Tall Ships Chicago

[Paul Scheuer]

Among others, Pride of Baltimore II, Europa, HMS Bounty (Hollywood Movie Ship), were in Chicago this week end.

The big news was Bounty hitting the Lake Shore Drive bridge. Minor damage to the fore and main masts.

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[ 08-05-2003, 07:55 PM: Message edited by: Paul Scheuer ]

[Mr. Know It All]

Great photo's Paul! smile.gif

Here in Lorain,Ohio we got tired of boats hitting the bridge so we got creative. :D http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid71/p275a37cbc10d3adea9f2f48f9b14eef0/fb960730.jpg

The second largest opening bridge in the world, with the "Europa" coming through a few weeks ago.
Peace----> Kevin in Ohio

[Eric Sea Frog]

Had they underestimated the bridge height?
It's eerie to see the Bounty docking nearby the skyscrapers just as if she was back from exile to the Southern Seas...They showed a TV doco on Pitcairn, all those survivors were having a picnic "meet Mrs Christian" you see a cool blonde in a summer dress smiling just at any picnic in the US or EU...
Not a legend, history.

[martin schulz]

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"It's the most famous ship in history and I guess as of this morning the most famous in the United States," said H.M.S. Bounty Capt. Robin Walbridge.

While the Bounty was sailing through the Chicago River for that city's Tall Ships celebration, the top of the Bounty's three masts clipped the raised arm of the Lake Shore Drive drawbridge.

"We ended up hitting the top," Walbridge said, "and 18 inches of the mast broke off the very top of the mast it. It didn't really do any damage except for my pride. (That was) probably damaged the most."

Walbridge admitted his crew was more concerned about the sides of ship hitting parts of the shore and not really looking upward.

"We weren't paying attention to the top because if you can clear through horizontally, you never have any problem vertically," Walbridge said.

[Wild Dingo]

And soooooo where are all the pics??? mmmmm?? come on your not gonna try getting out of it with just those couple??? tongue.gif Lucky buggar :cool:

[Paul Scheuer]

A few more -

Europa's bow. A stunning vessel, built Hamburg, 1911, fully rigged. "One of a few vessels in the world rigged for studding sails". 11,000 square feet of sails, lots of strings.
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Europa's stern. A graceful lady. Fully reconditioned recently.
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Highlander Sea, 154 ft 1924. All wood. Formerly "Pilot" Boston Harbor pilot ship.
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Amistad, 129 ft 2000. Built at Mystic. Recreated historic vessel "La Amistad", involved in the first human rights case heard by the US Supreme Court, concerning the rights of the crew of slaves who had sailed her from Cuba to the US.
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Dennis Sullivan, 138 ft 2000. All wood. Built in Milwaukee WI. A not-so-accurate replica of a Lake Schooner (no centerboard), built with the assistance of many volunteers as a floating, travelling classroom committed to education about the lakes. The most moving part of the story is the gift of the lumber for her spars, and their blessing, by the original indiginous people of Wisconsin.
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Fair Jeanne, 110 ft 1982. Built in his back yard by Captain Thomas G. Fuller in Ottawa. (Hull F******ss). Female Captain.

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Bounty, 169 ft 1960. Built in Lunenburg for use in the movie.
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The bridge that she hit while mooring in the Chicago River is a bascule bridge similar to the world's second largest noted above. Her designated mooring spot was on the south side of the river just west of the bridge. All involved were apparently watching the position of the ship relative to the wall rather than looking up to see the tops of the masts hit the raised bridge.

[ 08-05-2003, 07:56 PM: Message edited by: Paul Scheuer ]

[brian.cunningham]

Saw some of those in Detroit, some in Boston.

About the bridge OUCH!!

One ship in Detriot came from the Bahamas. They actually took the top part of the mast down to clear a bridge.

I love these kinds of events. The ships get used, which helps maintain them, and it keeps them in the public eye.

[Paul Scheuer]

The ship with the pop-up mast was probably Caledonia. A new "Tall Cruise Ship", very large with telescoping steel masts. She was not fully rigged and apparently traveling under power for the Great Lakes Tour. I didn't get a picture, as she was not very photogenic in her present state. It even looked the main mast was crooked.