Tall Ships 2008 Update

AMERICA’S TALL SHIP ANNOUNCES 2008 SAILING SCHEDULE

COAST GUARD ACADEMY, New London, Conn. — America’s Tall Ship, the Coast Guard Barque Eagle, has announced the 2008 summer training schedule, including ports throughout the U.S., Mexico and Canada which will be visited next summer.

April 12: Depart New London, Conn.
May 12 – 15: Mazatlan, Mexico
May 23 – 26: San Diego
June 12 – 16: Astoria, Ore.
June 27 – 30: Victoria, British Columbia*
July 4 – 7: Tacoma, Wash.*
July 24 – 28: San Francisco*
Aug. 1 – 4: Los Angeles
Aug. 8 – 11: San Diego
Aug. 15 – 18: Los Angeles*
Aug. 20 – 25: San Diego*
Sept. 11 – 13: Panama City, Panama


*Next year, Eagle will participate in five American Sail Training Association (ASTA) TALL SHIPS CHALLENGE® events in Victoria, Tacoma, San Francisco, Los Angeles and San Diego. For more information about ASTA, please visit: http://tallships.sailtraining.org/

Eagle and her crew will arrive back home, concluding their 2008 summer training program approximately Sept. 26-28. Any updates to the schedule, including an exact return date for the Barque Eagle to New London, will be announced by the Coast Guard Academy Public Affairs Office C-18 or by the Barque Eagle.

Eagle, the only square-rigged sailing ship in United States government service, was originally commissioned the Horst Wessel in 1936 by Germany and was used as one of three training ships operated by Nazi Germany to train navy cadets. Taken as a war prize by the United States in 1946 and renamed, the Eagle now allows the Coast Guard’s future officers to apply the navigation, engineering, and leadership training they receive in classes at the Academy to real-life challenges on the sea.




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