Ocean Institute

California USA

  Dana Point Harbor

American Pride

September 2012

Photos taken by Alex Yu 

For more than three decades Ocean Institute in Los Angeles has been holding the event called Toshiba Tall Ships Festival to celebrate the US marine tradition. All of the participating ships and boats are classic vessels or replicas of classic vessels. The red ship shown above is named American Pride. It was built in 1941 and had been used as a fishing boat for forty years. Interestingly enough, its original name is Lady Blue, but after renovation it was changed to American Pride. During the parade the ships "fired" on each other using a toy-like cannon. One of the preceding pictures shows a smoke ring generated by the cannon.