Into the Mystic
Mystic Harbor, CT 1900, Windjammers
Three and four-masted, iron-hulled barques.
The word "windjammer" has a variety of associations, both nautical and not. In the late 19th century the term was pejorative, as used by the sailors aboard the new, faster steamships. "The deck hands on the liners contemptuously refer to [sailing vessels] as 'wind-jammers'."
A windjammer is the first iron-hulled commercial sailing ship with multiple masts that were square rigged, or fore-and-aft rigged, or a combination of the two. Wikipedia
Into the Mystic
Mystic Harbor, CT 1900, Windjammers
Three and four-masted, iron-hulled barques.
The word "windjammer" has a variety of associations, both nautical and not. In the late 19th century the term was pejorative, as used by the sailors aboard the new, faster steamships. "The deck hands on the liners contemptuously refer to [sailing vessels] as 'wind-jammers'."
A windjammer is the first iron-hulled commercial sailing ship with multiple masts that were square rigged, or fore-and-aft rigged, or a combination of the two. Wikipedia