TALL SHIPS -3 - THE EUROPA

Posted by Anne (White Rock, Canada) on 23 January 2008 in Transportation and Portfolio.

The Tall Ships didn't have their sails up while anchored! The Europa was the largest of this fleet and very impressive . There were too many people when I boarded her and it was almost impossible to take photographs while on board.

Thanks a bunch for all your kind posts yesterday. I will get round to your blogs as soon as I can :-)

Well! I am back and missed being away so long due to ill health. It was a bit of a struggle to find energy to stay on my computer and post. My daughter Lesley and her husband Robin, gave me this wonderful gift of a cruise to Alaska and Lesley and I had a whale of a time! I could just live on that ship - absolutely wanted for nothing! Hope to hear from you all! Don't know how much I can get around posting comments - so will probably have to keep them brief - but will try to get around as much as I can! Thanks to all my friends for their good wishes!

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Comments (6)

Laurie from New Jersey, United States

Such a wonderful subject. Makes me want to go to Mystic Seaport. I haven't been there in many years. I think I am going to mark my calendar.

23 Jan 2008 1:36pm

@Laurie: Thanks Laurie. You can see sailing ships like this at Mystic Seaport? Never heard of it - where is it? Its a rare sight here and there was much ado when these tall ships came a-visiting!

amy from Rocky Mountain House, Canada

Holy cow!! Look at the crowds up there! No wonder you had difficulties trying to get shots. I'm surprised you were even able to board her.

23 Jan 2008 3:26pm

@amy: Yeah! Holy Cow! I wouldn't have lined up in that mile or two line-up. My son-in-law's brother owns a ReMax - Steveston Real Estate and I guess they were one of the sponsors of the event, or some such thing. Anyway, we went into a pavilion near the line-up, had wristbands put on and were taken straight aboard! ;-)

Jen from Alpharetta, United States

That is quite the crowd!
wonderful shot Anne...I really like the composition and framing

24 Jan 2008 11:39pm

@Jen: Thanks for coming by Jen! The ships were great subjects for photos - especially against that great blue sky! It was taken with the first digital point and shoot cheapy (expensive at the time), but it worked OK when things weren't too far away. Useless for distance detail and the resolution was not good for printing either! But, I was happy enough with these ships that I posted. ;-)