Last Saturday (7/11/2026), we were invited to watch the Parade of Sail with about 60 vessels celebrating the nation’s 250th anniversary, from a 25th floor apartment on the Boston waterfront. Cape Ann was well represented by our local schooners and past participants in Gloucester’s annual Labor Day Schooner Festival. They included: Adventure, American Eagle, Ardelle, Bluenose II (Nova Scotia), Columbia, Denis Sullivan, Ernestina-Morrissey, Fame, Harvey Gamage, Isabella, Lewis H Story, Lynx, Malabar II, Pride of Baltimore II, Thomas E Lannon, Tyrone, and When and If. Here are some of the vessels we watched.
USS Constitution, a 305′ Frigate, led the Parade of about 60 vessels, issuing cannon salutes.US Coast Guard Eagle, a 295′ Barque and one of the 20 Tall Ships, was second in the all-day procession.Followed immediately by Gloucester’s Adventure, and New Bedford’s Ernestina-Morrissey.Esmeralda (Chile) and Dar Mlodziezy (Poland), being escortred in from the Outer Harbor by tugs.Esmeralda closer up. She is a 371′ Barquentine naval training ship, based in Valparaiso.Kalmar Nyckel is a replica of the armed merchant ship that founded New Sweden (Delaware).Naval cadets on the yardarms of BAE Gayas (Ecuador), a 257′ Barque, preparing to turn and dock.Gorch Fock (Germany), a 292′ Barque passing Logan Airport, entering the Inner Harbor.Sagres (Portugal), a 293′ Barque, passing schooner Bluenose II (Canada) in the Inner Harbor.
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