The Tall Ships

nbar12 · 23-08-2012 04:52PM

libra02 wrote: »

I advise anyone who can get into the Tall Ships over the weekend should as they are a sight to behold. Great to get a chance to go on board.

Crew parade is a great as alot of the crews get dressed up in fancy dress and have a laugh.

Pity that this year alot of the Class A ships are not in the Race such as the Russian Mir, Columbian Gloria we had them in Waterford and wow they were fantistic - big difference the Mir was abit more rough and palin looking while the Gloriwa was very polished and posh looking.
I do know that some Class B's have been upgraded to Class A for this year festival and race. They are still a sight to behold though.

The Lord Nelson is well worth getting aboard if you can as they have the ability to cater for people with all type of disability as in last years race they had a blind trainee sailor and a couple in wheelchairs. Amazing and fantastic the ship was adapted by JST. The sister ship the Tenacious the same.

I heard though that all the ships have to be spread out and are on different parts on the quays obviously due to way quays are laid out is this true?

That a pity as there is nothing like seeing them all lined up in a row on both sides of the quay and all you can see are the masts.

dunno

Alkers · 23-08-2012 05:04PM

SunnyDub1 wrote: »

I don't see any ships there just a moving camera

Keep watching, occasionaly it pans off around the city but most of the time it spends looking at the ships on the Liffey!

Skuxx · 23-08-2012 05:04PM

nbar12 wrote: »

dunno

Yes the class A ships and some of the larger class B's are on the south keys I think (I don't know Dublin that well) because they need a deeper draught and the south key has deeper water!!
There are a lot of ships missing indeed such as the Mir, Sedov (the largest in the fleet), the Christian Radiach, Europa, Dar Młodzieży, Enderacht, Thalassa, T.S Astrid all of who would usually be in the races!!
The are all class A ships aswell and add a lot of elegance to the event!!

TeddyTedson · 23-08-2012 05:52PM

kfallon wrote: »

Stop looking out your office window at people looking out their office window.....you're like the Peeping Tom of the IFSC :P

No windows for me. I had to actually just get out there and soak up the atmosphere!

libra02 · 23-08-2012 06:37PM

alan1990 wrote: »

Yes the class A ships and some of the larger class B's are on the south keys I think (I don't know Dublin that well) because they need a deeper draught and the south key has deeper water!!
There are a lot of ships missing indeed such as the Mir, Sedov (the largest in the fleet), the Christian Radiach, Europa, Dar Młodzieży, Enderacht, Thalassa, T.S Astrid all of who would usually be in the races!!
The are all class A ships aswell and add a lot of elegance to the event!!

I can agree with you on the elegance part of the Class A's alright we had the Mir, Gloria, Christian Radiach, Europa, Enderacht, T.S Astrid as well as a good few of the other Class A's in Dublin such as Lord Nelson and Pelican down in Waterford last year and they really added to the fleet. I cannot think of the names of the other Class A's but if memory sevres me we had about 10-15.

I knew they would need the deeper water but I think given the way the keys are laid out in Dublin with all the bridges etc the ships all cannot be together which is a pity, but look it great that people get to see them. Exercise walking up and down the quays anyway!!!!

Would love to have gotten up this weekend and had palnned to but final college thesis got in the way

LuckyFinigan · 23-08-2012 07:31PM

The Tall Ships last year was an amazing weekend, the weather was lovely, spent the weekend walking around town drinking cans and trying all the lovely food that was on sale, the ships were nice to look at as well. Cant wait for it to come back to Waterford.

jacko1 · 23-08-2012 11:45PM

was there today - amazing set up - South Quays best for the ships - the Italian and Mexican ones are really fab. North Quays for the entertainment

1 tip - Dont even think of going there with a car

Red Line Luas or Dart is the only way

emo72 · 23-08-2012 11:53PM

"The Tall Ships", great name for a band.

xoxyx · 25-08-2012 08:23AM

Can't believe there isn't more hype about this. The Tall Ships has a proper festival vibe going on.

Where I work, we could see the ships coming in, and the amount of entertainment and fun was unbelievable. Lots of street performers and so many different activities. The stalls are a bit shit, by and large (very overly commercial and expensive), but that's not unexpected.

The craic is mighty though. Was out there yesterday, and everybody was in flying form! Heading back in today and there's so much going on. We're doing Gladiator-style water activities (whatever that is), kayaking, and a few tours. Then there's music until almost midnight.

Huge amount of effort put into this festival, and it would be a huge shame to miss it if you could make it in!

Colmustard · 25-08-2012 08:28AM

xoxyx wrote: »

Can't believe there isn't more hype about this. The Tall Ships has a proper festival vibe going on.

Where I work, we could see the ships coming in, and the amount of entertainment and fun was unbelievable. Lots of street performers and so many different activities. The stalls are a bit shit, by and large (very overly commercial and expensive), but that's not unexpected.

The craic is mighty though. Was out there yesterday, and everybody was in flying form! Heading back in today and there's so much going on. We're doing Gladiator-style water activities (whatever that is), kayaking, and a few tours. Then there's music until almost midnight.

Huge amount of effort put into this festival, and it would be a huge shame to miss it if you could make it in!

Going today, another thing which is unique about this is, it's free, you don't pay in and there are no tickets. You don't have to use the stalls. What more could we ask in a recession.

tan11ie · 25-08-2012 10:37PM

Great day out, ships were unbelievable!! Just sorry I didn't get in earlier before the crowds...

el diablo · 25-08-2012 10:44PM

xoxyx wrote: »

Can't believe there isn't more hype about this. The Tall Ships has a proper festival vibe going on.

Where I work, we could see the ships coming in, and the amount of entertainment and fun was unbelievable. Lots of street performers and so many different activities. The stalls are a bit shit, by and large (very overly commercial and expensive), but that's not unexpected.

The craic is mighty though. Was out there yesterday, and everybody was in flying form! Heading back in today and there's so much going on. We're doing Gladiator-style water activities (whatever that is), kayaking, and a few tours. Then there's music until almost midnight.

Huge amount of effort put into this festival, and it would be a huge shame to miss it if you could make it in!

I agree. I went in yesterday and was very impressed (despite the crap weather).

michellie · 25-08-2012 10:46PM

Ah we had such a fantastic weekend last year when tall ships came to Waterford, the sun split the rocks for the whole weekend, the atmosphere was unreal!

Feu · 25-08-2012 10:50PM

Simona1986 wrote: »

They are all due to leave on Sunday between 11am and 2pm in a "parade of sail"! Should be spectacular seeing them all sail out of the bay together!

stupid question maybe but anyone know will they be splitting and going north and south, would like to see a bit from the South wall tomorrow?

dublinman1990 · 26-08-2012 02:00AM

I was at the Tall Ships today and it was great, despite the few showers we had.

They were ships that were closed off to the public, because they only opened at certain times of the day. Even when some of the ships were open to the public, I couldn't go on them because the queues for them were very large.

Even one steward at the festival even asked somone for actual tickets from somebody. If they ask you for tickets and you didn't have them. You would have been asked for photo ID. Which is a bit of shame.

However, the ships I did see were amazing. They had ships from countries like Poland, Ecuador, Sweden and the UK.

The trade stands I'd agree were tacky looking and awful.

I even saw a couple of male personalities including the head of communications at IE, Barry Kenny and SF TD for Cavan-Monaghan, Caoimhghín O' Caolain.

The high point of my day at the festival was an event you could have watched at around 8pm on RTE One on Saturday Evening.

It is also on Wednesdays as well of course; I was talking about taking part in the live audience at the Lotto Draws which was presented by Nuala Carey.

That was first time being on Live Television and I enjoyed it very much (even though I didn't win any money).

P_1 · 26-08-2012 02:04AM

When are the ships leaving?

I think a stroll out to the Pigeon House would be pretty cool to see the ships heading out.

opinion guy · 26-08-2012 03:03AM

I was there today and it was ****.

It rained. Meh

No really. They are ships like. Meh.

There were WAAAAYYYYYY tooo many people. Meh. Meh.

Maybe I just don't get it but......meh!!!!!

el diablo · 26-08-2012 12:14PM

pithater1 wrote: »

When are the ships leaving?

I think a stroll out to the Pigeon House would be pretty cool to see the ships heading out.

PARADE OF SAIL
RIVER LIFFEY 11.00am – 2.00pm
Join this spectacular Bon Voyage to the ships, featuring Dublin Gospel Choir with a special ship songs performance on the Bulmers Live music Dock which will be heard all along the river.

The Tall Ships

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