2010 blog for all the latest details of this coming event and things I might have missed.

http://schoonerdays.blogspot.com/2010/09/2010-schooner-days-in-olde-towne

http://oldetownephotos.blogspot.com/2010/09/schooner-days-2010-2010-schooner-days.html

Operation Sail 2012

http://oldetownephotos.blogspot.com/2010/07/operation-sail-2012.html

http://www.opsail.org/

Operation Sail 2012
and the United States Navy
Announce Ports to Host Star-Spangled Banner
and War of 1812 Bicentennial Celebrations

National events will be held in New Orleans, Norfolk, Baltimore, New York and Boston.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Operation Sail, Inc. (OpSail) and the U.S. Navy announce the participation of five historic U. S. ports in the 2012 events that will commemorate the bicentennial of the War of 1812 and the birth of The Star-Spangled Banner. OpSail and the U.S. Navy will bring tall ships, naval vessels and the Blue Angels flight demonstration team to each port city, beginning in New Orleans in May 2012 and ending in Boston on July 4, 2012 in conjunction with the annual Harborfest celebration. Read more... > http://opsail.org/press0103.html

Boater's Guide

Visiting Portsmouth? Check out the Boater's Guide

www.milemarker0icw.blogspot.com
http://oldetownephotos.blogspot.com/2010/07/portsmouth-boaters-guide.html

Yacht / Submarine

Put this on my Christmas List

Now, That's a Big Boat

http://www.oasisoftheseas.com/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MS_Oasis_of_the_Seas

Historic Ship May be Headed for Scrap Yard

Historic Ship May be Headed for Scrap Yard

S/V Concordia Sinks

The flagship of Lunenburg, N.S.-based West Island College's Class Afloat program, ran into trouble about 555 kilometres off the coast of Rio de Janeiro Thursday night after it was flipped upside down in strong winds, a news release from the Brazilian navy said. All 64 people aboard a Canadian tall ship, including 48 high school and university students, have been rescued off the coast of Brazil after encountering "catastrophic problems," the school's head said Friday morning.

http://www.classafloat.com/

http://www.classafloat.com/THEJOURNEY/SVConcordia/OurCampusbySea/tabid/65/Default.aspx

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?v=wall&ref=search&gid=2205014505