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PHOTOGRAPHY COURTESY OF SAIL TRAINING INTERNATIONAL The majestic Tall Ships, under sail, will gather in Broad Sound prior to their grand entrance into Boston's inner harbor for the Parade of Sail. TOTALLY RIGGED THE TALL SHIPS ARE BACK WITH A BOOM BOOM EXTRAVAGANZA ON BOSTON HARBOR WITH SAIL BOSTON. BY MACKENZIE CUMMINGS-GRADY Whatever you know about sailing will likely be tossed overboard once you've met Esmeralda, the Chilean with a heart of steel, or Alexander Humboldt III, a colorful German full of one-liners. We're talking sloops here, folks, and they will be docking in the Boston Harbor with dozens of other tall ships for a five- day full-on nautical spectacle. "The Rendez- Vous Tall Ships Regatta is an event that has only happened three times in Boston," says Sail Boston project director Dusty Rhodes. "It takes six years alone just to coordinate with all of the foreign navies." There will be schooners from the Netherlands, a barque from Ecuador, a fully-rigged vessel from Russia, and many others. The 7,000-nautical-mile Regatta begins in Royal Greenwich and ends in Quebec City, tracing the routes of the great explorers through six countries, including Portugal, the Canary Islands, and Bermuda. Half way through the race, when they anchor in Boston from June 17–22, four million visitors are expected to join in the fun. BOSTONCOMMON-MAGAZINE.COM 49 SCENE | STYLE | SPACE EVERYBODY'S TALKIN G ABOU T...