OPSAIL MIAMI 2000

I went to Miami the weekend of June 10th 2000 to watch the "Parade of Sails".   OpSail - an armada of Tall Ships (13 class A ships, 8 class B & C and a few military vessels) made it's way into port from San Juan Puerto Rico- The boats are stunning - watching the crewman standing on the rigging - seeing them drop sail after they clear the inlet....it's breathtaking!  I took these pictures while sitting on south beach...it was the closest I could get to the boats when they left - i wasn't able to set up my tripod so I had to make do with my 500mm lens.

click on the thumbnail to view the LARGER image!
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ESMERALDA - Chile

4 masted barquentine - 371 ft. in length with 165 foot mast - the world's second-largest sailing ship.  Built in 1952-54

Steel hull - Beam:   42'8"  Draft:  19'8"

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GLORIA - Columbia

249 ft. barque - steel hull   Built in 1968

Beam:   34'8"   Draft:  16'4"
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ESMERALDA - Chile

dropping sail once it's cleared the inlet. 

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USCG Barque EAGLE

overall length - 259 feet.   A ship built by Nazi Germany - claimed as a war prize.  The crew handles more than 22,000 square feet of sail and five miles of rigging. 

Beam:  39'    Draft:  17'   Steel Hull
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HMS ROSE - USA

overall length - 179 feet - wooden hull

Ship built in 1970 as a replica of a British Colonial frigate

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CAPTAIN MIRANDA - Uraguay

205 foot - Staysail Schooner steel hull. 

Beam:  27'  Draft:   12'

 
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JOHN HANCOCK- US Navy

one of only two military vessels featured.

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DEWARUCI - Indonesia

191 foot Barquentine - steel hull  Built in 1952

Beam:  31'  Draft:   13'
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DANMARK - Denmark

253 foot built in 1933.    Beam:  33'  Draft:  15'

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GUAYAS - Ecuador

257 foot steel hulled barque.  Beam:  33'  Draft:  14'6"  Built in 1977

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