The Parade of Sails Is ON!!!! I Repeat The Parade Of Sails Is On!

It seems that folks are confused and I could see why.

The Parade of Lights which was at night was canceled but today’s Parade Of Sail Is On.

Sunday morning starts with the beautiful Parade of Sail at 10:30am on Western Avenue (Stacy Boulevard, Rt. 127). Don’t miss this chance to see the schooners under sail as they parade by the Fishermen’s Memorial and out past the Dog Bar Breakwater. Then view the start of the Mayor’s Race for the Esperanto’s Cup at 1pm from Eastern Point. A free shuttle will take viewers from Eastern Point Boulevard (at Farrington Avenue) out to the point from 11:30am to 1:30pm. Cape Ann Museum will offer schooner-related docent tours of the Fitz Henry Lane Gallery and the Maritime Fisheries Galleries at 2pm. At 3pm, the Celebrate Gloucester concert, will open with seven hours of Blues, Rock, New Orleans Jazz, Funk, Americana at I4C2 (55 Rogers Street, Rt. 127) on Gloucester’s Harborfront. Celebrate Gloucester admission $15 in advance, $20 at the gate.

Monday will feature the exciting Frame Up! party at the Essex Shipbuilding Museum in Essex. Eleventh-generation shipwright, Harold Burnham, will start construction on a new schooner – the Pinky Schooner Ardelle. The keel will be signed and the first frames will be raised. In celebration of the birth of this new schooner, the Essex Shipbuilding Museum will demonstrate traditional boat building techniques. You will be able to try your hand at steam bending a plank, making a trunnel, putting together and mounting a frame, and a new exhibit will be unveiled. For crews from visiting boats roundtrip transportation will be available: From the Gloucester Maritime Heritage Center to the Essex Shipbuilding Museum at 11:30am and 12:30pm. From the Essex Shipbuilding Museum to the Gloucester Maritime Heritage Center at 3:30pm and 4:30pm.