Jamestown Settlement's Godspeed Featured in
OpSail 2012 Virginia
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| Close-up view of Jamestown Settlement's Godspeed during OpSail 2012 Virginia's Parade of Sail on Friday, June 8. |
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| View of Godspeed behind the U.S. Coast Guard's Eagle during the Parade of Sail. |
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| Godspeed docked at the Norfolk waterfront during the Norfolk Harborfest. |
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| Godspeed Captain Eric Speth and Second Mate Whit Perry joined Executive Chef Chris Long from Second Street for OpSail Virginia Fleet Chefs Challenge, taking second place after Ecuador. |
Jamestown Settlement’s Godspeed participated in OpSail 2012 Virginia, visiting Yorktown and Norfolk in June and hosting more than 9,700 visitors during public tours in each port. The Port of Virginia and five other historic U.S. ports – New Orleans, New York City, Baltimore, Boston and New London – are part of OpSail 2012, which commemorates the Bicentennial of the War of 1812.
Yorktown, an affiliate port with OpSail 2012 Virginia, was the setting for Yorktown Maritime Weekend Friday through Sunday, June 1-3. The Godspeed, along with the Spirit of Bermuda and Lynx, was open for public tours at Riverwalk Landing and joined a parade of sail in the York River on Saturday afternoon.
The Godspeed had a leading position, just behind the U.S. Coast Guard’s Eagle, in an international fleet of traditional sailing ships that set out on Friday, June 8, from the lower Chesapeake Bay, and arrived in Norfolk in early afternoon. The Godspeed was docked at the Norfolk waterfront on the Elizabeth River during the city’s annual Harborfest maritime festival, held this year in conjunction with OpSail 2012 Virginia, and was open to the public June 8-11.
The ships departed en masse from Norfolk on June 12, with the Godspeed heading to Jamestown Settlement as much of the fleet sailed up the Chesapeake Bay toward Baltimore, the next OpSail 2012 port of call.
Two Godspeed voyages are planned in the fall. The ship will host student groups and public tours in Lancaster County October 5 and at the Urbanna Oyster Festival November 1-3.
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| Godspeed and the Alliance in the York River following the Yorktown Maritime Weekend Parade of Sail. |
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| Godspeed nearing the Coleman Bridge in Yorktown. |
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| Onlookers at Yorktown Beach watch as the Godspeed takes a morning sail up the York River. |