“It also helps - or hurts - that there are two hotels under renovation right now across the harbour.”Įconomic impact studies are being prepared and will be released along with attendance numbers in the early fall. “Things have been pretty tight for the last little while,” said hotel general manager Scott Travis. With thousands of tourists in the city, hotel rooms were nearly impossible to come by. “These ships love to set sail and show their stuff.” “It's a way to say thank you,” says Prothero. The veteran kept things sailing smoothly, even with so many tall and small ships on the water. In charge on the water was a former harbour master named Gord Helm. “We knew coming in here we were dealing with people who've done it many times before, done it with us many times before, and it's as near to perfect as we could have hoped for,” said Doug Prothero of Sail Training International. The idea for Rendezvous 2017 began back in 2004. The event itself is more than a decade in the making. “We couldn't have had better seats, sitting right here, having ‘em go right by us.” “I was here about five years ago and heard about the tall ships so that's when we started planning to come,” said Lee Pickett. Dignitaries joined tourists and local by the thousands yet again, with many staking out their place on rooftops or high perches in preparation for the main event.Įven for those who've walked on board the ships the last several days, watching them sail by in full mast is an experience. “I think it's cool for the people on the ships to know that so many people are so excited to see their ships,” says spectator Savannah Hall. They thought of us,” said Phil Silver, who was on hand for the ship’s departure. It was a scene straight out of a bygone era.Ī rare and magical flotilla of tall ships headed to the open ocean after looping around Halifax Harbour in a spectacular Parade of Sail, attracting tens of thousands of spectators on the near perfect day.
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