Tall Ships Return To Boston In July

The Mircea is a three-masted barque built in 1938 in Hamburg, Germany, and serves as a training vessel for the Romanian Navy. Photo courtesy Sail Boston.

Alexander von Humboldt II is a German sail training ship launched in 2011 as the modern replacement for the original 1906 vessel. Photo courtesy Sail Boston.

Some of the world’s most impressive tall ships and military ships will visit Boston Harbor this July to help celebrate the 250th birthday of the United States.

As part of the Sail250 celebration, ships from around the world will visit Boston from July 11 through July 16, 2026.

The last tall ship event in Boston was 2017.

Boston was chosen among a select group of ports included in the Sail250 celebration, including New Orleans, Norfolk, Baltimore, and New York City. But Boston will be an ideal port to view the ships. Tall Ships America named Boston its Port of the Year in both 2009 and 2017.

The extensive list of ships slated to attend the event is impressive, and includes barques, schooners, galleons, and barquentines.

Learn more on the Sail Boston website.

The Ecuadorian Navy tall ship BAE Guayas is a three-masted barque sailing vessel built in 1976 in Spain. Photo courtesy Sail Boston.