06/01/2026
The final stop of a very busy day and the inspiration for the outing. We present the Spanish Tall ship Juan Sebastian de Elcano docked at the Texas A&M Galveston marine operations dock.
She is stopped in Galveston on her way to Norfolk and New York taking part in the Sail 250 events taking place in those locations! Aubrey and I will be reuniting with the tall ship and the tall ship fleet in Norfolk for the event there in a few weeks.
The ship was beautiful and the biggest tall ship we have been on to date! We were able to interact with the crew and saw many coming on the ship after shore leave with bags of nasa souvenirs, Nike shoes, other American branded shopping bags, and … beer 😜
The day was long and we are exhausted, but it was worth it. Some info amd pics below!
From her Wikipedia - Juan Sebastián de Elcano is a training ship of the Spanish Navy. She is a steel-hulled, four-masted topsail barquentine. At 113 metres (371 ft) long, she is the third-largest tall ship in the world, and is the sailing vessel that has sailed the farthest, covering more than 2,000,000 nautical miles (3,700,000 km; 2,300,000 mi) in her lifetime. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Juan_Sebasti%C3%A1n_Elcano_remolcado_al_muelle_(14466143300).jpg
