A Visit From The Past: Tall Ships Of Charleston, Part 1 - Introduction - Episode 1

Charleston hosted a gathering of old ships from all over the world, called “Tall Ships 2000.” This is a year-long program where children can participate in learning how to sail, maintain a ship, and can interact socially with people from all over the world. Learning how to sail on one of these ships would be the experience of a life time.

Captain Orvall H. Banfield briefly discusses how these wooden sailing ships are constructed, how the sails work, and the program’s purpose of educating youth