North Sea Regatta, Blyth 2016
A few pre-race shots from Blyth as the fleet gets into gear with some last minute adjustments before the race start to Gothenburg
Antwerp – Lisbon TSR
Antwerp – Lisbon TSR A few pre-race shots around Torbay, the crew of the Danish full rigger, Georg Stage, making sail
Antwerp TSR 2010
With the Antwerp to Lisbon Race due to start this week, heres a look back at the 2010 tall ships gathering there Interesting weather conditions leading to strong lighting effects, some great displays and a ‘Grand Finale’ by the Indonesian Barquentine ‘Duwaruci’ for the parade of Sail
A Postcard from A Coruña 2012
A Coruña the point of departure for the Spanish Armada and home to the legend of Maria Pita who’s bravery helped to repel an English incursion led by Sir Francis Drake. And lest we forget, the scene of Lieutenant-General Sir John Moore’s (1761-1809) heroic evacuation of troops during the Peninsular war. The ships were arriving after their […]
HARTLEPOOL 2010
I can think of many reasons to visit Hartlepool but none better than to see Britain’s oldest warship afloat, the frigate ‘HMS Tricomalee’ and to photograph the gathering of the Tall Ships for the North Sea Regatta 2010. And have you heard the dark tale of the ‘Hartlepool Monkey’ washed ashore one night from the wreck […]
Tall Ships Blyth 2016
Looking forward to the 2016 North Sea Tall Ships Regatta in Blyth. Here’s an image from the 2010 event in Hartlepool. A stormy start for the Parade of Sail shows the Dutch Schooner ‘Oosterschelde’ just before a cloud burst ! “The three-masted topsail schooner ‘Oosterschelde’ is the last remaining representative of the large fleet of schooners that […]
LERWICK TSR 2011
We took off from Glasgow, the cloud cover finally breaking as we flew out over the North Sea to Sumburgh airport and the news that local traffic was causing a slight delay. Our pilot announced that we would fly up to Lerwick harbour for a birds eye view of the Tall Ships, my first since […]
Dutch Schooner Eendracht – Belfast Tall Ships
Dutch 3 masted schooner Eendracht – Belfast Tall Ships 2015
Alexander von Humboldt ll – Belfast 2015
Alexander von Humboldt ll at the start of the Belfast Tall Ships Race 2015 The soft focus effects courtesy of high winds and heavy rain
