A Day Trip To "Newport" And The Antique Boat Show

[MFGUSA_imp]

I'll have to check that show out next year, if the weathers good. Thanks!

[emptysea]

Sounds like a "CB1100 Rally - Midwest Edition" in the making.

[MFGUSA_imp]

I think if there was a Midwest CB1100 rally MTC that I would already have +300 miles packed in before the event began. Actually I was just considering bringing my boat, but anything is possible. Why not open a new thread and "sea" what happens.

[redbirds_imp]

I enjoy old boats shows, when I saw "antique" in this post title, I had to have a look !

Recently I watched a new antique boat revival : Sunday, 7 September 2014, L'Hermione left Rochefort for the first time and sailed away downstream on the Charente river for the open ocean and a series of sea trials. I was on holidays near by Rochefort, so I went and see that, it was a great event for the whole Charente area.

I took a lot of pictures! See a few of them hereunder, and some more in higher resolution, in this picasaweb album :
https://picasaweb.google.com/jp.sembely/...directlink

For more information about l'Hermione, visit the project website http://www.hermione.com/en/home/
This project started about 17 years ago... Now nearly completed !









Hope you will enjoy
Jean-Pierre

Yaaarrr! Back in the days when ships was wood and men was made o' steel.

Wonderful pics of the tall ships Delphisa.

[Cormanus]

Great ship, Delphissa.

[Todd_K_imp]

Great report, Matt! Wish I could have joined you!

[emptysea]

There will be other rides, Todd. Just let me know when you're available.