Should be great photography. I wanted to come up (from Portland) to see the tugboat races. Hopefully I'll be able to see the tall ships. Jim A.
> From: Joseph McAllister <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Date: Fri, 10 May 2002 12:38:05 -0700 > To: PDML <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: Richmond BC - Tall Ships Race > > on 05/09/02 06:57, Brian Campbell (PM) shared with me: > >> On 8 May 2002 at 21:11, James Adams wrote: >> >>> Richmond British Columbia is hosting the Tall Ships between August 8th-12th >>> 2002. This is going to be a great photo opportunity. If you want to know >>> more, go to: http://www.richmondtallships.ca Tall Ships from Europe, Asia >>> and the Americas, and centre piece of a maritime-themed festival. >>> James >> >> That would be some really cool photo op's - hope I'm in >> town! Thanx for the info. >> >> BC > > > And, from the 15th to the 19th of that same August, they'll be in Seattle, > on Lake Union (cityscape background) less than three hours drive from > Vancouver. <http://www.tallshipsseattle.org> If you miss the BC event, head > towards Seattle and shoot the two simulated battles on Friday, or the three > on both Saturday and Sunday. > > I'll try to be on someone's boat to shoot it close-up and smokey. > > When not trying to tack in the confines of Lake Union, the ships will be > tied up at the Maritime Heritage Foundation and the Wooden Boat museum at > the south end of the lake. A few will be scattered around the lake at other > available dock spaces. > > They also will try to get all the ships through the Ballard Locks early on > the 15th, and keep the two bridges open to allow a "parade" of the 22 + > ships to the Lake. > > One of the largest of these ships, the 257 ft Guayus from Equador, will > arrive in July, the 16th ~ 23rd. This training vessel cannot get to Lake > Union becausew it's 148 ft main mast won't fit under the 136 ft high Aurora > Bridge. It will be tied up or anchored in Elliot Bay for it's stay. > > Write me off-list if you have any questions or need a place to stay. > > JoMac, Pentaxian > "Pentax, Quadraphonic, Betamax, Macintosh" > > and above the rest. > k t, > s e n > Living life a w o > almost parallel to, r > yet ever so slightly o u t -------> f > - > This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, > go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to > visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
