OpSail 2000


MARIE ORTIZ An educator aboard the schooner Ernestina demonstrates how to make a bracelet with sailors’ knots during a Ships to Save the Waters conference Saturday at Liberty State Park in Jersey City. MARIE ORTIZ An educator aboard the schooner Ernestina demonstrates how to make a bracelet with sailors’ knots during a Ships to Save the Waters conference Saturday at Liberty State Park in Jersey City.

JERRY WOLKOWITZ Sailors work along one of the masts of a tall ship Monday while preparing for Operation Sail 2000. The tall ships took their parade positions early Tuesday at the Verrazano Bridge. JERRY WOLKOWITZ Sailors work along one of the masts of a tall ship Monday while preparing for Operation Sail 2000. The tall ships took their parade positions early Tuesday at the Verrazano Bridge. JEFF HUNTLEY While tall ships like the Guayas assembled in Sandy Hook Bay for the parade, military vessels gathered at Ellis Island. JEFF HUNTLEY While tall ships like the Guayas assembled in Sandy Hook Bay for the parade, military vessels gathered at Ellis Island.


JERRY WOLKOWITZ A sailor aboard the tall ship Esmeralda puts a fresh layer of paint around the ship’s name at the rear of the vessel. JERRY WOLKOWITZ A sailor aboard the tall ship Esmeralda puts a fresh layer of paint around the ship’s name at the rear of the vessel. JERRY WOLKOWITZ The Polish tall ship Dar Miodziezy is majestic in Sandy Hook Monday. JERRY WOLKOWITZ The Polish tall ship Dar Miodziezy is majestic in Sandy Hook Monday.