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7720
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In the July of 2006, an armada of grand sailing vessels reminiscent of bygone days will dock at Beaufort and Morehead City. The arrival of the ships is the culmination of the 2006 Americas' Sail competition. Americas' Sail stages competitions every four years to promote tall ships and traditional sailing worldwide. The 2006 competition begins in Brazil. The stopover in North Carolina is the only one planned for the United States. Powers gives a preview of what visitors will see when the ships arrive.
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Coastwatch (NoCar QH 91 A1 N62x), Vol. Issue , Winter 2006, p14-19, il Periodical Website
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7829
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Captain Horatio Sinbad, North Carolina's only officially commissioned privateer, set sail from Beaufort in 2002, bound for Jamaica to compete in the Class B race at America's Sail. He returned with a 100-pound trophy and the right to choose the final port of the next tall ships race in 2006. He chose his home port of Beaufort. Wright describes the activities of this tall ships event which runs from June 30 to July 4. Around 250,000 visitors are expected. Class A ships will dock in Morehead City. Class B ships will dock in Beaufort at the new floating docks being built as part of the $60 to $80 million Olde Beaufort Seaport, a living history maritime village that will expand the facilities of the North Carolina Maritime Museum.
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North Carolina (NoCar F 251 W4), Vol. 64 Issue 5, May 2006, p20-21, por
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29934
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George O'Neal, Jr. is working to save a collection of 21 ship models made by his father, George O'Neal, Sr. The collection, which includes models of historic and modern sailing vessels from barkentines to schooners, provide examines of vessels that sailed the North Carolina coast.
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Sea Chest (NoCar F 262 D2 S42), Vol. 1 Issue 2, Spring/Summer 1981, p18-21, por
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7899
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Captain Horatio Sinbad is North Carolina's only officially commissioned privateer. He dreamed of being a pirate when he saw the movie Treasure Island at the age of eight and later ran away from home at sixteen to join the crews of sailing ships in the Caribbean. He legally changed his name to Sinbad twenty-seven years ago. He built the ship he sails, the MEKA II, by hand, and it is his only home. The first Meka went down in a hurricane 100 miles off Norfolk, and Sinbad spent nine hours in the water before rescue. Sinbad is the reason the Americas' Sail 2006 is coming to the waters off Carteret County in the summer of 2006. He won a race in the Americas' Sail 2002 in the waters off Jamaica and won the right to choose the port for the next sailing competition. He chose Beaufort for his home port.
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Metro Magazine (NoCar F 264 R1 M48), Vol. 7 Issue 6, June 2006, p14-17, il, por Periodical Website
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9142
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Ross Morphew and his family runs a boat repair shop in Morehead City but he and his family live on a pirate ship. Morphew hired an architect to design and build the ship, and his family lives there, dressing on pirates on weekends and holidays to “attack” other boats. The State has awarded the Morphews an official privateer's commission for the success of their exploits. Their boat is called the MEKA II and is a highly popular tourist attraction.
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The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 44 Issue 4, Sept 1976, p16-17, il
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30729
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In 2006, the North Carolina Maritime Museum hosted the conclusion of the Pepsi Americas’ Sail festival, in Beaufort, NC. The festival Began with a race between the world’s largest tall ships from Brazil to the Dominican Republic. Beaufort gained the right to host the celebration when local Horatio Sinbad won the previous race in 2002.
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