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Next Stop Redpath Waterfront Festival Toronto |
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Monday, June 17: After a very successful weekend in Brockville, Ontario (Brockville Tall Ships® 1812 Tour) the fleet departs today for the next stop in the TALL SHIPS CHALLENGE® Great Lakes 2013 Series, Toronto, Ontario and the Redpath Waterfront Festival. The festival will run Thursday, June 20 through Sunday, June 23 with the ships open for public tours Thursday through Saturday from 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM and Sunday, 9:00 AM through 1:00 PM. The festival will close with a Grand Parade of Sail on Sunday afternoon at 4:00 PM.. For detailed information visit www.TOwaterfrontfest.com Fifteen tall ships including Sorlandet, Pathfinder, Playfair, Fair Jeanne, Peacemaker, Liana's Ransom, Unicorn, Lynx, Pride of Baltimore II, Niagara and St. Lawrence II, as well as Challenge, Kajama and Empire Sandy will grace the Toronto waterfront for the four day festival. Following the Parade of Sail, the ships will continue on to the starting line of the first Tall Ships® Race of the series, the Lake Ontario "Race Around the Buoys". A complete list of port festivals and Tall Ships® races is shown below. |
Schedule of Maritime Festival Ports and Dates |
In the U.S. for TALL SHIPS CHALLENGE® Great Lakes 2013 |
Port of Cleveland 2013 Tall Ships® Festival: July 4 - 7 |
Tall Ship® Celebration: Bay City, MI: July 12 - 14 |
Tall Ships® Duluth 2013: July 26 - 28 |
Tall Ships® Chicago 2013: August 7 - 11 |
Baylake Bank Tall Ship® Festival Green Bay, WI: August 16 - 18 |
Battle of Lake Erie Bicentennial at Put-In_Bay: September 2 |
Tall Ships® Erie 2013: September 6 - 8 |
In Canada’s Ontario Province for Tall Ships® 1812 |
Hamilton, Ontario: TALL SHIPS® Hamilton 2013 June 28 - 30 |
TALL SHIPS® 1812 Georgian Bay Collingwood, Wasaga Beach/Nancy Island, Owen Sound: August 16 - 18 Penetanguishene, Midland, Discovery Harbour: August 24 - 25 |
Southwestern Ontario: Sails to See Windsor, Amherstburg, Kingsville, Pelee Island: August 30 - September 2 |
At each site, the tall ships will be open to the public for viewing and feature dockside exhibits and lively interactions with crew. |
Between ports, the tall ships have the option to compete in five offshore races, one in each of the Great Lakes: Race One: Toronto “Around-the-Buoys” Race in Lake Ontario Students and trainees will sail the ships just as was done during the great Age of Sail. These races follow long-distance courses on the open water, and the ships sail without using engines, promoting international goodwill through friendly competition. |
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About the TALL SHIPS CHALLENGE® Series |
| Tall Ships America’s TALL SHIPS CHALLENGE® is an annual series that rotates on a three-year cycle between the Atlantic Coast, Great Lakes, and Pacific Coast. Over the past decade, Tall Ships America has coordinated more than sixty TALL SHIPS CHALLENGE® events in 32 cities, stimulating strong tourism and economic development through the coordination of simultaneous family-friendly festivals. |
About Tall Ships America |
Founded in 1973, Tall Ships America is a non-profit organization dedicated to enriching youth education through character building and leadership programs aboard tall ships. It is the hub for tall ship activity, expertise, and information in North America, and is commended by Congress as the Sail Training organization representing the United States in the international forum. The mission of Tall Ships America is to encourage character building through sail training, promote sail training to the North American public, and support education under sail. |
For a full list of participating ships in the TALL SHIPS CHALLENGE® Great Lakes 2013 CLICK HERE |
CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THE TALL SHIPS CHALLENGE® Great Lakes 2013 Series |
 The sailing ship logo, Tall Ships®, Tall Ships America®,Tall Ships Are Coming!®, Adventure and Education Under Sail® and TALL SHIPS CHALLENGE®, are registered trademarks of the American Sail Training Association. |
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The mission of Tall Ships America is to encourage character building through sail training, promote sail training to the North American public, and support education under sail |
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