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SEA FAIR HAVEN
Seafair Haven 24 June to 2 July 2006 will welcome classic and traditional craft from the UK, France and Ireland to the 22 stunning miles of the Milford Haven Waterway to celebrate the maritime heritage of Pembrokeshire.
From the six crewed Bermudan Ketch down to the single-handed kittiwake the five classes will “raid” the Haven communities of Dale, Pembroke and Neyland and enjoy the hospitality of the area, giving plenty of opportunities to see this amazing fleet of craft from the shore.
The three-masted barque Dunbrody will make her maiden international voyage to Seafair Haven and with at least four Atlantic Challenge Gigs there will be racing and expeditions to the off-shore Islands.
For further information click on www.seafairhaven.org.uk
TALL SHIPS.
Over the centuries, Tall Ships of all descriptions have called at Milford Haven, but for visitors to this Web-site, locals and those from further afield, it is the intention to compile information on this section of the Milford Haven web-site information on Tall Ships currently visiting the port, with information also provided of any future visitors.
This year the following ships are due in the Waterway, and a summary of these with links to their appropriate web-sites follows. Additions will take place as and when new visitors are expected.
DUNBRODY – The original Dunbrody was a three-masted barque built in Quebec, Canada, for the Graves family of New Ross, Co. Wexford in 1845. She carried many emigrants to the new world from 1845-1870.
The Dunbrody Project involves the construction of a full scale sea-going replica. The Dunbrody was finished in early 2001 and has been opened to visitors since 1st May 2001 at the quayside in New Ross An interactive exhibition will re-enact life on the Dunbrody as she carried her passengers from New Ross to the US and Canada 150 years ago. Visitors will experience life on board an emigrant ship as they explore the authentically recreated decks of the ship.
The Beagleproject. www.thebeagleproject.com2009 is the bicentenary of Charles Darwin's birth and as part of the Darwin 200 celebrations The Beagle Project Pembrokeshire is building a working replica of HMS Beagle, the ship that changed the world.
Visitors will have the opportunity to access a huge database of emigrants who sailed from Ireland in the nineteenth century. This database has been complied in collaboration with the Balch Institute of Philadelphia from the original passenger lists of ships, which sailed from Ireland and the UK. http://www.dunbrody.com/
Earl of Pembroke - Built in Sweden in 1948, the Earl of Pembroke was originally named Orion and traded timber in the Baltic and on British east coast. In 1974 she was laid-up in Denmark before being bought by her current owner in 1979. The Earl of Pembroke then underwent a complete restoration programme lasting 6 years and converting her to the magnificent barque she is today. Based in St Austell, Cornwall, the ship is regularly used for training days and passages around the UK coast and over to the Continent. She also has a long list of film credits to her name and is an excellent ship for hospitality days. http://www.redsky-sailing.com/sh_Earl-of-Pembroke.htm
Kathleen and May – A recent visitor the Haven was the “Kathleen and May”.- originally called Lizzie May (May 2006). She was built in 1900 on the slipway at Connah’s Quay, North Wales, and following recovery from the mud of Bideford, Devon, she had a £1.5M restoration in 2000. 100ft long with a 400hpengine, she features in the history ships trust top 15 list of boats of historical importance in Great Britain.www.kathleen-and-may.org.uk and www.kathleen-and-may.co.uk
Kaskelot - The 153 ft long Kaskelot is the flagship of Square Sail's three vessels. She is one of the largest remaining wooded ships in commission. She was built by J. Ring Andersen in 1948 for the Royal Greenland Trading Company, supplying the remote East Greenland coastal settlements. In the late 1960s, Kaskelot then worked as a fisheries support vessel in The Faroes. Square Sail purchased her in 1981, who redesigned and re-rigged her to replicate the Terra Nova to return to East Greenland to film Captain Scott’s ill fated expedition to the South Pole.Apparently, "Kaskelot" means 'sperm whale' in Danish! http://www.bbc.co.uk/cumbria/features/tall_ships/kaskelot.shtml
‘HMS’ PICKLE - The original HMS Pickle was the Tall Ship entrusted with taking home the news that Horatio Nelson had died while securing a famous victory at Trafalgar.The current Pickle is the seventh vessel of the same name and is owned by Robin James of Anglesey Sailing Ships. It is a 97ft ship and arrives in Milford Haven for Sea Fair Haven, before embarking with a crew of Welsh youngsters to collect a scroll from the First Minister, Rhodri Morgan A.M., in Cardiff to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award Scheme, before embarking for London via Weymouth, before delivering it to the Duke of Edinburgh in Greenwich in July. www.hmspickle.org.uk
Special Area of Conservation (SAC)
This site provides information on why part of Pembrokeshire is a European Marine Site, what marine life can be found here and how you can become involved in the site's future management
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