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Sailing into history: South Sound place names come from explorers

Published June 29th, 2008 - 1:00AM

When the barques and brigantines of Tall Ships Tacoma sail into town this week, they’ll navigate well-marked channels. The journey will take them from Vashon Island’s Quartermaster Harbor to Commencement Bay, and past Point Defiance.

Unions key to pulling off Tall Ships event

Published June 28th, 2008 - 1:00AM

When Tall Ships opens, we’ll be getting a lot more than we paid for.

ORCAS ISLAND: Tall ship Adventuress back in the water after running aground

Published June 26th, 2008 - 1:00AM

A historic schooner that ran aground near Orcas Island sustained only a ding on its keel and will be able to head to this weekend’s tall ships festival in Victoria, B.C., and next week’s Tall Ships Tacoma festival.

Tall ship Adventuress runs aground in San Juan Islands

Published June 24th, 2008 - 1:00AM

The Adventuress, a historic schooner scheduled to visit Tacoma next month for the Tall Ships 2008 festival, apparently escaped unscathed after running aground Monday in the San Juan Islands.

Singalong with Puget Sound Revels will have tall ships theme

Published June 15th, 2008 - 1:00AM

The summer solstice might never be the same again.

Tall ships showtime gets under way

Published June 14th, 2008 - 1:00AM

ASTORIA, Ore. – America’s Tall Ship is charming this historic port. Thursday around 9 a.m., the U.S. Coast Guard barque the Eagle crossed the Columbia Bar, and this weekend is giving residents and visitors a close-up view of a vintage sailing vessel and its mission training 21st-century cadets.
• Meet the Eagle: 360 degree panorama

New deckhands for tall ships: Students will hit the sea this summer

Published May 18th, 2008 - 1:00AM

Eric Franklin had never been aboard a sailboat when he signed up for the Youth on Board program. Soon enough, he’ll spend four days as a crew member on a tall ship sailing from Victoria, B.C., to Tacoma.

TACOMA: Last chance to volunteer for Tall Ships festival is today

Published May 1st, 2008 - 1:00AM

The final opportunity to volunteer for this summer’s Tall Ships Tacoma festival is today.

'It was a ton of fun': New sails, new skills

Published April 13th, 2008 - 1:00AM

When the Hawaiian Chieftain and the Lady Washington cruise into Tall Ships Tacoma this July, the vessels’ masts will sport new sails.

Big coup for Tall Ships festival

Published September 8th, 2007 - 1:00AM

The Coast Guard training vessel the Eagle, a three-masted sailing barque dubbed “America’s Tall Ship,” will visit Tacoma next summer over the Fourth of July.

State Farm comes aboard as Tall Ships 2008 sponsor

Published August 18th, 2007 - 1:00AM

The sails on Tacoma’s 2008 Tall Ships celebration are beginning to fill – and with more than just air.

Watching the ships roll in

Published June 24th, 2005 - 5:40AM

The Tall Ships! The Tall Ships! If you think you can snag an easy reservation to eat lunch and watch the masted beauties sail into Commencement Bay on Thursday, you might be living on Fantasy Island.

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