ADVISORY/Parade of Tallships Comes to Port of Los Angeles.

Assignment Editors/Travel Writers

ADVISORY...for Friday (Sept. 6)

--(BUSINESS WIRE)

WHAT:  Parade of 14 tallships into the Port of Los Angeles.
       Includes vessels from the Netherlands, New Zealand and Ukraine,
       as well as those from the United States. The parade kicks off
       the five-day Los Angeles Festival of Sail and is the first time
       ever that so many tallships have come together in the Port of
       Los Angeles.

WHEN:  Friday, September 6, 2002
       12:00 p.m. -- press boat leaves from Berth 84 in San Pedro. The
       press boat offers a unique opportunity to get shots of the
       parade from the water.

WHERE: Port of Los Angeles, Berth 84 (Thomas Guide page 824). Press
       boat leaves from the right side of the Los Angeles Maritime
       Museum, at the intersection of Sixth Street and Harbor Blvd. in
       San Pedro.

WHO:   Credentialed press may board the designated press boat between
       11:30 a.m. and 12:00 noon. The press boat will leave the dock
       at 12:00 noon sharp and will return by 2:00 p.m.