The Salem Maritime Festival starts this Friday. The tall ship Friendship of Salem will be joined in port by Schooner Thomas E. Lannon and Schooner Fame of Salem. The Friendship is a replica of an 1797 East Indiaman. The Thomas E. Lannon is based on the design of a fishing schooner while the Fame is a replica of the successful privateer from the War of 1812. In addition to these vessels, the master gun team of USS Constitution will conduct full gun exercises with a replica 1812-era 5,600-pound cast iron long gun. There will also be live demonstrations of boat-building, coopering, rope making, cargo loading, sail-setting, and other traditional crafts.
Over the last week, there have been no shortage of theories and often contradictory claims about what caused the damage to the hull and deck house of the MOL tanker M. Star while transiting the Straits of Hormuz. The initial suggestion by a port official in the United Arab Emirates that the
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Utsch’s Marina in Cape May will be the port-of-call for New Jersey’s Tall Ship, the authentically restored 1928 oyster schooner A.J. Meerwald, from August 3 through Sept. 5, 2010. The Meerwald offers unique sailing experiences for visitors young, old and in-between. Join a pirate crew, sample some salty oysters, trawl for marine life, send the kids off for a day-camp on the high seas, or take an evening cruise after a day on the beach.
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It is that time of year again. For twenty three of its twenty five years, the 
Zheng He’s fleet of ships has been the subject of mystery and myth for centuries. Now a joint Chinese-Kenyan expedition to excavate where one of his fleet is thought to have been sunk in the 15th century may finally shed light on the amazing exploits of the legendary Chinese navigator. Thanks to 
Philadelphia’s tall ship, the barquentine 
In early July we celebrated the 
Last summer, the 
Two weeks ago the remains of an 
