Article: WARM, WINDY WATERFRONT WELCOME ECUADOREAN VESSEL IS TIED UP AT OTTER BERTH.(LOCAL)

Byline: STEVE STONE, STAFF WRITER

NORFOLK -- After a bumpy arrival along a windswept waterfront, the crew of the Ecuadorean barque Guayas was grateful Friday when nature apologized, on cue.

Just as the band struck up, a rolling layer of steely-gray clouds parted, bathing the tall ship in warm sunlight.

``We were asked this morning to fix the weather and now we've done it,'' City Council member Mason C. Andrews said happily during a noontime welcoming ceremony. Gazing over his shoulder at the three-masted barque behind him, he underlined the spirit of the moment: ``This city has a love affair with tall ships.''

Capt. Jorge Homero ...

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