Philadelphia’s tall ship, the barquentine Gazela has returned to to sea after five years of being limited to protected water sailing due to a damaged rudder. With a new rudder, the turn-of-the-century Portuguese-built barquentine set sail from Philadelphia bound where she participated in a Portuguese festival in New Bedford, MA last weekend. She is due to return to Philadelphia in about a week and then depart a week later for New York Harbor.
Philadelphia’s own tall ship heads back into service
Thanks to Tom Russell of the Traditional Sail Professionals Linked-in Group for passing on the news.
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The teen-round-the-world-sailing-escapades may be starting all over again.
Depending on which of the various news reports you read, the MOL 314,016 dwt tanker M. Star suffered either an explosion, was hit by a grenade or was struck by a freak wave caused by an earthquake while transiting the Straits of Hormuz. An intriguing and developing story.
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