Elmer Engman, our Duluth correspondent, reports on the Festival of Sail. Duluth hosted the Festival from July 10th through the 13th. Normally it is every three years but because of the sea wall rebuild it has been six years since Duluth had the last Festival.
Photo at top of page and here: ST. LAWRENCE II
The nine sailing vessels on display were: PRIDE OF BALTIMORE II, ALLIANCE, INLAND SEAS, WHEN & IF, LIBERTY CLIPPER, ABBY ROAD, ST. LAWRENCE II, ZEETO SHIP and the schooner CHARLEY.
The two other vessels open for tours were the museum ship WILLIAM A. IRVIN and the retired Coast Guard Cutter SUNDEW.
The new addition this year was a high tower for high dive competition. It looked a lot harder climbing up the 65 feet than coming back down. The water temperature in the harbor was 72 degrees.
Photos by Elmer Engman.
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Elmer Engman is a long time resident of the Duluth area. He started scuba diving in 1968, because of an interest in maritime history, and wrote the first dive guide for the area called, Shipwreck Guide to the Western Half of Lake Superior. He is a past board member of the SS Meteor Maritime Museum and the Lake Superior Marine Museum Association. He is also the founder of the Maritime history program called “Gales of November”. This will be the 38th of the program held on the second weekend in November.
