The Juan Sebastian de Elcano, the world's third largest tall ship, sailed through Pensacola Pass into Pensacola Bay around 7:00 a.m. You can see the Pensacola lighthouse behind the tall ship.
The "Elcano" is the official training ship for the Royal Spanish Navy and will be in port through June 9, to help commemorate Pensacola's 450th anniversary. To learn more about the Juan Sebastian de Elcano's visit to Pensacola you may click HERE.
Many people drove to Ft. Pickens and watched from the top of the sea wall or the fishing pier as the Elcano sailed past.
To learn more about this 82 year old, four-masted schooner, click HERE.
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Wow, Beautiful Ship!
Oh my gosh, that is such an amazingly beautiful ship!
Also DJ thanks for the encouragement!
Went down and saw this beautiful ship this morning What good shots DJ!! Makes me feel like a pirate!! lol
That's great, Terri. I'm going down soon to see it closer myself. I want a close-up of that mast head and maybe a close-up of those Spanish sailors. :-)
I'm dying to see it, I've only had a glimpse from the three mile bridge.
When the ship leaves will it also go thru the pass at Ft. Pickens, and do you know when this will happen?
The ship will go back out through Pensacola Pass, but I'm not sure of the departure time. They continue tours tomorrow (Monday) and will probably leave sometime on Tuesday. You may want to check out the Pensacola News Journal tomorrow and see if they list an actual departure time for Tuesday. You can access the PNJ under the links on the front page of my blog, or type in www.pnj.com
DJ
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