Just For Fun

As we head into the Labor Day Weekend, we’ll leave you with a highly entertaining video depicting the bustling Dutch port of Amsterdam last month during its five-day Sail Amsterdam event. As you can see, an impressive array of tall ships participated, and seemingly every watercraft in the region joined in the fun as well.

The boat parade was one of the largest in the world, and it’s estimated that more than two million people enjoyed the show.

Video by Drone Addicts
(Thanks to gCaptain for bringing it to our attention.)

Sadly, San Francisco Bay hasn’t been able to stage a tall ship event since the Sail San Francisco organization went into hibernation years ago. But there may be clouds of billowing square sails in the Bay’s future. We’re happy to report that the long-established Sausalito Tall Ship Society, Call of the Sea and the Educational Tall Ship organization are merging into one larger, stronger nonprofit. Hopefully the expanded group will be able to put San Francisco Bay back on the roster of tall ship friendly ports in the not-too-distant future.

(PLEASE NOTE: We too are taking a three-day weekend, so the Latitude offices will be closed Monday, and we will not be posting a ‘Lectronic Latitude report. See you out on the Bay.)