The Galeon Andalucia arrives in Portland Harbor on Thursday, motoring past Spring Point Ledge Lighthouse.
The Galeon Andalucia motors in Portland Harbor, past the Portland schooner Wendameen.
The Galeon Andalucia arrives in Portland Harbor on Thursday for the weekend's tall ships event.
The Galeon Andalucia motors past Spring Point Ledge Lighthouse and the Peaks Island ferry on Thursday.
The Galeon Andalucia comes into port Thursday with Bug Light in view, as people watch from shore in South Portland.
George and Dottie Metivier of Portland watch the Galeon Andalucia come into Portland Harbor from Bug Light Park in South Portland on Thursday. George Metivier said he saw the mast of the ship from the Eastern Promenade, and the couple decided to go to Bug Light for a better view. The Galeon Andalucia is one of 12 vessels in this weekend's Tall Ships Portland Festival.
Passengers watch Thursday from the Casco Bay ferry Machigonne II as the Galeon Andalucia passes Bug Light Park in South Portland. The tall ships Parade of Sail is scheduled to start about 1:30 p.m. Saturday off Portland Head Light and end in the harbor about 4 p.m.
Boats cruise past the Galeon Andalucia as it comes into Portland Harbor.
From left, Austin Cormier, 15, of Portland, Morgan Dawicki, 19, of Fairhaven, Mass., Captain Bob Grover, of Fairhaven, and Reilly West, 20, of Mattapoisett, Mass., aboard the tall ship Fritha.
Capt. Sam Sikkema rides in the bow of a small boat loaded with supplies as it approaches the Picton Castle moored off Gloucester, Mass. The Picton Castle, a 179-foot steel hulled square-rigged barque, will participate in the Parade of Sail on Saturday in Portland.
Crew and sail trainees haul supplies aboard the Picton Castle while it is moored off Gloucester, Mass.
The lobster boat Jen & Christi motors past the Picton Castle off the shore of Gloucester.
Crew and sail trainees haul supplies aboard the Picton Castle, which will be part of the Parade of Sail on Saturday in Portland.
The tall ship Fritha, a 74-foot wooden brigantine owned and operated by Northeast Maritime Institute out of Fairhaven, Mass., docks at Portland Yacht Services on Wednesday for the weekend's tall ships festival.
From left, Austin Cormier, 15, of Portland, Nathan Robinson, 16, of Portland, and Alden Siepert, 14, of Cape Elizabeth climb down some of the rigging aboard Fritha.
Fritha approaches Portland Yacht Services.
The tall ship Fritha, a 74-foot wooden brigantine owned and operated by Northeast Maritime Institute out of Fairhaven, Mass., docks at Portland Yacht Services on Wednesday.
The tall ship Fritha, a 74-foot wooden brigantine owned and operated by Northeast Maritime Institute out of Fairhaven, Mass., is docked at Portland Yacht Services .
Michael Stevens of Providence, R.I., a mate aboard Fritha, works aboard the ship as it docks at Portland Yacht Services.
Mate Michael Stevens of Providence, R.I., tightens the lines aboard Fritha.
Netting aboard Fritha, a 74-foot wooden brigantine owned and operated by Northeast Maritime Institute out of Fairhaven, Mass.
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