Found at Downrigging: the elements of the title of a famous (and favorite of mine) kids' fantasy...

(You'd think, on Halloween Weekend, I'd have had better luck finding witches, but I found this wizard instead.)

Downrigging Weekend: 2010

Sultana Projects started with a party for a few tall ships' crews... now it's a four day event with battle sails, skipjacks and oyster buyboats, a floating timeline from 1630 to the 20th century, a battle sail with two privateers, 1812 Naval whaleboat, shallops, sturgeons in a touch tank, birds of prey (nice taxidermy...wait, it blinked!), historic Chestertown, art galleries, awesome food (watermen handing out free oysters), pirates, haunted ships, ghost walks, history brought to vivid cannon-smoking life.

Fans, crews and visitors, herre's some of the shots I took at this year's Downrigging. Feel free to share.
PS: sadly, when I got home, I realized the Mighty Fine Nikon Coolpix L100 (a good little point and shoot digital) had been set on Stupid Mode (the picture size they call "TV", ie, the smallest setting), so the pics aren't the whopping big, highly detailed photos I wanted.

Photos of the Fleet: Kalmar Nyckel (1630s colonial ship; full rigged ship), Pride of Baltimore II, Lynx, (1812 prIvateers, tops'l schooners), Sultana (1768 tops'l schooner), A.J. Meerwald (Delaware Bay oyster schooner), several Chesapeake Bay oyster buyboats, some shallops, a cutter named Elf, a whaleboat, a Delaware Ducker, and a Crosby Catboat. 

Chestertown MD: historic architecture, art galleries, cool shops, great food, and a river that winds through the landscape John Smith might have found in 1607...

It's The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, foremost of the Narnia series. Ok, ok, I know, it's really an armoire, and a wizard....