Summer Sail
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Summer Sail 2007 is a sailing festival sponsored by the American Sail Training Association (ASTA) as part of the larger ASTA Tall Ship Challenge 2007, which continues until September 2007. Well-known tall ships such as Prince William, Bluenose II and A.J. Meerwald http://www.ajmeerwald.org are expected to attend. The event, hosted by the Philadelphia Ship Preservation Guild, is expected to attract 10,000 visitors from all over the world. The event, with ship tours, live entertainment, music, crafts and food, will be held June 19th-23rd, 2007 at Penn's Landing in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The festival is part of ASTA's ongoing goal of educating the North American public in sailing techniques, Atlantic ocean conservation, and maritime history. Many of the member ships such as Philadelphia Ship Preservation Guild's barkentine Gazela and the privately-owned Canadian barque Picton Castle sail all over the Middle Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea, giving tours and doing educational outreach whenever they are in port. In the midsummer and early fall, ASTA hosts regattas and festivals in towns and cities all over the East Coast of the U.S, often with dozens of tall ships participating.
