TALL SHIPS CHALLENGE® Pacific Coast Series opened in Victoria, BC on June 26

July 3, 2008 by Avanzini
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tallship BOUNTY, Victoria BC‏

HMS BOUNTY & LADY WASHINGTON(below) heading for Victoria, British Columbia, to join  the TALL SHIPS CHALLENGE® events, photographed by Thad Koza the 25th of June 2008.

The HMS Bounty is scheduled to visit, Tacoma, Port Alberni, San Francisco, Monterey, Channel Islands, San Diego and Los Angeles. The 9th of September she will depart from San Diego on a four week sail passage to Hawaii. After a 2 week layover at a few of the Hawaiian Islands she will return to San Diego and then onto the Galapagos Islands before heading back through the Panama Canal and home to St. Petersburg Florida arriving there in early January 2009.

Lady Washington is the Official Ship of the State of Washington and will join the tall ships in Victoria, BC (June 25-30), Tacoma, Wash. (July 3-7), and Port Alberni, BC (July 10-12).

tallship LADY WASHINGTON, Victoria BC‏‏

The new Tall ships Calendar 2009 by Thad Kozad is now available. Featuring the STAR of INDIA on it’s cover along with 11 other tall ships photographed during the Tall Ships’ Races Mediterranea 2007

The Eagle Under Full Sail

An unusual and magnificent image of the US Coast Guard’s Eagle under full sail, taken by Thad Kozad on the 2nd of july. On Thad’s own words “I had chased EAGLE all over for thirty years, before seeing her under full sail 2 days ago !”.

Thad Kozad is the author of Tall Ships, the fleet for the 21st Century, currently on it’s fourth edition. The book is a complete guide to Tall Ships with hundreds of Thad’s best photographs and detailed descriptions.

Tall Ships, the fleet for the 21st Century by Thad Kozad

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    3 Comments on TALL SHIPS CHALLENGE® Pacific Coast Series opened in Victoria, BC on June 26

    1. Lorene Sowash on Sat, 19th Jul 2008 9:59 am

      2. I’m trying to find out when they will be in San Diego. Why don’t you have a schedule??

    2. admin on Sun, 20th Jul 2008 7:39 am

      3. Lorene,

      The ASTA Pacific Coast Tall Ships Challenge Series continues this summer with stops at the Festival of Sail San Francisco on July 23-27, the Tall Ships Festival in Oxnard on Aug. 7-10, the Festival of Sail Los Angeles on Aug. 13-17 and finally to San Diego for its Tall Ships festival Aug. 20-24.

      Regards,
      Pablo

    3. Jim Walker on Tue, 5th May 2009 6:11 am

      4. Fascinating. If this “event” ever comes to Panama I would love it. What a sight it would be to see the tall ships transiting the Panama Canal.

      Jim Walker

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