Kalmar Nyckel, What Happened To Their Visit In Yorktown?

On Friday evening, June 6th, we posted a story about how the Kalmar Nyckel was supposed to be visiting Yorktown for the weekend.  Well, it turns out that due to circumstances beyond the control of Captain Morgan and the crew, the ship was in dry dock awaiting inspection after a good deal of work was completed on the ship, making sure the ship was once again ready for it's summer voyages.

  Thanks to the US Coast Guard who stepped up and made a late Friday evening visit to conduct that inspection, the Kalmar Nyckel was finally released back the the waters to sail down to Yorktown, Virginia.  The bad news is that they were already scheduled to be here by Friday evening for Saturday and Sunday open deck tours and evening sailing cruises.  We waited to go see the ship on Sunday and left Gloucester at about 12:00 PM in  order to make the free deck tour before shut down at 1:00.  We learned at about 12:30 from the folks who are part of the dock crew in Yorktown about his delay.  As we were being told about the delay and that no one knew when they would be coming in, we saw what we thought was the ship coming in.  Picking up our cameras we were able to confirm that is was in fact the Kalmar Nyckel on it's way.  It finally arrived at about 1:30 PM on Sunday.

We took this photo at about 1:00 PM that showed it was the ship in question.  The zoom in was at 500 power or 80x optical.  So yeah, that is an incredible distance.   The reason why the picture seems grey.  So no deck tours were available but they did manage to get out one evening cruise that departed at 4:00 PM as scheduled.  They had to leave soon afterward to go to their next destination.  The crew was not happy about not being able to stay and see everyone who came out, but they at least were able to come in for awhile.

  It's been several years since the Kalmar Nyckel has been in the area.  Let's hope for a full weekend next year.

One of the most notable differences this year is the updated paint job on the back end of the ship.  This is a very fresh look.

The back of the above picture is harder to see than the other one.  This picture was taken a few years ago or the last time the Kalmar Nyckel was in the area.  If you look at the fish, you can see that they are different colors and also Nemo's shroud is now painted where it wasn't before.

All pictures here shot and provided by C Thompson of TTC Media and are under copyright protection.

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Kalmar Nyckel In Yorktown This Weekend, June 6th - 8th, 2014

(Photos copyright:  Chuck Thompson of TTC Media, All rights reserved.)

The incredible Kalmar Nyckel is in town this weekend over at the Yorktown Riverwalk dock.  A superb sailing museum depicting the colonial era of America.  The ship will be here from Friday evening through Sunday evening.  Saturday and Sunday from 10:00 AM until 1:00 PPM the ship will be available for free deck tours.  In other words, you are welcome to board the main deck of the ship and take a real steo back in time to view what life was like for settler's coming to the new world.

  There will be evening sailing tours along the York river for those who wish to purchase a ticket.  Adult prices are $60.00 each and children under 17 is $40.00 per person.  Voyages last 3 hours and start at 4:00 PM.  Maximum number allowed per tour is 49 guests.  Reservations are required.  Please call; 302-429-7447 for more information about the Kalmar Nyckel.  Visit them at http://www.kalmarnyckel.org  

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Kalmar Nyckel Seen From The Gloucester Point Beach, Was In Yorktown This Weekend

Sunday, June 14th, 2009. The Kalmar Nyckel could be seen from the Gloucester Point beach over the weekend as this Delaware Tall Ship was giving 3 hour cruises twice a day. This ship is a replica from 1625. She is a Dutch 200 tonne Pinnace ship. It is said that the history of the Kalmar Nyckel rivals that of the Mayflower, bringing 24 settlers to the new world in 1638, to found the new area called "New Sweden", now known as Wilmington, Delaware and having made 3 more successful round trips bringing more settlers of German, Dutch, Finnish and Swedish backgrounds.

All ticket purchases for the 3 hour tour go to the upkeep of the ship. The ship is owned by the Kalmar Nyckel Foundation which is a non profit foundation. Donations are always welcome. To visit their site, please CLICK HERE. We had the opportunity to meet the Captain and the crew and were granted rare access to photograph the inside of this ship. We will be putting up a web site soon to show you the incredible shots we got. The staff were all helpful and provided us with a great amount of information and history. It was a true honor to have been aboard this ship. Their next event in the general area is going to be in Norfolk during Harbor Fest. July 3rd, 4th and 5th. We would highly recommend the trip to see this boat and to set sail with her.

Day time cruises are with pirates, ARGH! Night time cruises are more reserved sunset cruises. It's a once in a life time experience that you will never forget.