Tall Ships IdentiKit Available

Thousands of photographs will be taken during the Tall Ships Challenge 2004, leaving many photographers scrambling to identify all those ships after their films have been developed.

But fans of the Tall Ships shouldn't despair. The Maritime Museum of the Atlantic is coming to the rescue with a new Identi-Ship Kit, a simple three-step process that helps identify all the registered Tall Ships.

The museum staff originally developed the Identi-Ship system for the Parade of Sail in 1984 after many people came through their doors trying to identify the images in stacks of photos. The Identi-Ship Kit uses number of masts, hull colour and rig to quickly sort out the many vessels. It also helps educate people on the different types of vessels and rigs found at Tall Ship events.

The kit is available now on the museum's website at http://maritime.museum.gov.ns.ca/tallships.html. The museum's Tall Ship web page also features a Guide to Ship Rigs and handy Tall Ship links and sources.