The final event was a parade of sail in which all the ships went up the Thames and then back down passing the Royal Naval College, with some crewing the yards, as in the photo above.
Others went out onto the bowsprit to wave at the crowds on either side of the river:
Not all had sails up, but some did, including this caravel, the Vera Cruz:
Having sailed on Zephyr I looked out especially to see it sail by:
And then they were gone, leaving Greenwich with just the one, the Cutty Sark, frozen in its glass sea...
2 comments:
Very cool, and great pics.
Thanks! It was great to see all these tall ships on the Thames by historic Greenwich
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