MyBayCity Photos by Julie McCallum

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Tall Ship Fleet Arrives In Bay City at 1:54 pm on Thursday, July 15, 2010

July 18, 2010
By: Julie McCallum, Entertainment Editor

The Tall Ship Fleet Arrived In Bay City at Liberty Bridge at 1:54 pm, on Thursday afternoon. Ships came through in groups of 3, with the second fleet coming through at approximately 2:24 pm.

Just as the last 4 ships came through at 3:24 pm, rain droplets scattered across the area. Warnings of high winds and hail were announced as people hurried to cover, but the storm passed by the area.

The magnificent Tall Ships are now lined at both sides of the Saginaw River in Downtown Bay City for the largest gathering of Tall Ships in the Great Lakes in four years. Bay City is the only official host port in Michigan for the American Sail Training Association's Tall Ships fleet.

Bay City's award-winning Maritime festival, Tall Ship Celebration features three and a half days of family fun including hands-on craft activities for children, internationally-acclaimed Maritime musicians, interactive ship tours and so much more!






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(Above) First two ships came through Liberty Bridge at 1:54 pm Friday afternoon


(Above) MyBayCity's Stephen Kent in excellent position on Liberty Bridge to catch great photos of the first ships coming through.


(Above) People lined up at Riverside to catch a view of the Tall Ships


(Above) View from Liberty Bridge








(Above) DOCKSIDE at KingFish Restaurant -- One of the Hot-spots along the river front to catch a great view


(Above) During the Tall Ship Fleet's arrival, the Algoway Central, managed to make its way through the Saginaw River channel, out into Lake Huron.







(Above) Another convenient viewing area -- Hooters Riverfront