European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 01, 1980, Darmstadt, Hesse Sunday. June 1, 1980 f the stars and stripes tall ships in tribute to sea sail Page 7 Fly Jtj i " a pub old Ironsides the oldest commissioned warship in la Norw kids Parade of sail into Boston. The tall ship following h the coast guard Academy s bark Eagle. Parade opens Boston s birthday Celebration Boston Al a Graceful flotilla of tall ships remnants of a bygone Era paraded Down Boston Harbor in a tribute Fri Day to sea and sail the forces that shaped this City for most of its m centuries. Eight big Square riggers their lofty sails billowing cruised in a gentle southeasterly Breeze through the Long narrow Harbor Boston s front door Ever since the puritans stepped ashore in 1630. The Parade of ships it the first major event of Boston s summer Long birthday Celebration. The hoopla centers on sept. 21. The actual anniversary of the City s found ing. Fragile old Ironsides gently nudged along by a tugboat led the grand procession past the site of the Boston Tea parly and the docks where Clipper ships once unloaded the Rich wares of the China Trade. Behind old Ironsides the oldest commissioned warship afloat came the coast guard training bark Eagle the wind on its 22 sails setting the Pace of tie Parade at a stately three knots. Then came about 70 other vessels big and Small with their trass twinkling and their varnished t to nine in the Hay Sun. On the piers and Street of Baton s waterfront on the girders of Bridges in every tall building and in tools no. I Small boat s Bobbing in the Harbor a Topij craned Lor a glimpse of the spectacle metropolitan police estimated that be tween one million and two million people lined the Harbor. On Castle Island alone. 50.000 jammed a Park at the Foj of a Gran Ite fort that once guarded the in Jor. The ships lined up amid the the outer Harbor then proceed Ingle file past Deer Island Light and c ,.051-foot air Craft Carrier John f. Kennedy the viewing stand for politicians Navy brass and pc i den1. Carter s Cousin. Hugh Carter. The ships turned about at the fort Point Channel and sailed Back to the Ami base in South a Ion. Where they will be open to the Public during the weekend. The biggest sail powered vessels were training ships from the United states. Eur demand from Japan Europe markets Hook onto squid fishermen told Washington a americans Don t cat squid at least not in enough Quantity to interest commercial fishermen but l s officials Are saying they ought to fish for it More and sell it to Japan and Western Europe where its More appreciated. Nor do americans buy Small Mullet the Gulf of mexi co but the general accounting office quotes Cip crts As saying that nigerians and 1 egyptians like it so Well that they would buy All this country can produce if the Price is right and if big quantities can be supplied and the transport problem solved Small sardines from the Culf ire not easily scalable in this country either t us an american company which has been using Lulf Lish for is now setting up a Pilot Plant to process the sardines Loi human consumption in and Hopes to be Able to sell them thereof it can nuke a satisfactory Deal with .1 fishing firm i he Lio says the come Clove inshore in the warm months but the go far out to sea at other times Ami there seems to re no information jut where Quality is also a problem for american Stu d. And fur the Alaska Pollock the 1 of thinks could tvs old in Large quantities to Japan it , s Japan has rejected it 4 Ity americans Judd or paid a Low Price f it. But non american firms siem 11 be ready to help . Exporters improve. A consultant has told the state of Alaska acc Ordog to the i of. That Alaska fish products use a poor rep Lati n for Uji Ity All o or the world. I he Gao sees difficulty fur american fish exports in a Jwak of marketing information on the types of fish that d. N t cat it Points but that european and japanese Fig Lee also take squid off the coasts of Africa and Australia so i Tut demand and prices fluctuate. It cited the Case of one fishing cute up Seth Whas t id by Ujj Panoc and i urn can buyers of g Eal interest in n catch but by the time the of a were a i Abl Erc no Longcr interested. Lure re. The a no told . The in Sta a knowledge of these unstable i l ird re in pc e so Cryl anic Ricar firms it . Are to Csc s it it an Frt be or ,.es at so a a Large a Alco Jirjis because squid tends to spoil Quck a rope and South America. Perhaps the most impressive was the j o foot Topsail Schooner Juan Sebastian de Elcano. The largest sail powered vessel in the Parade. The ship which is a training vessel of the Spanish Navy Cruz cd into the Harbor with its 28,000 Square feet of Tan sail hoisted High. Behind it. Dozens of cadets Clung to nifty perches on the spars of the Creole a 210 foot danish training ship. The other big training ships were the 253-foot Denmark from Denmark the 2l foot Christian Radich from Norway the 295-foot Gorch Foch from West German. The 243-foot Gloria from Colombia and the 261-foot guavas from Ecuador. Reproductions of the America the first w inner of the America s cup and the Blue nose Canada s Prid fishing ship led fleets of smaller yawns and Ketches As did the u4-fool Boston based barkentine Regma Maris. On the Way. They contrasted with a Small Armada of modern american Navy destroy ers frigates and guided missile cruisers bristling with antennas and guns. The display is the first major american gathering of tall ships since the acc a came to new York. Boston and Newport. R i. For the Bicentennial four years ago on wednesday the Tail ships depart for a race to Krisi unsaid. Nora. Fire Breaks out on ship ordered to be attached South Africa api \ fire broke out aboard a Spanish cargo ship in Durban Harbor a few hours after a Judic had ordered that the Lesscel be attached for an outstand Irig debt officials said , which gutted the c Engi Neer s Cabin and . Began while the Ai for was ? general cargo. No one was injured in the ird of the ire Ai is cd by the Harbor to. Emin g had re within u is
