. Coast watch. Marine resources; Oceanography; Coastal zone management; Coastal ecology. Get the Spy D. on't be alarmed by the roar of the cannons. Around Beaufort, the sound is considered oral history. And it is the town's way of saying "Ahoy!" to an armada of schooners, barkentines and square-riggers that, come July, will seemingly sail out of centuries past. Beaufort is the final port in an intercontinental rendezvous of "tall ships," the grand sailing vessels reminiscent of bygone days. The flotilla will form the centerpiece of a lavish maritime heritage celebration coi
. Coast watch. Marine resources; Oceanography; Coastal zone management; Coastal ecology. Get the Spy D. on't be alarmed by the roar of the cannons. Around Beaufort, the sound is considered oral history. And it is the town's way of saying "Ahoy!" to an armada of schooners, barkentines and square-riggers that, come July, will seemingly sail out of centuries past. Beaufort is the final port in an intercontinental rendezvous of "tall ships," the grand sailing vessels reminiscent of bygone days. The flotilla will form the centerpiece of a lavish maritime heritage celebration coinciding with Independence Day. The Maritime Museum in Beaufort is hosting almost a week of festivities as the culmination of the 2006 Americas' Sail competition. The nonprofit Americas' Sail, based in New York, stages long-distance sails and races every four years to promote tall ships and traditional sailing worldwide. The 2006 affair gets underway in Brazil. The North Carolina stopover is the last of the passage, and the only one in the United States. David Nateman, museum director, says the fleet of floating history embodies the museum's mission — preserving and interpreting the state's rich maritime heritage. Visitors get a sense of the sailing ships that shaped the world as they peer through a porthole or grasp a varnished spoke of a helmsman's wheel. "They hear the creak of the deck. They look at the rigging. They see the blocks and lines," he says. 'This represents how people lived in an earlier time. That's what we are Tall Ships on the Horizon! by Julie Powers Photos by Scott Taylor about. It's not just preserving history. It's making it accessible to people so they can understand it in contemporary ; Beaufort and nearby Morehead City are expecting perhaps 200,000 people, drawn by the chance to let their imaginations soar to the top of the towering masts. Even in this age of space travel, adventure on the high seas of yore still fascinates f
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