The Parade of Sail, Sail Boston 2026, part of the Sail250 Tour, photographed from Buck Hill on July 11th, 2026. (1/3)
I don't usually do any long distance photography in the warm weather months, but it was a nice day so I thought I would give this a try. I got setup just as the parade was getting underway at 9am and photographed continually until about 12:30p when my battery went dead.
The ships were traveling from east to west and there were generally three 'windows' where I could see them, between Long Island and Spectacle Island (these often have Deer Island in the background), between Spectacle Island and Thompson Island (with Winthrop in the background), and between Thompson Island and Castle Island (with Logan Airport in the background).
When I first started there was a lot of haze out over the water. That gradually burned off, but was quickly replaced with air turbulence as the air heated up. I have not had much luck making identifications of individual ships. I was hoping to find a simple parade order that might assist, but so far I have come up empty.
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