Eric Bender shows us the Eagle, docked at the North End Coast Guard base and open for touring until 7 p.m.
Tall Ships
Adam Castiglioni watched the barque Juan Sebastián de Elcano glide into Boston Harbor on its way to a berth at the Charlestown Navy Yard late yesterday afternoon. The ship is a Spanish Navy training vessel, named for a Spanish navigator who sailed with Magellan - and completed his journey around the world after Magellan was killed in the Philippines in 1521.
Adam Castiglioni visited the Coast Guard's cutter Eagle today after it docked at the Charlestown Navy Yard, next to Old Ironsides. It's open to the public until 7 p.m. tonight and between 10 a.m. and 7 p.m. tomorrow.
Nathaniel Stinnett snapped the ARC Gloria, a Colombian tall ship docked until Friday at the Charlestown Navy Yard, next to the USS Constitution, where it will be open to the public.
Neil couldn't help but notice the Mexican ARM Cuauhtémoc docked at Fan Pier this morning. Read more.
KMV captured the ARC Gloria docked at Fan Pier this morning. Read more.
Adam Castiglioni went down to Fan Pier today to see the Gloria, a Colombian Navy tall ship docked there.
Troublewithtribbles photographed the ship lit up last night.
James D. spotted the Italian tall ship Amerigo Vespucci off Winthrop this morning.
Not long after, Lily D. got a closer look at the ship, which is in Boston through the 22nd: Read more.
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Joshua Fabian watched one of the Tall Ships departing Boston today. Read more.
Matt Frank has a good seat to watch the Tall Ships in Boston Harbor today.
Views of the Northeast spent some time exploring the Tall Ships in Boston Harbor yesterday.
Copyright Views of the Northeast. Posted in the Universal Hub pool on Flickr.
Greg MacKay photographed several of the Tall Ships docked in South Boston, including the Ecuadorean BAE Guayas.
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Greg MacKay spent some time by the Fish Pier with the Tall Ships.
Copyright Greg MacKay. Posted in the Universal Hub pool on Flickr.
Karin took a couple photos as well.
Scot Lehigh doesn't like the Tom Menino on display during the whole Tall Ships fiasco.
OK, so now we know the authority had $1 million just sort of sitting there, at least until Patrick and Menino came up with the plan to use it for controlling those notably rowdy Tall Ships fans.
Mike Mennonno notes that the five-day use of the slush pile is twice what it would cost to continue operating the Boston Police Department's mounted unit for an entire year:
Seems the Convention Center Authority was sitting on $1 million it really didn't have any other use for, so that'll pay for the security and stuff without which no large event in Boston can happen, the Globe reports. Of course, the crowds won't be quite as large given that the event starts July 8, which means it's kind of late to get any tourists to come to Boston for the whole thing. Oh, and officials would only talk to the Globe under cover of anonymity because it seems the first time authority board members will hear about the plan is when they pick up the paper this morning.
Sail Boston said it will scale back the Tall Ships event [Boston Globe], in an apparent compromise with Menino.
As discussed yesterday [UH], Sail Boston previously implied they would proceed with the full event despite missing a City deadline to demonstrate that they could cover public safety costs. The City estimated these costs at $2 million.
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