Location: West End Avenue/Western Waterfront.

John J. Harvey Fireboat:

The fireboat John J Harvey will be joining us this year in our showcase of Tall Ships! Built in 1931, MV John J. Harvey, at 130 ft and 268 net tons, is among the most powerful fireboats ever in service. She has five 600 HP diesel engines, and has capacity to pump 18,000 gallons of water a minute. Her pumps are powerful — enough so that when she and the George Washington Bridge were both brand new, she shot water over the bridge’s roadway. She was retired by the New York City Fire Department in 1994 and bought at auction by her current owners in 1999. She was placed on The National Register of Historic Places in June 2000.

The Lynx Schooner:

The square top-sail schooner Lynx has been designed and built to interpret a privateer from the War of 1812. The original Lynx was built at Fell’s Point, MD, and commissioned during the opening days of the war, making her among the first ships to defend American freedom. The Lynx is guided by the maxim "Be excellent to each other and to your ship". The crew will be wearing 1812 period dress and be open for deck tours. Lynx has a sparred length of 122’, a beam of 9’, and a rig height of 94’. Lynx was launched July 29, 2001 in Rockport Maine, and is operated by the Lynx Educational Foundation in Newport Beach, CA.