Last Saturday was a special treat. The tall ships were docked in Bath
and I went as a guest of one of my friends who was gifted two passports
for her birthday on Canada Day.
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| One of the street light posts on the main street in Bath. |
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In the park across from the water, vendors set up their displays of crafts.
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| First tall ship we toured was a Canadian ship from Ottawa (a brigantine) |
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| Some of the other ships we toured were from Canada, the U.S. and the Netherlands. |
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| One of the many re-enactors from the Loyalist Days |
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| Lots of ropes for the sails |
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| This particular rope was the one that held the anchor for this ship |
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| Each crew member had a kit bag that also contained his hammock |
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| Other tall ships were not docked for touring but were anchored out in the water. Some of the ships were available for taking passengers out for a sail around Amherst Island. |
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| One of the American ships ( Topsail schooner 3) |
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| The Denis Sullivan had 10 sails |
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| The Empire Sandy (Gaff schooner 3) coming into dock having taken passengers out for a sail. It had just fired off a canon shot, and I was surprised I caught it on my camera. |
I have over 80 photos of the day. We had such a wonderful time, and I will definitely be putting these pictures into a memory book later. I have some more photos of the vendors and the re-enactors in their costumes, but I will leave that for another post, as this one is getting kind of long.
Did you take those pictures with your phone? Those are excellent, thanks so much for sharing them. It sounds like you really had a grand time. I especially like the picture of the lamp post, but the ships are magnificent. And such great costumes!
ReplyDeleteI used my Blackberry Playbook to take my photos. It isn't a phone. I haven't learned how to take pictures with my phone yet. It really was a great time. I am glad I could go.
DeleteHow neat! I don't think I would ever particularly care to sail on a ship like this, but I do love being able to climb on and explore them.
ReplyDeleteNone of us felt compelled to go for a sail on one. There really wasn't time for a 2 hour sail and still get to see everything we did that day. However, it might have been a spectacular shot of the sails if we had gone out. Maybe next time.
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