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Article: Lack of Tall Ships dampens Plymouth Festival of Sails
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- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- July 18, 1992
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When people came to the Plymouth Festival of Sails, many expected
to see a harbor crowded with big ships, high masts and billowing
sails.
They were disappointed.
Five vessels from the Tall Ships fleet in Boston had sailed into
the harbor since Tuesday for the four-day festival that began
Thursday. But by yesterday afternoon, only one Class C Tall Ship,
the Danza, remained.
And festival organizers were not sure how much longer the Danza
would stay in the harbor, said Paula Fisher, a Plimoth Plantation
spokeswoman.
The festival, billed as "the largest event in Plymouth's history,"
according to a press release, runs through Sunday, with or without
the ships, Fisher said.
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