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Photos: Tall Ships Festival returns to Duluth

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Pride of Baltimore II crewmembers
Nine majestic sailing ships evoking our nation's nautical past sailed into the Duluth harbor Thursday afternoon, July 25, 2013, during the Grand Parade of Sail that signals the start of the city's five-day Tall Ships Festival. Above, Pride of Baltimore II crewmembers including Melissa Brauner, of New Orleans, left, and Chad Lossing, of Big Rapids, Mich., work on the ship's sails as it enters the harbor.
Paul M. Walsh for MPR News
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'Jack Sparrow' impersonator
Brendan Anderson, an impersonator of "Pirates of the Caribbean" movie character "Jack Sparrow" aboard The Pride of Baltimore II. Anderson had attended the Tall Ship Festival in 2010, and spent much of his time on the ship the HMS Bounty. The Bounty was also used as a movie prop in the filming of some of the "Pirates of the Caribbean" movies. It sank, and two of its crew died, in a hurricane earlier this year. Anderson worried that young Connor Hood, 3, of Elk River, Minn., was going to take off with is hat, after Connor had got his photo with him, above.
Paul M. Walsh for MPR News
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Pride of Baltimore II crewmembers
Nine majestic sailing ships evoking our nation's nautical past sailed into the Duluth harbor Thursday afternoon, July 25, 2013, during the Grand Parade of Sail that signals the start of the city's five-day Tall Ships Festival. Above, Pride of Baltimore II crewmembers including Melissa Brauner, of New Orleans, left, and Chad Lossing, of Big Rapids, Mich., work on the ship's sails as it enters the harbor.
Paul M. Walsh for MPR News
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The SS Sorlandet
After the Parade of Ships on July 25, 2013 in Duluth, the vessels lined up on the city's waterfront. Above, the white-hulled SS Sorlandet is 210 feet long, and is from Kristiansand, Norway.
Paul M. Walsh for MPR News