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CBS News
17-07-2025
- Entertainment
- CBS News
Sail Boston 2026 is a year away. Here's what to know about the tall ships.
Sail Boston 2026 is now less than a year away, and the arrival of the tall ships is going to be extra special as America celebrates its 250th birthday. Boston has previously hosted the event in 1992, 2000, 2009 and 2017. The 2026 edition is expected to bring millions of people and millions of tourism dollars into the city. "They're coming from everywhere," Gov. Maura Healey said at a Wednesday news conference about the tall ships. "It's going to be awesome." Here's what to know about Sail Boston 2026. The event takes place from July 11 to July 16, 2026. It will kick off on July 11 with a "Parade of Sail" as the vessels arrive in Boston. In 2017, massive crowds gathered on Castle Island and other waterfront locations to watch 56 ships come into Boston Harbor. After the parade, the ships will be stationed at various spots along the city's waterfront for several days, and the public will be able to board them for free. The fleet will feature ships from more than 25 countries. Organizers say this event is expected to host a fleet that's similar to the size that came to Boston for bicentennial celebrations in 1976. Sail Boston says some of the masts on the ship are more than 200 feet high, making them among the tallest wooden structures in the world. You can see a list of the invited ships on the Sail Boston website. Some of the biggest vessels are the Amerigo Vespucci from Italy, the Dar Mlodziezy from Poland, Chile's Esmeralda, the Libertad from Argentina and the Union from Peru. Boston isn't the only city getting a visit from the tall ships in 2026. It's actually the last stop on "Sail 250," which is making visits to five U.S. cities to celebrate the 250th anniversary of America's independence. Sail 250 starts in New Orleans from May 28 to June 1. It will be in Norfolk, Virginia from June 19 to June 24 and Baltimore from June 25 to July 1. The tall ships will be in New York City for the July 4th holiday through July 8.
CBS News
02-07-2025
- Entertainment
- CBS News
NYC to celebrate America's 250th birthday with parade of ships for "Sail 4th 250"
New York City will welcome tall ships of the world as part of a celebration of America's 250th anniversary on the Fourth of July, 2026. The port of New York and New Jersey will host a parade of ships from around the world, and the event is expected to bring millions to the city. Preparations are well underway. City officials, alongside military personnel, announced the largest fleet of the world's tall ships and gray hull ships will sail into New York harbor, pass in presidential review, and salute the Statue of Liberty. Officials say the event, called Sail 4th 250, will be a special U.S. Navy Fleet Week for the holiday, and the U.S. Navy's Blue Angels will take to the skies over Manhattan. The celebration will also include a massive Fourth of July fireworks display, and a tickertape parade on July 6 honoring post-9/11 combat veterans and their families. "This is a once in a lifetime opportunity, this a huge, huge, fun celebration. These are majestic ships. Some will be here at the Intrepid Museum, other ships will be elsewhere, they will be all free and open to the public," Intrepid Museum executive vice president David Winters said. "To be able to host the 30+ tall ships that represent multiple countries and to invite the world to New York City to experience the Fourth of July is so exciting," said Julie Coker of New York City Tourism + Conventions. The city says the event is expected to bring in more than $1 billion of tourism revenue.
CBC
28-06-2025
- Entertainment
- CBC
Take a tour of one of Canada's largest tall ships
Toronto's Waterfront Festival kicked off on Friday with a parade of historic tall ships sailing along the waterfront. CBC's Michelle Song joined locals and tourists as they hopped on what's believed to be the biggest tall ship in Canada: Empire Sandy.
Yahoo
18-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Spectacular scene as Mexican tall ship docks in NYC, giving sneak peek of blockbuster Sail4th celebration of America's 250th
Sea-nic views abounded onboard and off. A Mexican navy tall ship carrying 277 crewmembers ceremonially soared into lower Manhattan Tuesday — giving New Yorkers a taste of what to expect at next year's blockbuster Sail4th event celebrating America's 250th birthday. Dozens of naval cadets stood stoically aboard the Cuauhtémoc's towering 147-foot mast, while others dressed in cultural Mexican garb awaited nearby, and three long horns sounded as the boat sailed through New York Harbor as a signal of goodwill between Mexico and the US — even amid the ongoing tariff drama. The vessel, built in Spain in 1982 with the sole purpose of training cadets, is expected to be one of 30 Class A International Tall Ships that will parade through the Harbor on July 4, 2026 — in an impressive processional that will also include scores of smaller vessels, a dramatic military flyover and a fireworks finale. 'The visual will be unbelievable, and the events are going to be magical,' said Capt. Andrew McGovern, a board member for Sail4th, adding that 'cultural exchanges' will be a main focus of the blockbuster event. 'This will have a lasting legacy and open people's eyes. This is what we were built on and founded on.' The Post was offered an exclusive trip onto the Cuauhtémoc as it sailed below the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge and into Pier 17 at the South Street Seaport. The stop is just the third in the vessel's eight-month voyage around the globe, which offers the Mexican cadets the opportunity to flex their sailing muscles in environments like Jamaica, Iceland, Portugal and more. This year's class boasts 175 cadets, the largest class the nation's navy has seen yet. 'The classes are getting bigger and bigger. We just keep getting more and more people!' said Lt. Sg. Hugo Calvario, the ship's orthopedic surgeon. 'We had to leave almost 40% of the crew to take on more cadets,' he continued, meaning the trainees have to pick up the slack and take on more responsibilities. The Post watched as they skillfully climbed the dauntingly high ropes and stretched across the towers of the ship's three masts to conduct what in English is known as 'manning the yards' — a universal sign of respect that is done every time a ship enters a port. The cadets stood with open arms for around 15 minutes until they were called back down to help prepare the vessel for docking, but officials guessed that next year's class might have to stand on the towering masts for up to two hours as the parade makes its way through the harbor. For the occasion, several cadets traded in their striped uniforms for traditional dress in the styles of Mariachis, Charreria and China Poblana, as well as Traje tipico veracruzano and Traje tipico jalisco, as a form of celebrating their heritage upon entering another nation's soil. Who does what changes every day, Calvario explained. Upon docking in lower Manhattan, a crowd of Mexican Americans waved flags and cheered in welcome before Mexican Ambassador to the US Esteban Moctezuma Barragán boarded the Cuauhtémoc for a brief ceremony conducted in Spanish. The spectacle happens more than the average New Yorker might know, with varying countries taking their turns docking and enjoying a few days on US soil throughout the year as a display of pride and international goodwill. That goodwill will culminate at next year's Sail4th event, which will span July 3 to the 8 in the Big Apple — and will coincide with the World Cup and Fleet Week, which was moved for the momentous occasion. The Post is one of the bash's sponsors.
