The Tall Ships Are Sailing In!

The tall ships and the pirate camp alone make this a hugely fun outing for grown-ups and children alike, and this year's addition of extreme water sports and aerobatic flight demonstrations promise to make it even better! I love Charleston!

"We are very excited to announce the annual maritime festival is now called Charleston Harbor Fest and is scheduled for May 16 – 18, 2008. We have expanded this year to include locations on both sides of the harbor in a true harbor-wide celebration of the sea. A Water Action Village Expo (WAVE) at Patriots Point in Mt. Pleasant will highlight extreme water sports and modern boating, modern marine sports equipment, water sports non-profits, and boat, kayak, kite boarding, and surfing vendors. In addition, a Maritime Village downtown at the Maritime Center and in Ansonborough Field will highlight traditional maritime activities and/or past times, pirate themes, marine related non-profits and vendors selling traditional marine items. A water shuttle and bus shuttle will provide transportation between the downtown location and the Patriots Point location (fees may apply).

Access to the Festival grounds is FREE to the public and we anticipate 50,000+ visitors throughout the weekend. Attractions downtown will feature tours of tall ships including the Amistad, Schooner Virginia, the Spirit of South Carolina and the Corwith Cramer, an authentic pirate camp, wooden boats, a children’s village, family boat building, an education village, food, music and more. Across the harbor at Patriots Point in Mt. Pleasant attractions will feature extreme wake boarding demos, an aerobatic flight demonstration, the Water Action Village Expo (WAVE), a static boat display, helicopter harbor tours, a children’s village, food, music and more."

For the Charleston HarborFest website: http://www.charlestonharborfest.org/index.html