July 1-2. Went straight to Glen Cove, Long Island, via the East River past Manhattan, to pick up some passengers for the NYC Tall Ship Parade.

July 3. With now twelve on board, we again went down the East River and all its bridges, skyscrapers, water traffic, Statue of Liberty, etc. to an anchorage off Brooklyn, near Coney Island, to be with many of the other Tall Ships that would parade tomorrow.

July 4. Fantastic parade into New York Harbor and up the Hudson River to the George Washington Bridge, past the reviewing ships and finally to a dock in Brooklyn opposite the Battery in Manhattan to view the spectacular fireworks, only about 500 yards from LARINDA.

July 5. Next morning, went back to Glen Cove to discharge our passengers and then continued to Bridgeport, CT for the night.

July 6. We are now getting anxious to return to Cape Cod and motored to Block Island to anchor for the night.

July 7-8. Tied up at the town dock in Falmouth, MA. We had an Open House Saturday afternoon and a VIP reception that night. Nice to be back, even for a short time.

July 9. Put the sails up for our trip north to Boston, but needed to use the engine for the lack of wind. As we approached the Cape Cod Canal, there must have been several hundred small boats out, looking at the Tall Ships. The same thing as we passed through the canal with our cannons firing. Seemed like there was a thousand people all along the banks of the canal cheering us on. A great experience and a fun time. We ended up anchoring off Nahant for the night in the rain.

July 10. Motored into Boston and tied up to Pier #5 in the Navy Yard in Charlestown.

July 11. Underway early to meet up with the other Tall Ships outside of Deer Island. Great sight to see all the Tall Ships milling about, putting up their sails and getting into position for the parade into Boston Harbor. We fired our cannons and sounded our air whistle several times on the way in, finally tying up at pier #5, in the Navy Yard in Charlestown.

July 11-16. Remained at the dock in Charlestown with several boats rafted alongside and outboard of us. The fireworks in Boston Harbor, both Tuesday and Saturday nights, were spectacular.

July 16. Left overcast Boston around noon for the Sail Parade out of the harbor and then on to Gloucester in the rain and fog from Deer Island to a mooring in Gloucester Harbor for the night.

July 17-19. Underway early and motor-sailed in the fog from Monday morning, through Monday night, Tuesday and Tuesday night. The fog finally lifted Wednesday morning. Thank you GPS and RADAR. We had a beautiful sail that day and into Halifax Harbor that evening around six. I don't like it out in the fog - not much to see or do except read. The seas were not too bad, but the motion of the ship seem to put most of the crew, except those on watch, to sleep most of the time, sometimes with a book in their hands. We tied up to the dock in Dartmouth, across the harbor from Halifax.

July 19-22. Remained tied up to the pier in Dartmouth only a hundred yards away from where "THEODORE", the tug boat in the children's TV series, was tied up. Halifax is its home port and all the time it was there, there were long lines of little people lined up to see visit it. Meanwhile we visited Dartmouth and Halifax across the harbor. The last day, Saturday, we opened the ship for visitors also and had a steady stream of them all day. Fireworks in the harbor that night.

July 23. Left for Lunenburg in the morning, arriving noonish. A quaint little fishing village, but becoming quite popular now since the filming of The Scarlet Letter here a year ago. Fortunately the showers for the crew were at the top of a hill, about a 15 minute hot walk, so the walk back to LARINDA was non-sweat producing cool trip.

July 24. Next morning, motored to a cove called Mud Hole along the coast and anchored for a nice quiet night.

July 25. Off early to Shelburne, NS, arriving just after lunch. The hospitality here outstanding again as it has been throughout Nova Scotia. This time our liaison person invited to his home for showers and a beer!

July 26. Underway for Portland. Quite a long trip, taking us all day and night, finally arriving at close to five in the evening the following day.

July 27. Customs and immigration took over five hours to clear LARINDA versus about five minutes when we entered Canada.

July 28-30. Another great sail parade through Portland Harbor on Friday, after which, we visited the city and the tourists visited LARINDA.

July 31. All the Tall Ship events are now over for the summer and we headed back to Cape Cod. But first, we took a turn around the harbor and then followed the EAGLE out to sea. That night we picked up a mooring in Gloucester.