(Date, Your Port) – Tall Ships America, the National Sail Training Organization representing the United States,has established 12 July 2014 asSail for Tall Ships Day. Tall ships and traditional sailing vessels around America will all sail on this day to honor the whaling ship Charles W. Morgan,as she sails on her 38th voyage calling at historic New England ports. (Your Ship Name Here)is proud to participate in this exciting and historical event.
Painstakingly restored over 5 ½ years by Mystic Seaport Museum of Mystic, CT, the Charles W. Morgan is the last remaining ship of the American whaling fleet that once numbered more than 2,700vessels. Built and launched in 1841, the Morgan is now America’s oldestcommercial ship still afloat. The Morganleft Mystic Seaport on May 17, 2014 to embark on her 38th Voyage. Where once the Morgan’s cargo was whale oil and baleen, today her cargo is knowledge, and she sails to engage communities with their maritime heritage and raise awareness about the changing perception about whales and whaling.
On July 12, (Your Ship Name Here)will join withsailing ships around the nation and put to sea to honor the restoration of this great ship, the heritage she represents, and to celebrate the traditional skills of seamanship that are sustained and hard at work aboard (Your Ship Name Here). From the rockbound harbors of Maine, to the sun drenched coast of California, to the inland seas of the Great Lakes, to the pristine sounds of the Pacific Northwest, all manner of brigs, barques, schooners, brigantines and other traditional sailing craft will hoist sail this day in common cause with the Morgan and her crew. It is a national celebration of nautical skill, courage, and adventure that defined America as a young seafaring nation in 1841 when Morgan was launched, and still defines us as a maritime power today.
On July 12 (Your Ship Name Here)will be sailing on (body of water here), with (xx students/trainees/passengers here) aboard, engaged in (name of program here). (Your Ship Name Here)sails on programs of education under sail serving the (describe student demo here). Owned and operated by (your organization’s name here),(Your Ship Name Here)’s mission is to(your mission here).
For more information about (your organization’s name here) and programs aboard(Your Ship Name Here),go to ().
For more information about Mystic Seaport Museum, and the 38th voyage of the Charles W. Morgan, go to .
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Erin Short, Tall Ships America, 401-846-1775
Dan McFadden, Mystic Seaport Museum,
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