Haborfest 2010

Greetings,

Harry and I ventured over to the harbor for a parade of sails....

Norfolk Harborfest began more than a quarter century ago when the Norwegian Tall Ship Christian Radich came to call on Norfolk, a waterfront community that had no city-owned property on which to dock a ship.

The ship was docked three blocks from Town Point at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and 13,000 people crossed her gangway in just one and a half days.

Thus creating the Harborfest

Today, tall ships from all over the world frequently call on the City of Norfolk and nearly half a million visitors gather on the downtown waterfront each year for this annual celebration of our region's rich nautical heritage.


Harry jumped aboard the Godspeed, 88'- 17TH CENTURY JAMESTOWN SETTLEMENT REPLICA

The Godspeed is a re-creation of one of three ships that transported America's first permanent English colonists to Virginia in 1607.

Kalmar Nyckel, USA, 141' - Commissioned in 1998, Kalmar Nyckel is a replica of the Swedish-owned ship that brought the first permanent European settlers to the Delaware Valley in 1638.

Today, she serves as Delaware's sea-going Ambassador of Good Will. The largest and most ornate of the first nine vessels to bring settlers to the New World, Kalmar Nyckel was the last to be reconstructed.

An authentic re-creation, modified only to conform to current safety standards, her keel and ribs are made of Central American hardwood, including Delaware holly.

And then there were these...

tree or vine thingy's...?

And they just walked around slowly extending their limbs or vines...

Good time... although the Norfolk humidity finally sent us home early. 


Blessings,