on 6/29/05 10:58 AM, Judy Evans at judithevans001@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: it seems this > is a World BoatFest, not just Trafalgar The "Pacific Fleet" is active also. In Victoria last weekend a large gathering of tall ships, including a replica of Robert Gray's ship that--weirder and weirder-- had been busy in the "Pirates of the Caribbean" movies, gathered, boomed, fireworked, celebrated something... possibly Canada Day. I believe the same fleet comes to Tacoma this weekend to celebrate Independence Day. Andreas would do well to buy up the mothballed Russian Fleet; re-enactments of engagements between "blue and red" forces are obviously the coming thing. David Ritchie Portland, Oregon ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html