The other ones are Daniel Webster Clements and Larinda. Pride of Baltimore II is one of the ships tricentennial organizers are paying a fee for its attendance, Stein said.
Stein said Mobile's parade will be similar to a 2000 parade he organized in Philadelphia, in which 23 vessels participated. "When I saw that list, I said, 'Boy, these people are doing it,'" he said. No more than 30 tall ships can participate in the parade, Stein said, because of Coast Guard rules and a limited number of places to berth.įrom the lineup he has seen, Bird said, Sail Mobile will be comparable to other major gatherings of tall ships. While referred to as "tall ships," they are categorized by length, with Class A ships being longer than 170 feet. He said his company has organized other tall ship gatherings and major events, including a Las Vegas casino opening.Īll tall ships in the parade will be at least 50 feet long, said Robert Hickman, a tricentennial staffer who is working on booking the ships. "There will be others," said Fred Stein, a Pennsylvania consultant who is the executive producer of Sail Mobile. Coast Guard Barque Ea gle, Daniel Webster Clements, Larinda, Pride of Baltimore II, Jolly Fisherman, all from the United States, and Cisne Branco from Brazil, Eye of the Wind from the United Kingdom and Simon Bolivar from Venezuela. The other ships expected to attend include five from this country and three from foreign nations. On Tuesday, the tricentennial booked its ninth ship, a schooner from Key West called Wolf, which is 74 feet long, said Carol Hunter, a spokeswoman for Mobile Tricentennial Inc. "You get five or six of those and they put up all their sails, and you've got a sea of canvas," said Jerome Bird, a spokesman for Pride of Baltimore Inc., which owns the Pride of Baltimore II, one of the ships that has confirmed its attendance.ĭuring a wide-ranging tricentennial planning meeting Tuesday afternoon, 80 or so organizers discussed plans for the parade, where the ships will be docked, how people will be able to board the sailing vessels and how they will find dates for the 600 or so mostly male cadets attending a reception over the holiday weekend. Those ships, three of them from other countries, have confirmed their attendance in the Parade of Sail, the highlight of a four-day event called "Sail Mobile: A Salute to the Sea," according to tricentennial organizers. Apr 10th, 2002 Fleet of vessels set to sail into Port of Mobile on July 4 reaches at least nineĪ parade will turn Mobile Bay and the Mobile River into a "sea of canvas" on July 4, with at least nine tall ships sailing past downtown and docking for the weekend in one of the main events celebrating the city's tricentennial.
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