SAIL 2010, Amsterdam
Saturday August 21, 2010 – Ships in the harbour

“SAIL Amsterdam is a large maritime event held every five years in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Tall ships from all over the world visit the city to moor in its Eastern harbour, and people can then visit the ships for four days.” (quote Wikipedia)

This photo: Loading the “Dar Mlodziezy”

A group of the crew, preparing large boxes to be loaded into the “Dar Mlodziezy”

Dar Młodzieży (“the gift of youth”) is a Polish sailing training ship designed by Zygmunt Choreń and launched in 1982 in the Gdańsk shipyard, Poland. Home port of this three mast frigate is Gdynia (Poland). Wikipedia )

Photograph made with Pentax K10D camera and
Pentax-DA 18-55 lens
1/60 sec, at f 16
ISO 200 Focal length 18mm

TAGS : SAIL Amsterdam 2010, Netherlands, nautical, maritime, events, photo journalism, candid, street_photography, reportage, documentary, people, young men, crew, sailors, work, tall ships, sailing boats, Three mast frigate “Dar Mlodziezy” Polish_

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