DETROIT - The Detroit Riverfront hasn’t had this many Tall Ships docked at once since 2001. This is all part of the Sail Detroit Festival .

The Alliance, Empire Sandy, Pride of Baltimore II, and Ernestina-Morrissey all docked on Thursday, August 7 and will be on the Detroit River through Sunday, August 10.

You can view the ships from the Riverfront for free, but you’ll need tickets, which you can buy here , to board them.

Once on board these schooners, you can meet some of the crew, including Jenna Trammell, Second Mate of the Ernestina-Morrissey.

The Akron, Ohio native has been on the ship since March and says this is her first time traveling to Detroit.

“The coolest thing about life on this ship is that you get to go from seeing it go from sort of a hull with a winter cover on

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