The Parade of Sail
From the Owen Sound Habour
http://www.tallshipsowensound.com/tall-ships-profiles
Today Eric, Emily, Ruth, Paul and I went to Owen Sound to see the Tall Ships 1812 Tour presented by Redpath. We attended the Parade of
Sail, a spectacular presentation of sailing ships that marked the departure of
the Tall Ships from the Owen Sound Harbour.
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| Liana's Ransom photo by Marjorie Snyder |
The Liana’s Ransom sails under a Canadian Flag and is a
two-mast, Gaff rigged, Square Top Sail vessel and her home port is Halifax, Nova Scotia.
She is 85 feet in length and her sail area is 2,500 square feet. She weighs 65 tons and her hull is made of fiberglass on steel. On board she
carries 4 ¼ scale, 24 pound black powder cannons. She was built in
1998. The crowd today was thrilled to
hear the Liana’s cannons fire 4 times.
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| Pride of Baltimore II photo by Marjorie Snyder |
The Pride of Baltimore II, sails under a US flag. She is a topsail schooner, 157 feet in length
and her rigging reaches to a height of 107 feet. Her sail area is 9,018 square feet and she
weighs 97 GRT (Gross register tonnage). She is a wood hulled vessel. The Pride of Baltimore II is a reproduction
of an 1812-era topsail schooner privateer. This type of ship played an important role in the war of 1812.
The Fair Jeanne scheduled to participate in the Tall Ship
show in Owen Sound unfortunately did not make it. She was damaged on August 7, 2013 when she
was struck by a fishing trawler on Lake Erie.
No lives were lost and the Fair Jeanne’s damage was extensive so she has returned for repairs.
The Parade of Sail
Photos & movie by Marjorie Snyder
We arrived an hour early for the Parade of Sails.
The girls played in the Park
They waited by the harbour
They rested in the shade, and here we encountered biting red
ants. Emily was not impressed.
Even with the ants it was a wonderful day.
I would like to introduce everyone to Dawna Proudman’s youngest
Granddaughter Zephina. As you can see Mommy Amanda and big sister
Trinity are very happy with Zephina’s arrival.
Grandma Snyder
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