Tall Ships Portsmouth, New Hampshire
2010 Memorial Day Weekend Event
Tall Ships Festival - Portsmouth, NH | Piscataqua Maritime Commission
Welcome to the Annual New Hampshire
Tall Ships Official Website
This year the Tall Ships Event is on Memorial Day Weekend, May 28 - 31, 2010, with two historic vessels sailing into the harbor to help launch the NH Seacoast summer season.In addition to the tall ships arriving early this year, the Tall Ships Festival's events and activities will be held at a new location - the Portsmouth Commercial Fish Pier on Pierce Island in the Historic South End of the harbor adjacent to Strawbery Banke and Prescott Park in Portsmouth, NH.
The Tall Ships Festival Weekend begins Friday May 28 with the annual Boat Parade in the harbor at 1:00 pm with Ships open to the Public for tours on Saturday May 29 through Monday May 31.
Event Parking will be available on Pierce Island, and for peak hours suggested overflow parking areas are the Municipal Garage, Parrot Avenue lot or street parking throughout downtown Portsmouth, NH. Visit our Tall Ships Events Calendar section for the latest schedule and updates of the weekend entertainment and festival details.
About the Historic Tall Ships
This year we will welcome the tall ship HMS Bounty. HMS Bounty was built in 1960 specifically for the movie “Mutiny On The Bounty” starring Marlon Brando. She is a historic replica of the original Bounty that took Captain Bligh and Lieutenant Christian halfway around the world to Tahiti, followed by Christian and some of the ...crew staging the famous mutiny on the way back. Bounty is a 180 foot “fully rigged ship”, meaning a classic sailing vessel with three masts and all square sails. She carries up to 18 sails totaling 10,000 feet of canvas, and is armed with four 4-pound cannon. Get more information on the HMS Bounty at http://www.tallshipbounty.org.
We also will welcome the tall ship "America's
Privateer" Lynx. At the start of the War of 1812 America had only a 17
ship Navy, so private vessels were granted "letters of marque" to prey
on enemy shipping as privateers. The original Lynx, a Square Topsail
Schooner built in 1812 with four 6-pounder cannon and sharply raked
masts, was designed for speed to avoid the British fleet blockading
American ports. Get more information on the Lynx at http://www.privateerlynx.com.
There will be a Captain & Crew Reception
Saturday evening May 29 at 7:00 pm
Topside tours of the ships from 7:00 - 8:30 pm
Dinner, music & cash bar, with
dinner provided by Mojo's,
musical performance by "The Dog Watch"
Tickets are available for purchase in advance.
Saturday evening May 29 at 7:00 pm
Topside tours of the ships from 7:00 - 8:30 pm
Dinner, music & cash bar, with
dinner provided by Mojo's,
musical performance by "The Dog Watch"
Tickets are available for purchase in advance.
For more event information call...
603.431.SHIP [7447]
Piscataqua Maritime Commission Inc.
500 Market Street
P.O. Box 545
Portsmouth, NH 03802-0545
All proceeds from the Tall Ships Festival
benefit the PMC whose mission is
to promote the New Hampshire Seacoast's rich maritime history.
