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“Why did they make birds

so delicate and f ine as

those sea swallows when

the ocean can be so cruel?

She is kind and very

beautiful . But she can be

so cruel and it comes so

suddenly and such birds

that f ly, dipping and

hunting, with their small

sad voices are made too

delicately for the sea.”

ernest hemmingway The Old Man and The Sea

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C O N T E N T S

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Public boarding of the vessels; exhibitors open in Marine Education and International Villages.

Public boarding.

Public boarding of the vessels; exhibitors open in Marine Education and International Villages

Mock Cannon Battles and Day Sails on the Bay.

Mock Cannon Battles and Day Sails on the Bay

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Pirate Presentation at event location 5.

Mock Cannon Battles and Day Sails on the Bay.

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Salt Captains’ Welcome Reception at the Festival Pavilion, Fort

Mason Center. Invitation only

Festival of Sail public boarding officially closes.

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San Francisco Maritime National Park Association Members’ Reception aboard Eureka. Invite Only.

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yachts & clippers PIER 39

Ships are berthed by size and style. To find the location of a ship, match icon on the ships page to the icon on this map. Ship locations may change.

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F E S T I VA L D E TA I L S

For three days, San Francisco Bay will sparkle with majestic Tall Ships and an array of exciting activities, both on land and on the water. These large majestic marvels of medieval engineering, from ports of the call from all over the world, will make their way past thousands of spectators lining Crissy Field, Marina Green, Fort Mason, Aquatic Park, and locations all along the Embarcadero.

The ship will be visible from just about any location on the waterfront, from the Marin Headlands to Crissy Field to the Berkeley Hills. Join us at the Fort Mason Firehouse for the Premier Salt Viewing Area in partnership with Fort Mason Foundation. Enjoy easy parking at Fort Mason Center and a short walk to the Firehouse where the very nice viewing area is located. You can buy tickets for Salt; purchase Salt goodies and enjoy gourmet food and beverages provided by the Fort Mason tenants.

“Whenever I f ind myself

growing grim about the

mouth; whenever it is a

damp, drizzly November

in my soul; whenever I

f ind myself involuntari ly

pausing before coffin

warehouses, and bringing

up the rear of every funeral

I meet, then, I account it

is about high t ime to get

to sea as soon as I can.”

herman melville

MOby dick

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A L M A

Alma is a wooden-hulled scow schooner built in 1891 to carry bulk cargo.The flat bottomed hull was designed to navigate the shallow waters of the Sacramento San Joaquin Delta and to rest on the bottom at low tide. Not many ships have this design.

With few bridges and connecting roads, scow schooners delivered goods all over the Bay and Delta much as trucks do today.

By 1880 there were 250 sailing scows on San Francisco Bay, today there are many more beautiful schooners sailing the bay.

oVErALL LEngTh: 80 FEET

rEgISTErED LEngTh: 59 FEET

bEAm: 22.6 FEET

DEpTh: 4 FEET

groSS TonnAgE: 41.76hEIghT oF ForEmAST: 67 FEET

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B A L C L U T H A

Balclutha is a three-masted, steel-hulled, square-rigged ship built to carry a variety of cargo all over the world.

Launched in 1886 by the Charles Connell and Company shipyard near Glasgow, Scotland, the ship carried goods around Cape Horn (tip of South America) 17 times.

It took a crew of 26 men to handle the ship at sea with her complex rigging and 25 sails.

oVErALL LEngTh: 301 FEETrEgISTErED LEngTh: 256.5 FEETbEAm: 38.6 FEETDEpTh: 22.7 FEETgroSS TonnAgE: 1689hEIghT oF ForEmAST: 145 FEET

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overall length: 80 feet

registered length: 59 feet

beam: 22.6 feet

depth: 4 feet

gross tonnage: 41.76height of foremast: 67 feet

LY N XLynx is a square topsail schooner. In general, she is an interpretation of an American privateer vessel of the same name from roughly around 1812. The one original Lynx played its part in running the British blockade, assisting the then almost nonexistent American naval forces, and defending the American coastal waters and merchant ships against the Royal Navy and other enemies.

This ship has a mission to serve as a classroom for the study of historical, environmental and ecological issues.

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“The clouds were building

up now for the trade wind

and he looked far ahead

and saw a f l ight of wild

ducks etching themselves

against the sky over the

water, then blurring, then

etching again and he knew

no man was ever total ly

alone on the sea.”

herman melville

MOby dick

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P O L A R I S

By the late 1960’s, Polaris had fallen into disrepair. At that time, she was purchased by Bob and Nancy Porteous, who did a major restoration in the 1970’s. They then sailed her in the annual Mariners Regatta and took trips up to the Sacramento River Delta and many other places.

In 1984, Polaris was purchased by the Tom List family. Tom raced her every year in the Master Mariner Regatta until 1999, the year she won the Stone Boatyard Cup for the Best Maintained Vessel in the fleet. Polaris also won first place in the Master Mariners 3 years in a row and is proud.

overall length: 301 feet

registered length: 256.5 feet

beam: 38.6 feet

depth: 22.7 feet

gross tonnage: 1689height of foremast: 145 feet

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K A I S E I

Launched in 1990, Kaisei has already traversed the globe and sailed thousands of people to far reaching ports in the spirit of Global Partnership through peace and love.

Kaisei has visited over 15 countries, crewed by volunteers from over 26 nations. Her many voyages have created a very powerfully diverse network of supporters; dissolving racial, ethnic, religious, political, and age barriers around the world.

overall length: 301 feet

registered length: 256.5 feet

beam: 38.6 feet

depth: 22.7 feet

gross tonnage: 1689

N E H E M I A N

The Nehemiah has twice over solelycircumnavigated the globe and has been sailing San Francisco Bay for 10 years. We are certified by the Coast Guard for 32 passengers. Through our non-profit organization, Crosscurrent Voyages, we use experiential education, adventure and managed risk-taking for growth and development. Our goal is assisting youth to develop a strong sense of character and community, while installing self esteem in a hands-on situation.

overall length: 80 feet

registered length: 59 feet

beam: 22.6 feet

depth: 4 feet

gross tonnage: 41.76height of foremast: 67 feet

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“Foolhardy chaps as

l ives in towns, what

dangers they are al l

in, now l ie a’quaking

in their beds, for fear

their roofs might fal l

in, poor creatures, how

they envies us and now

wishes, I ’ve a notion,

for our good luck, in

such a storm, to be out

on the ocean.”

charles dibdin

a SailOr’S cOnSOlaTiOn

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R O B E R T C S E A M A N S

Gold Robert C. Seamans, SEA’s newest vessel, was designed by Laurent Giles of Hampshire England, and built at JM Martinac shipbuilding in Tacoma, Washington.

The Robert C. Seamans is a 134-foot steel brigantine and is the most sophisticated oceanographic research/sailing school vessel ever built in the United States. The SSV Robert C. Seamans sails the waters of the Northern and Tropical Pacific. Destinations include French Polynesia, Hawaii, Mexico, Palmyra Atoll and Canada.

oVErALL LEngTh: 301 FEET

rEgISTErED LEngTh: 256.5 FEET

bEAm: 38.6 FEET

DEpTh: 22.7 FEET

groSS TonnAgE: 1689hEIghT oF ForEmAST: 145 FEET

G O L D S TA R

Gold Star has been sailing on San Francisco Bay since 1965. She began as one man’s dream in a Richmond cabbage patch. George Krenkel had been always buying, refurbishing, and selling boats all his life when he saw the schooner’s plans in a 1948 Yachting magazine. “It appeared to have everything that I always wanted in a sailboat,” he later said. This and schooner Gold Star has logged more than 35,000 of miles of ocean sailing, including trips to Mexico, Hawaii, and five trips to Alaska. The crew says how comfortable the vessel is on a long ocean trip, as well as sailing on San Francisco Bay.

overall length: 301 feet

registered length: 256.5 feet

beam: 38.6 feet

depth: 22.7 feet

gross tonnage: 1689height of foremast: 145 feet

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B AY L A DY

The largest USCG certified schooner on San Francisco Bay. Bay Lady was built in Boothbay Maine in 1989. She is patterned after the famous Maine Coastal Schooners that have plied the sailing trade on the Eastern seaboard for hundreds of years.

oVErALL LEngTh: 80 FEET

rEgISTErED LEngTh: 59 FEET

bEAm: 22.6 FEET

DEpTh: 4 FEET

groSS TonnAgE: 41.76hEIghT oF ForEmAST: 67 FEET

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