Here are some photos of the tall ships from this morning. If you missed it, go back and read this morning’s post to understand.
No slide show today because these aren’t on my main gallery yet. I’ve put these in the order they were shot. The lighting conditions were a little challenging as it was raining and overcast, but the fog made things pretty cool for a bit.

Imagine my surprise when Lynne calls while on her way to work this morning to tell me that there are three tall ships anchored outside of Kenosha Harbor! I was still asleep, that woke me up real fast!! I put on some clothes, grabbed the camera gear and headed down there as quickly as I could. As I rounded the corner at Carthage College ,and saw the three ships, I realized that one of them was big. Could it be ? As I got closer I knew it was. Yes, the Bounty was anchored off of Kenosha Harbor! The other two ships were the Appledore IV and the Roseway.

While I was shooting my first pictures of these three I noticed another ship was leaving the harbor. I took a look through my binoculars and saw it was the Denis Sullivan. That got me to wondering if there were more ships in the harbor, so I headed down there and sure enough, there were two more, the Appledore V and the Inland Sea, both new ships to me.

I knew I had to get photos of the Bounty with the lighthouse, so that was my next move. I then began wondering if a couple ships may have stayed in Racine for the night, so I drove up there and found nothing. I headed back to Kenosha and got back in time to see that the Bounty had set three sails and was beginning to head out. She was the only one of the six left. I was able to get some more pictures of her with the lighthouse and then watched as she started to sail away. I followed along the shoreline and stopped for a few more pictures before I told her goodbye.

It was 3 weeks ago tomorrow that I first saw the Bounty in Sturgeon Bay and fell in love with her. Then to see her up close and walk her decks in Port Washington was very special. Now to have seen her anchored in Kenosha and then to watch her sail away is truly amazing. What a great way to end my summer of tall ships!

I’ll post more pictures later.

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This last Sunday we went  to one of our favorite places,  Port Washington, for their annual Maritime Heritage Festival. The festival includes good food, entertainment, crafts show, and of course the tall ships. This year they had five tall ships there, the Lynx, Roseway, Unicorn, Pride of Baltimore II, and the Bounty.

I’ve been looking forward to this event all summer, but since seeing all of these ships in Sturgeon Bay, I’ve really been ready for it. What I was most exited about was seeing the ships up close and boarding them, especially the Bounty and the Pride of Baltimore II. They didn’t disappoint. I think I could have spent hours walking around the Bounty, there was so much to shoot. It was also a great thrill to go below deck on the Bounty. What a beautiful ship!

Here’s a slide show of my best images from the day. I highly recommend that you view it full screen by clicking on the icon in the lower right corner.

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2010 Port Washington Maritime Heritage Festival – Images by Steven Bourelle

One of the other reasons I was excited to go to the maritime festival was to see Bounding Main. They are a quartet that sings old maritime and sailing tunes. Their wonderful four part harmony rings out across the festival. They also add a little comedy, creating a 45 minute set that is very entertaining. I shot some photos of them at the pirate festival that they used on their web site, so I was looking forward to shooting some more photos of them. You can check out the pictures at my Flickr account: Bounding Main in Port Washington

This is it for the tall ships for this year. We had a great time at both Port Washington and Sturgeon Bay. Seeing these grand ships has been a major highlight of my summer!

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