We plan to cross the big lake from the North Shore on August 8th and arrive in the Apostle Islands in the afternoon. You may board the Abbey Road in Two Harbors any time after 8 pm on August 7th, and we will depart the next day. We highly recommend you have some prior sailing experience to prepare for this long-distance cruise. We have room for 6 trainees over the age of 13, who are willing to stand watch, tend the sails, and steer a steady course as we transit Lake Superior to the distant shore. This exciting adventure covers about 100 nautical miles (weather depending) with a stop overnight at one of the Apostle Islands. The captain will review navigation procedures, use of charts, dead reckoning, radar, and GPS in an easy to understand and relaxed environment.
By the end of a voyage they will know the fundamentals of how to sail a 60' schooner.Įveryone is involved in planning the passage. They will live, cook, eat and sleep on board the Abbey Road while exploring Lake Superior. Under the command of a licensed captain, trainees will actively participate in the operation of the ship. We expect to be sailing with other tall ships as they travel to other ports. SuperiorTrails.Join us on a two day sail from Two Harbors, MN, where the Abbey Road will have participated in the 2022 Festival of Sail to Bayfield, WI. Superior Wisconsin - things to see and do.Duluth, Minnesota - Gateway to the North Shore.Superior Trails Lake Superior Circle Tour There is extensive dock space for more ships and the event site on land is nearly three times as large as Duluth. The new venue is at Two Harbors' Agate Bay. Previously located on Duluth's waterfront, Festival of Sail is moving for the 2022 edition due to construction on Duluth's waterfront. Great Lakes United - Tall Ships Challenge Race 2010.Tall Ships Duluth 2013 (photos and article).To the delight of the crowd of over 75,000 onlookers some of the ships fired their cannons as they came through the canal.
We attended the first day of the festival to see the armada of ships parade in full sail from the lake through the canal and under the Aerial Lift Bridge to the inner harbor. Mixing with the festival goers were re-enactors portraying members of the Royal Navy from the war of 1812. The highlight show was a nightly performance of the Pirates of Penzance comic opera performed by the University of Minnesota School of Fine Arts and the Duluth Playhouse. In addition to food and beverage tents the festival stage hosted numerous musical and entertainment acts each day of the festival. In addition, two ships - the Roseway and the Denis Sullivan - offered two hour sailaway voyages out in the lake. Most of the ships were docked in the harbor for four days and hosted ship tours, allowing thousands of people to board the ships for narrated tours. Anticipating the arrival of these fantastic vessels Duluth decided the occasion was a good excuse for a party - so they hosted the Tall Ships Festival in Bayfront Park and the harbor in front of the Convention Center. In the last week of July and the first week of August nine beautiful sailing ships arrived in Duluth as part of the Great Lakes United Tall Ships Challenge Race. See bottom of the page for info on the 2022 Festival)ĭuluth, Minnesota Events Visitor Attractions (directory of our pages on things to see and do in Duluth)Ģ010 Tall Ships Festival.