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The Blessing of the Fleet is a tradition that began centuries ago in Mediterranean fishing communities. The practice began predominantly Catholic , but is now practiced by all Christians as a blessing from the local priest and pastors that is meant to ensure a safe and bountiful season.
Each year, the Harbor Springs Historical Society hosts the Blessing of the Fleet, where boats are all blessed for a fun and safe boating season. 'Fleet Week' returns in celebration of 12th annual ...
The annual Blessing of the Fleet at Salty Brine State Beach in Narragansett in 2019. The event's popular road race has grown to 4,000 participants and was capped at that number this year over ...
Many of the fishing enterprises housed at Fremantle are descended from the Italian towns of Molfetta on the Adriatic Sea, and Capo d'Orlando in Sicily.Each year, a ceremony known as the Blessing of the Fleet occurs in the harbour where a procession of the fishermen and their families walk through the streets of Fremantle to the harbour carrying two statues.
Each year the residents of Airlie Beach celebrate The Blessing of the Fleet on Whitsunday or Pentecost Sunday. [6] ... This page was last edited on 8 February 2025, ...
The blessing of the boats has been held in the summer since the 1930s, sometimes on the feast of Saint Anne (July 26), but generally during the local Acadian festival. All the boats in the region are decorated with flags and banners. In Cap-Pelé, the best fisherman is crowned king. In this village, the memory of fishermen lost at sea is ...
From fleet age to pilot skill, safety practices, fleet size, and number of incidents, their scores were identical.” The world's safest full-service airlines for 2025 Air New Zealand
The Jurien Bay "Blessing of the Fleet" festival commenced in the mid-1990s to commemorate the start of the crayfishing season in November each year. Following the opening of Indian Ocean Drive (the coastal route linking Perth) in 2010, the event was re-badged as the Indian Ocean Festival.