The Surprise shares the festival spotlight with another legendary tall ship : the Californian , a 145-foot replica of a cutter designed to catch smugglers during the 1840s Gold Rush . Summer packs a boatload of thrilling tall ship events . Tall Ships Challenge spans the Great Lake states from June through September . The event is held in conjunction with the annual Chicago Sail Festival, which takes place on Chicago’s lakefront every year during the last week of July and first weekend in August.
Summer packs a boatload of thrilling tall ship events . Tall Ships Challenge spans the Great Lake states from June through September . The event is held in conjunction with the annual Chicago Sail Festival, which takes place on Chicago’s lakefront every year during the last week of July and first weekend in August.