Two unusual ocean-going vessels are now visiting San Diego. Both are large and amazing!
The first, which you see above, is the Island Pride, a state of the art construction and support vessel. It features a large helicopter landing pad and an impressive crane. It’s docked at the B Street Pier. I don’t know why it’s in San Diego–I saw it this morning during a walk along the Embarcadero. If you’re curious, you can read about this impressive ship on its website here.
That helicopter pad in front makes Island Pride appear as if it’s wearing a hat!
The second ship, moored a short distance north of the Maritime Museum of San Diego, is the superyacht Aquijo.
According to this Wikipedia article, Aquijo is (or recently was) the largest ketch in the entire world! A ketch is a two-masted sailboat whose mainmast is taller than the mizzen mast. Aquijo was built in the Netherlands.
Take a look at the final photo. Impressive!
You never know what sort of cool sight you might encounter during a walk along San Diego’s Embarcadero!
UPDATE!
Here’s a pic of Island Pride taken several days later. It had turned around…
ANOTHER UPDATE!
About a month later, I spotted Aquijo docked behind the San Diego Convention Center…
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