Tall Ship Godspeed at Cape Charles
Tall ships have sailed the oceans and seas of the world for centuries. The first tall ships made landfall on the eastern seaboard of the United States over 400 years ago with one notable voyage culminating in the exploration of the Chesapeake Bay by Captain John Smith beginning in 1607.
Tall ships entering the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay had a choice of several channels to follow: one to the west, and another proceeding northward on up the Bay known as the Chesapeake Channel which becomes the York Spit Channel just off the Eastern Shore. The skipper sailing the northward channel would find the first harbor to the east of their position as that of Cape Charles. One can only imagine what the Old Plantation Flats and Cherrystone Channels must have looked like with these majestic tall ships swinging to their anchor.
(Header photos courtesy of Chris Glennon & Ron Wrucke)
Kalmar Nyckel in Cape Charles (photo courtesy of Chris Glennon)
Downtown Cape Charles (photo courtesy of Chris Glennon)
