Set sail for the Big Bay. The Port of San Diego Festival of Sail, hosted by the Maritime Museum of San Diego, transforms the North Embarcadero on San Diego Bay into a nautical theme park. More than twenty historic, tall ships and other amazing vessels from around the world are visiting San Diego September 2-6.

Come aboard for ship tours, cannon battles, pirates, kids zone and more. There will be food and drink from dozens of restaurant booths, a petting zoo and shopping for one-of-a-kind items among more than 100 festival vendors. The festival kicks off with the parade of the tall ships on San Diego Bay at 11 a.m. on Thursday, September 2.

Festival Passports are for sale now on the Maritime Museum’s website and will also be for sale at the festival. Visitors must purchase a tall ships passport ticket to tour the festival ships. Passports are an exceptional value at only $15 for adults and $10 for children (12 and under), seniors (62 and over) and active military (valid identification required). Passports include entrance to the Maritime Museum of San Diego during the event. Entrance to visit the vendor area is free. For information and tickets go to the museum’s website, www.sdmaritime.org.



Shown at left are just a few of the ships participating in the 2010 Festival of Sail.

For a complete list, visit the Festival of Sail web page, here!




 














The Maritime Museum of San Diego is one of the most celebrated Maritime Museums, where you explore and even sail on historic ships from one of the finest collections in the world. Right here in San Diego!

The Maritime Museum preserves the traditional knowledge, skills and folk culture of the enterprise of the sea. The museum enjoys a worldwide reputation for excellence in restoring, maintaining and operating historic vessels. The museum has one of the world’s finest collections of historic ships, including the world’s oldest active ship, the Star of India.

The museum is located on the North Embarcadero in downtown San Diego at 1492 North Harbor Drive. For museum information visit www.sdmaritime.org.




The Festival of Sail will be located along the North Embarcadero between Ash and Grape Streets. Parking will be extremely limited so festival visitors are requested to use public transportation. The County Center/Little Italy trolley station is only three blocks from the festival. For those that must drive their cars, there are nearby paid parking lots.