The Past Whispers

Wednesday, September 13, 2017

The Night of the Galleries - 2017

On September 16, 2017, discover the galleries of the Old Port of Quebec until Quartier Petit Champlain during the 13th edition of the Nuit des Galeries.

https://nuitdesgaleries.com/

Tuesday, September 5, 2017

Tall Ship Oosterschelde

Pop the champagne! We did it! We won the Rdv2017 trans-Atlantic race from Halifax to Le Havre!

Captain Arian reports: "Warren at the helm when we we passed the finish line south of Eddystone lighthouse, off the coast of Plymouth UK at 16:02 UTC. First in class A and overall. A huge thanks to the crew!!!"

Wednesday, August 30, 2017

Les Grands Voilers - 2017

Les Grands Voiliers

Friday, August 25, 2017

Rendez-Vous 2017 Tall Ship Atyla

The wooden schooner ATYLA was built by hand in Spain between 1980 and 1984. She was designed to look like the sailing vessels from the 1800s and built with the intention of circumnavigating the earth and then becoming a training ship. Although she never did that trip and instead sailed around Spain for almost all her life, in 2013 the nephew of the original owner took over and decided to finally dedicate her to international sail training.

They even have a watch leader program to help youngsters practise leadership. Her captain Rodrigo and the rest of the crew are well known among the tall ships fleet for their friendly and outgoing nature. ATYLA won the Friendship Trophy in the Black Sea Regatta 2014.

Class: B

Nationality: Vanuatu

Length: 24.28 m

Height: 26.50 m

Rig: Staysail Schonner 2

Year built: 1984

Official website: Atyla

Sunday, August 20, 2017

Rendez-Vous 2017 - Saint–John, NS

Tall Ships in Saint-John from August 18 to 20, 2017

Lord Nelson
When and If
Picton Castle
St Lawrence II
Mist of Avalon
Europa
Spirit Of South Carolina
Wylde Swan
Bowdoin
Fair Jeanne

Saint-John Festival of Sail

Wednesday, August 16, 2017

Rendez-Vous 2017–Town of Annapolis Royal

Nova Scotia’s final farewell to the RDV 2017 Tall Ships Regatta will take place in Annapolis Royal on Wednesday, August 16. Eight Tall Ships (including Bluenose II, Bowdoin, Lord Nelson, Picton Castle, St. Lawrence II, When and If, HMCS Oriole, and Wylde Swan) are scheduled to leave Digby in the afternoon of August 16 for an arrival as close to the town of Annapolis Royal as weather conditions allow by between 5:00 pm and 6:00 pm. Following a day full of musical performances, farmers and traders markets, and food demonstrations downtown, the evening's celebrations will wrap up with fireworks at the Annapolis Royal Wharf and a candlelight graveyard tour at 9:15 pm.

Bluenose II

RDV 2017 Tall Ships Regatta participants have visited 11 ports throughout Nova Scotia this summer, and at each and every port the intrepid seafarers were welcomed like no other province is able to, with warmth, excitement, enthusiasm and a genuine understanding of the significance of sail and its place in our history.