1. TALL SHIPS FESTIVAL, AUCKLAND - The fleet arrives en-masse in gusty conditions for the inaugural tall ships festival in Auckland. Seen here rounding North Head as they sail into the Waitemata Harbour... Date: 25 October 2013 Image ID 9236
2. TALL SHIPS FESTIVAL, AUCKLAND - The fleet arrives en-masse for the first ever tall ships festival in the City of Sails. Seen here, from left are the Jubilee Sailing Trust's LORD NELSON (UK, 1986, a... Date: 25 October 2013 Image ID 9237
3. TALL SHIPS FESTIVAL, AUCKLAND - The fleet arrives en-masse the parade headed by the Spirit of Adventure Trust's own SPIRIT OF NEW ZEALAND (IMO 8975603), a three masted barquentine (second from left).... Date: 25 October 2013 Image ID 9238
4. TED ASHBY - a NZ flat-bottomed scow, part of the historic fleet at the Voayger Maritime Museum, Auckland, with an unidentified mini-tall ship. Date: 28 October 2013 Image ID 9243
5. A Polynesian ocean-going waka and three-masted topsail schooner R. TUCKER THOMPSON contrast with the ultra modern lines of the megayacht A. Date: 28 October 2013 Image ID 9244
6. R. TUCKER THOMPSON (NZ) and superyacht A. Date: 28 October 2013 Image ID 9245
7. EUROPA (Dutch) and Auckland Coastguard. The car carrier is Mitsui's SWALLOW ACE. Date: 28 October 2013 Image ID 9246
8. OOSTERSCHELDE and PICTON CASTLE. Date: 28 October 2013 Image ID 9247
9. EUROPA, OOSTERSCHELDE (both Dutch), PICTON CASTLE (Canada) and LORD NELSON (UK). Date: 28 October 2013 Image ID 9248
10. R. TUCKER THOMPSON (NZ) under full sail. Date: 28 October 2013 Image ID 9249
11. OOSTERSCHELDE - registered Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Date: 28 October 2013 Image ID 9250
12. TECLA (nearest camera, built as GRAAF van LIMBURG STIRUM) and EUROPA depart Auckland. Date: 28 October 2013 Image ID 9251
13. EUROPA (Dutch) swings on her anchor chain as she departs Auckland watched by hundreds on shore and as many on the waters of the Waitemata Harbour. Date: 28 October 2013 Image ID 9252
14. TECLA (built as GRAAF van LIMBURG STIRUM) and OOSTERSCHELDE (Holland) make their way slowly downstream to take the naval salute. Date: 28 October 2013 Image ID 9253
15. OOSTERSCHELDE and TECLA (built as GRAAF van LIMBURG STIRUM), R. TUCKER THOMPSON (NZ, IN DISTANCE) and TED ASHBY (a NZ scow) approaching Orakei for the naval salute. Date: 28 October 2013 Image ID 9254
16. PICTON CASTLE (built Wales, now based Nova Scotia, Canada) - departing Auckland. Date: 28 October 2013 Image ID 9255
17. OOSTERSCHELDE (Dutch) Date: 28 October 2013 Image ID 9256
18. BREEZE and R. Tucker Thompson - two NZ tall ships. Date: 28 October 2013 Image ID 9257
19. PICTON CASTLE and R.TUCKER THOMPSON Date: 28 October 2013 Image ID 9259
20. R.TUCKER THOMPSON and PICTON CASTLE Date: 28 October 2013 Image ID 9260
21. LORD NELSON (Jubilee Sailing Trust, Southampton, UK) - tall ship sailing catering for people of all physical abilities. What a great concept!! Date: 28 October 2013 Image ID 9261
22. LORD NELSON (Jubilee Sailing Trust, Southampton, UK) - tall ship sailing catering for people of all physical abilities. What a great concept!! Date: 28 October 2013 Image ID 9262
23. TECLA (from The Netherlands. Built as GRAAF van LIMBURG STIRUM) under bare poles, makes her way to Orakei Wharf for the naval salute. Date: 28 October 2013 Image ID 9263
24. EUROPA (Holland) accompanied by an Auckland Coastguard rescue vessel. The NZ flat-bottomed scow TED ASHBY is in the distance. Date: 28 October 2013 Image ID 9264
25. EUROPA (Holland) accompanied by an Auckland Coastguard rescue vessel. The NZ flat-bottomed scow TED ASHBY is in the distance. Date: 28 October 2013 Image ID 9265
26. R. TUCKER THOMPSON (NZ) - a gaff-rigged topsail schooner. Date: 28 October 2013 Image ID 9266
27. LORD NELSON (UK) outbound from Auckland with the megayacht A anchored mid-harbour astern. Date: 28 October 2013 Image ID 9267
28. PICTON CASTLE (Canada, nearest camera) and EUROPA (Holland). Date: 28 October 2013 Image ID 9269
29. PICTON CASTLE (Canada, nearest camera) and EUROPA (Holland) make their way slowly out of the inner Waitemata Harbour. Date: 28 October 2013 Image ID 9270
30. PICTON CASTLE (Canada, nearest camera) and EUROPA (Holland) make their way slowly out of the inner Waitemata Harbour. Date: 28 October 2013 Image ID 9271
31. PICTON CASTLE (Canada) outbound from Auckland. Date: 28 October 2013 Image ID 9272
32. YOUNG ENDEAVOUR (Australia) and OOSTERSCHELDE (Holland, furthest from camera). Date: 28 October 2013 Image ID 9273
33. PICTON CASTLE departs Auckland. Date: 28 October 2013 Image ID 9275
34. PICTON CASTLE departs Auckland. Date: 28 October 2013 Image ID 9276
35. PICTON CASTLE sails from Auckland. The crest of the old Auckland Harbour Board (AHB) is seen at right on the funnel of the preserved steam tug WILLIAM C. DALDY. Date: 28 October 2013 Image ID 9277
36. R. TUCKER THOMPSON (NZ) off Orakei, Auckland. Date: 28 October 2013 Image ID 9278
37. R. TUCKER THOMPSON (NZ) off Mechanics Bay, makes her way toward Orakei Wharf for the official naval salute. Date: 28 October 2013 Image ID 9279
38. OOSTERSCHELDE (Dutch, nearest camera) and YOUNG ENDEAVOUR (Australian) off Orakei. Date: 28 October 2013 Image ID 9280
39. SPIRIT OF NEW ZEALAND (IMO 8975603) leads the fleet out of port. Date: 28 October 2013 Image ID 9281
40. SPIRIT OF NEW ZEALAND (IMO 8975603) leads the fleet out of port ahead of OOSTERSCHELDE, LORD NELSON, EUROPA and PICTON CASTLE. Date: 28 October 2013 Image ID 9282
41. SPIRIT OF NEW ZEALAND (IMO 8975603) leads the fleet out of port. Date: 28 October 2013 Image ID 9283
42. SPIRIT OF NEW ZEALAND (IMO 8975603) leads the fleet out of port ahead of the Dutch ship OOSTERSCHELDE. Date: 28 October 2013 Image ID 9284
43. LORD NELSON (UK) built specifically to be sailed by both the able-bodied and physically impaired, leads PICTON CASTLE (Canada) out from the "City of Sails". Date: 28 October 2013 Image ID 9287
44. LORD NELSON (UK) AND OOSTERSCHELDE (Holland) passing North Head outbound from Auckland following the city's first-ever tall ships festival. Date: 28 October 2013 Image ID 9288
45. LORD NELSON (Jubilee Sailing Trust, UK) and OOSTERSCHELDE (Holland) passing North Head outbound from Auckland following the city's first-ever tall ships festival. Date: 28 October 2013 Image ID 9289
46. OOSTERSCHELDE and EUROPA (both Dutch) outbound from Auckland following the first-ever tall ships festival. Date: 28 October 2013 Image ID 9290
47. OOSTERSCHELDE (Holland) leads EUROPA, JANE GIFFORD (obscured behind yacht) and PICTON CASTLE out of Auckland following the inaugural tall ships festival. Date: 28 October 2013 Image ID 9291
48. LORD NELSON (Jubilee Sailing Trust, UK) passes Kennedy Memorial Park in Auckland's East Coast Bays, outbound from Auckland en-route to Wellington. Date: 28 October 2013 Image ID 9292
49. OOSTERSCHELDE leads EUROPA out of Auckland. Date: 28 October 2013 Image ID 9294
50. YOUNG ENDEAVOUR (Australia) with EUROPA and OOSTERSCHELDE (both Dutch) in distance, sail out of Auckland following the inaugural tall ships festival., Date: 28 October 2013 Image ID 9295
51. YOUNG ENDEAVOUR (Australia) makes good speed as she leaves Auckland for home. Date: 28 October 2013 Image ID 9296