An Amazing Site!!!

We kept hearing this bombing sound and just figured Camp Pendelton was practicing there bombing as usually, but it sounded really close. I went down to the beach and saw that there were four old ships re-enacting a war, you could hear the cannons going off and then see the smoke coming from the cannon, it was pretty amazing. These ships come to the Harbor about three months. They do these re-enactments every time they come, but it is 50 dollars to go out to sea with them and they usually do it further out in the ocean so, you can't see them. So, it was really exciting they did it so close to shore. The girls and I have taken a tour of the ships in the past, it was really a fun experience. The crew are all dressed in the era of the ship. I did some research for you that like research on all four ships, the make, when and such, it was pretty neat!!





You can see the smoke from the cannon on the ship to the left....






Lady Washington heading back to the Harbor...

Here are some of the sites of the ships....
www.ladywashington.org/
www.privateerlynx.com/begin/history.html


Lynx
Lynx is an interpretation of an actual privateer named Lynx built by Thomas Kemp in 1812 in Fell's Point, Maryland. She was among the first ships to defend American freedom by evading the British naval fleet then blockading American ports and serving in the important privateering efforts.


Hawaiian Chieftain
The topsail ketch Hawaiian Chieftain is a replica of a typical European merchant trader of the turn of the nineteenth century. Her hull shape and rigging are similar to those of Spanish explorer's ships used in the expeditions of the late 18th century along the Washington, Oregon, and California coasts. Built of steel in Hawaii in 1988 and originally designed for cargo trade among the Hawaiian Islands, her design was influenced by the early colonial passenger and coastal packets that carried on coastal trade along the Atlantic coastal cities and towns.


Lady Washington
The new Lady Washington is a full-scale reproduction of the original Lady Washington. Built in the British Colony of Massachusetts in the 1750’s, the original vessel carried freight between colonial ports until the American Revolutionary War, when she became an American privateer. In 1787, after the war, she was given a major refit to prepare her for a unprecedented trading voyage around Cape Horn. In 1788, she became the first American vessel to make landfall on the west coast of North America.



The Spirit of Dana Point
The Spirit of Dana Point is a traditionally built replica of a 1770s privateer employed during the American Revolution. She is classified as a 118-foot’ topsail schooner, with a sparred length of 118 feet and 5,000 square feet of sail. Designed by Howard Chapelle in the late eighteenth century and built by Dennis Holland in Costa Mesa, California, she was launched in 1983. Her design, known for speed, precedes the Baltimore Clipper, enabling these vessels to be used for smuggling, the slave trade, and privateering.



A ship to the left of the sunset....


The beautiful sunset


It was a really clear night, you could see the islands that are about 100 miles of the coast....