Sunday, September 2 was the 34th Annual Parade of Sail at the Gloucester Schooner Fest which is held each Labor Day weekend.  This was our third year attending and it has gotten better every year with more large schooners putting in appearances.

 

The highlight this year was the Canadian Bluenose 2 docked next to and sailing with Colombia.

The original schooners of this pair raced against each other in the great fishing schooner races which were all won by Bluenose, Colombia was the only American Schooner to come close to beating her.

 

It was also nice to see Gloucester Harbor piers once again filled with the masts of sailing ships easily letting one get an idea of what the harbor must have looked like 100 years ago!  

 
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Several schooners present were built by Harold Burnham, an 11th generation boat builder from Essex MA.  Among them Fame, Ardelle with Harold at the helm, and the Lannon.

Also present and a favorite of many is General Pattons When and If, the boat he wanted to retire to after the war so When and If I get home.

And one of my favorites the 1812 Schooner Lynx flying the colors of America in 1812.  Cut for 8 guns she is an interpretation of an 1812 Letter of Marque Baltimore Clipper, fast and fleet Baltimore Clippers carried the US Mail across the Atlantic and those with Letters of Marque harassed the British Merchant Fleet durng the war of 1812.