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Tall ships in Duluth
Tall Ships Duluth 2016 marks the fourth appearance by the Tall Ships in the port city. Three such vessels joined the Duluth Maritime Festival in 2008. Subsequent Tall Ships events in 2010 and 2013 proved to be among Duluth's most popular attractions. This year's four-day festival, scheduled for Aug. 18-21, will include day sails, educational programming and tours of ships such as the Denis Sullivan, a replica of a three-mast Great Lakes schooner (depicted below). After the War of 1812, ships like the Denis Sullivan became the predominant merchant vessels on the Great Lakes because they combined maneuverability with large cargo capacity. They could carry 150 tons, or 1,500 barrels, of products such as wheat, coal and iron ore with a crew of only three or four. Even with the advent of bulk freight steamers, schooners continued to move most of the grain and lumber across the Great Lakes from the 1820s into the 1890s.
By Eddie Thomas,
Jim Foster and
Raymond Grumney
July 28, 2016 at 8:26PM
These graphics show the Tall Ships — and the Big Duck — that are expected to visit Duluth Aug. 18-21.
US Brig Niagara
A 198-foot replica of one of the nine ships that defeated a British squadron in the Battle of Lake Erie in 1813.
El Galeon Andalucía
A replica of a 16th- and 17th-century Spanish galleon, used to discover and establish trade routes to America and the Philippines.
Pride of Baltimore II
This 157-foot topsail schooner is a reconstruction of the Chasseur, an early 19th-century Baltimore Clipper.
Denis Sullivan
This re-creation of a 19th-century three-masted Great Lakes schooner is a modern educational sailing vessel.
Draken Harald Hårfagre
The largest viking ship built in modern times sailed to America from Norway, but may not show because of unexpected Great Lakes pilotage fees.
Mist of Avalon
This former abandoned fishing vessel was converted into a 19th-century Grand Banks schooner and has appeared in feature films.
Appledor V
The 65-foot topsail schooner based in Bay City, Mich., is used for the sail training program "Windward Bound."
When and If
Commissioned by Gen. George S. Patton in 1939, the 83-foot Alden schooner has been restored and serves as a sail-training vessel.
Zeeto
Built in 1954 as an 1850s-era fishing schooner, the Zeeto was renovated by its present owner and sails around Lake Superior.
The Big Duck
Just how big is the World's Largest Rubber Duck? This inflatable ducky is 89 feet long, 79 feet wide and 61 feet high.
