Photos of the Tall Ships in Boston

by philg

Sail Boston 2017 ended today with the departure of tall ships from all around the world.

Here are some photos from the dock, from a schooner (Hindu), from the Institute for Contemporary Art’s 4th floor, and from an East Coast Aero Club Robinson R44 helicopter:

album on Google Photos

Enjoy!

8 thoughts on “Photos of the Tall Ships in Boston”

  3. Beautiful.

    I see lots of those heavy Navy copters; they develop the towed minehunting/minesweeping gear at the local Navy station. Pretty intimidating churning by in the channel. I developed my skepticism for helicopters working on the earliest versions as a co-op student. You have about brought me around, but I still prefer the wings “fixed”.

    https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/dc/US_Navy_030323-N-5319A-001_An_MH-53_Sea_Dragon_helicopter_from_the_%27Vanguards%27_of_Helicopter_Mine_Countermeasures_Squadron_Fourteen_%28HM-14%29_pulls_a_Mark-105_magnetic_sled_during_mine_countermeasure_operations.jpg

  4. @other Donald I asked a Marine flight instructor of mine what he flew. He replied ‘shitters’ (CH 53). I asked him why they were called that, to which he responded: ‘Because it’s like sitting on your toilet and flying your house’.

  5. These are towing equivalent of an America’s Cup foiling catamaran with God-knows-how-much magnetic-signature cable trailing behind.

  6. Strange lack of construction in Boston. It’s like the entire economy moved to SF when it became based on software.

  7. Jack: At least by our pathetic local standards, there is a lot of construction in the area. Downtown Boston is pretty much fully built up already. Fifteen-story buildings are going up in the Seaport area (near where the tall ships parked) and in East Cambridge (pharma; thank you all for paying taxes to support Medicare and Medicaid!).

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