Charleston Harborfest’s Tall Ships!
July 2, 2009
View the slideshow of ALL of the pics here: http://charlestonportrait.com/#/harborfest09/
On Sunday, I was invited on board the Mircea, the Romanian tall ship, with my good friend Marilena. While we were at the festival, we were also invited to take a deck tour of the US Coastguard’s tall ship, the Eagle.
While on the Mircea, Marilena and I were invited into the Captain’s “saloon” below deck to meet the Captain and several of the officers. It was such a neat experience to hang out with them and hear about all the places they have seen while sailing the tall ship around the world!
Before I left the Mircea, I was asked by a few of the officers to come back to their ship at 8 a.m. and take a group photo of all 190 of their crew. HMM….even though I am NOT a morning person, I could NOT pass up the opportunity to photograph the 183 men and 7 women of the Romanian Navy’s Mircea crew all in one picture! It was an early morning, but it was worth it!
Here are a few of my favorites…in these pics you will see me, my friend Marilena with the Captiain, and officers Liviu and Dmitry!
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- Val & Mari on the Eagle
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- Val “steering” the Eagle!
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- me and the Romanian Navy ship’s Captain!
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- me and Liviu
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- the bell on board of the Mircea, photo taken at 9am
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- The WHOLE Romanian Navy crew of the Mircea of 190+
Wow! This looks like such a fun time!