The city of St. Petersburg, FL is hosting Tallships® St.Pete, a four-day maritime festival from March 30 to April 2, 2023.  The city is partnering with Tall Ships America to co-host a fleet of tall ships along the St Petersburg waterfront.  Tall Ships® St. Pete will be the starting point for the Tall Ships Challenge®  Gulf Coast Series. The tall ships will race from St.Petersburg to Galveston, TX, and on to Pensacola, FL.

Tall Ships® St. Pete will kick off with a Parade of Sail on Thursday evening. The ships featured in the festival include the Elissa, an 1877 square-rigged iron barque; the 1894 built schooner Ernestina-Morrissey; the Nao Trinidad, a Spanish-built replica of the 16th-century flagship of the Magellan-Elcano expedition; and the Pride of Baltimore II, a topsail schooner built to the lines of an 1812-era Baltimore Clipper.  Also participating are the schooners When and If, Glenn L. Swetman, Suncoast Horizon and the research vessel Weatherbird II.

The festival will take place in Downtown St. Pete: Port St. Pete – 250 8th Ave SE. St Petersburg, FL 33701 in the Bayboro Harbor adjacent to Albert Whitted Airport and USF St Petersburg CampusClick here to learn more and to purchase festival and sailaway tickets.