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.
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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