Pacific Grace

Came across Pacific Grace while out sailing near Galiano Island. Grace is used for S.A.L.T.S - sail training for young adults.

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Pretty, pretty, pretty. I love sailing ships and marinas!

Like the feel here - nice scene and sailing boat!

Good shots ... well done!

At first I thought Pacific Grace was a top rigged schooner what we call Grand Bank Schooners. On further investigation it turns out she is a Gaff Schooner with her Yards stowed. Very pretty.

In Lunenburg we present we have two schooners in port. The Theresa Connor doesn't have the top mast and she was built to be a fishing schooner. The other one is the Bluenose, a top masted schooner, but they have taken down the top masts as she is about to go in for refitting.

For those that are not Canadian the Bluenose is a rather famous and appears on the flip side of our 10¢ coin.

Wow those masts are seriously up there!! Nice boat.

Thank you for the comments. Grant, you are very knowledgeable regarding these boats. I am still trying to figure out what to set the camera settings to when on a moving boat (with motor vibrations) and trying to take photos of another...:shrug:

Nice shot Saltair...I know her...used to see her all the time.
She makes her home in Victoria's Inner Harbour...one of my favorite people watching places when I lived there.:)