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| Schooner Days 2010, Portsmouth, Virginia |
October 15-16, 2010
Schooner Days is a celebration of the world’s largest gathering of schooners along the waterfront of Olde Towne Portsmouth, Virginia. It's held this year in conjunction with the 21st Annual Great Chesapeake Bay Schooner Race from Baltimore to Portsmouth- racing to save the bay!
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| Schooners LADY MARYLAND and LIBERTY CLIPPER at Portsmouth, Virginia's Schooner Days. |
This two-day celebration offers numerous maritime-related activities along the seawall and at the High Street Landing; many are free to the general public.
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| Schooners line the seawall at Portsmouth, Virginia's High Street Landing |
The Portsmouth waterfront from North Landing to beyond the High Street Landing will showcase over 40 schooners from local and distant ports and is considered the largest gathering of schooners in the world.
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| A gathering of great vintage wooden schooners are clustered together in Olde Towne Portsmouth for Schooner Days. | |
Schooner Days was created to commemorate Portsmouth, Virginia's rich maritime history with a variety of scheduled historical recreation events including demonstrations by shipwright artisans, maritime related musicians, costumed actors and even a hands-on building of a skiff! Other exhibits will be on hand to bring awareness for the need to preserve and improve the natural resources of the Chesapeake Bay. For more information, visit the Schooner Days site at http://schoonerdays.blogspot.com/
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