Touring the Hermione was so much fun and, lucky me, a friend shared her extra ticket with so I went twice!
The ship is amazing. I’m in awe of the hand craftsmanship and the 18 years it took to build it. While standing on the deck, I imagined what it must have been like being in the middle of the Atlantic ~ how exciting!
The Historic Hermione and airplane in flight overhead
French Flag and Colonial Flag.
There are 15 miles of rope and the height of the ship is 56.5 meters (185ft)
No idea what this is or why there’s a measurement on it but thought it looked cool
The original Hermione was a fighting ship and there are 34 canons
There was a nice breeze on board
My favorite part of the tour was speaking with the volunteers and crew members about their maiden voyage on such a historic ship. Wish I could actually speak French because I’m sure a lot was lost in translation but thankfully the volunteers spoke enough English to tell their stories.
Frenchwoman as part of the crew
Other than the volunteers and crew members, local reenactors joined the ship while it was in port:
Love the Hermione Hat
Colonial women greeting the ship
Another fun aspect of touring the Hermione is I got a chance to meet a fellow blogger, Robin and his wife. His photos of the Hermione are fabulous ~ check them out at Photographybykent.
The Hermione has been making her way up the Eastern Seaboard and has stopped in Annapolis, Baltimore, Philadelphia and is currently in New York City until July 4, 2015. Click here for a fantastic NY Times article about their arrival in NYC and more historical facts about Lafayette.
Next three stops are: Greenport, NY, Newport, RI and Boston. If you get a chance, I highly recommend touring the ship (or at least seeing it up close). You won’t be disappointed. See full itinerary here.
Hi, Patti:
Great post, and you got a second visit. How cool is that? I really enjoyed these photos and the commentary. Thanks for the shout-out. I’ll check out that NYT article, I must have missed it in the print copy.
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Thanks for this! I have a friend who was abel to tour it and said what you did–that it was fabulous. I’d have loved to be able to get on it, but even more, it would have been marvelous to see it in sail. Ah! I can only hope that the French will use it as a sailing museum, the way the Canadians used the Bluenose, sailing up and down the coast and taking on passengers. It would also be nice to train folks in sailing….
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So glad your friend liked it just as much. I second the idea about it being a sailing museum and teaching others to sail. As far as taking on passengers, the safety regulations would require too many changes to the boat and it should be kept as.
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I so wish we could have seen her up close and personal before we left. But alas, we only saw her from afar, which is better than nothing I suppose. 🙂
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Sorry you missed getting to tour the Hermione. I wish I could have seen her with all her sails up.
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Thanks so much for posting this! I’m stopping off in Boston on my way to Europe, and turns out it will be the weekend Hermione visits.
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Thanks for stopping by. So glad you’re going to get a chance to see the Hermione. You won’t be disappointed!
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Thanks for the tour of the Hermione. We went to Rochefort where it was built but unfortunately the Hermione was out to sea for testing before the grand voyage so we didn’t get to see it which was a shame…(Suzanne)
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Glad you liked the post. I asked one of the volunteers what will happen once the Hermione goes back to France and he said it’ll be a museum. Seems a shame not to have it keep traveling the world. Such a beautiful ship.
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