An 1877 tall ship from Galveston, Texas is celebrating Sail Boston2%

By Sharon Brody19% Paul Connearney20%

7/11/2026, 10:14:16 AM

BS Summary: This article contains 0 faulty reasoning types, including no named faulty reasoning patterns yet, with no single egregious example has been isolated yet. Analysis detected 0 faulty-reasoning hits from 69 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 10.9% and a BS Rank of 2% (14,389 of 14,605 articles). This article is better (less manipulative) than 98.50% of the article peer group.

Tall ships from more than 20 countries are sailing into Boston Harbor Saturday. The USS Constitution escorted the ships led by the U.S. Coast Guard's tall ship Eagle.

Among the vessels in the parade was the Elissa, a tall ship launched in 1877 and now based in Galveston, Texas.

Crew member Ryan Bradfield joined 90.9 WBUR from aboard.

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