Pyronaut displays are expected

An estimated 60,000 people converged on the city's waterside areas to see the boats, shop at the French market and watch live entertainment.

Police believe about 50,000 crowded into the docks and harbour to watch Saturday's acrobatics and fireworks.

With the fine weather due to continue on Sunday, another record-breaking attendance was predicted.

One of the festival organisers, David Pine, told BBC News Online: "There are masses of people here and it is so hot and sunny."

Minesweeper

The programme features a number of activities including RNLI rescue and parachute displays.

Musicians were also performing on three main stages in the harbour area throughout the weekend.

This year the festival has been extended to Queen Square, which was packed out for much of Saturday.

It hosts its own stage, French market stalls and a new Portuguese area celebrating Bristol's ties with the city of Oporto.

On Friday, two tall ships, the Kaskelot and the Earl of Pembroke, made their way from Portishead Marina to the city centre.

The ships, moored alongside the Industrial Museum, form the centrepiece of a flotilla of boats at the city's floating harbour, along with a modern-day minesweeper.