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Charleston Maritime Festival
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2008 Charleston Maritime Festival
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Charleston Maritime Festival
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Charleston Maritime Festival
May 16-18, 2008
Maritime Center Complex, Downtown Charleston
(843) 722-1030
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Visit Charleston's magnificent, historic, working, waterfront and experience
the sights and sounds of ships and tugs, of row boats and tall ships, of sea
birds and dolphins. The Festival is FREE, and offers something for all ages,
and is a great time for families to spend time together. Several main
attractions at this year's festival will be numerous tall ships from around
the world open for public tours as well as the Spirit of South Carolina
pilot schooner being built for the citizens of
South Carolina. The shipwrights will be busily working as they create a
living legacy of our maritime past.
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Calendar and Highlights
Thursday
*7am-11am - Vendor set-up
*Noon to 5pm - Festival Officially Open to the Public - Marine
exhibits, wooden boat displays, craft tents, children's village, fine art
tent, food, drinks.
*5pm- 7pm - Meet the Artists and VIP reception (Artist Tent)
*6pm- 9pm - Captain's Bon Voyage Party
Friday
*10am-5pm - Festival Open to Public - Marine exhibits, wooden boat displays,
craft tents, children's village, fine art tent, food, drinks.
*1pm - Family Boat Building Begins (Family Boat Building Tent)
Saturday
*10am-6pm - Festival Open to Public - Marine exhibits, wooden boat
displays, family boat building, craft tents, children's village, fine art
tent, food, drinks.
*10am-11am - C2B race boats Parade of Sail
*Noon- C2B race start
*6pm-10pm - Party at the Maritime Center w/ music The Charleston Maritime
Festival Celebrates Island Rhythms Featuring A Live Caribbean Showcase with
Dub Island Soundsystem. Tickets available thru etix.com.
Sunday
*10am-6pm - Festival Open to Public - Marine exhibits, wooden boat
displays, family boat building, craft tents, children's village, fine art
tent, food, drinks.
* Noon- Family Boat Building Launch
On the Water:
Free sailboat rides by Ocean Sailing Academy
Row with the Charleston Mosquito Fleet gigs
Watch Remote-Control Model Sailboats
On the Docks:
Boats from Charleston to Bermuda race
fleet will be on the docks before the start of the race at noon on Saturday
US NAVY boats including the Office of Naval Research Afloat Lab.
The Afloat Lab is a test platform for new technologies intended for
shipboard use. Formerly classified as a Yard Patrol craft and used to train
midshipmen, the Afloat Lab has the same machinery, electronics and
navigation systems as the Navy's large fleet ships which makes it an ideal
test platform. The Afloat Lab features working demonstrations and exhibits
to give visitors a sample of cutting edge Navy science and technology.
On the Grass Lawns:
Artist's Market
Family Wooden Boatbuilding
Children's Area
Live Music
Wooden Boats on Display
Spirit of South Carolina Shipyard Tours
Maritime and Water-Related Exhibitors
Festival Foods and Drinks
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