Intégrité
Intégrité is a 38ft wooden replica of an 18th century captain’s gig which was built in Llandysyl, Wales, by the late John Kerr to take part in ‘Atlantic Challenge Contests of Seamanship’, a series of youth international rowing and sailing contests.
In conjunction with Atlantic Challenge Great Britain, the Centre for Maritime Archaeology (CMA) uses this ship’s boat, reconstructed from a 1790s original, to allow students and staff the experience of working under sail and oar in a traditional, open, wooden vessel with no engine. Operating in the challenging tidal, estuarine environment of the Beaulieu River, near Southampton, the boat offers a genuine chance to understand how people have moved about maritime landscapes, in broadly similar vessels in the past. In addition, the experience helps students develop an understanding of the complexities of working within a crew, since even on a small vessel the onboard social structures relating to command and task management become quickly apparent. Equally evident is the workload required to build and maintain even a small vessel, allowing students a stronger appreciation of the broader, land-based dynamics of seafaring societies.
A captain's gig is a boat used on naval ships as the captain's taxi. It is a catch-all phrase for this type of craft and over the years it has gradually increased in size, changed with the advent of new technologies for locomotion, and been crafted from increasingly more durable materials. In general, during the era of wooden ships, it was smaller and lighter than the longboat, barge or pinnace. It was usually crewed by four oarsmen, and a coxswain. Generally the oarsmen sat one to a seat, but each only rowed a single oar on alternating sides. The gig was not as sea kindly as the longboat, but was used mostly in harbors.
This boat took part in the Thames Diamond Jubilee Pageant to commemorate the 60-year reign of Queen Elizabeth II. It joined 1,000 boats selected for the pageant held on the River Thames on Sunday, 3 June 2012. The boat was seen by a worldwide TV audience as it, and over 20,000 participants, maneuvered a course from Putney to Tower Bridge.
The flag flown by the boat is the Red Ensign or "Red Duster" that originated in the early 17th century as an English ensign flown by the Royal Navy and later specifically by British Merchant Seamen (The British Merchant Navy). The precise date of its first appearance is not known, but surviving receipts indicate that the Navy was paying to have such flags sewn during the 1620s. It is currently used as the civil ensign of the United Kingdom.
This boat is sailing on the Beaulieu River, formerly known as the River Exe, which is a small river flowing south through the New Forest in Hampshire in southern England. The river is some 12 miles (19 km) long, of which this last 4 miles (6.4 km) are tidal. Unusually, the entire river, including its bed, is owned by Lord Montagu of Beaulieu.
The Beaulieu River rises near Lyndhurst in the centre of the New Forest, and flows south-easterly across the forest heaths to the village of Beaulieu. At Beaulieu the river becomes tidal and once drove a tide mill in the village. Below Beaulieu the tidal river continues to flow through the forest, passing the village of Bucklers Hard and entering the sea through the Solent.
The tidal river below Beaulieu village is navigable to small craft. Bucklers Hard was once a significant shipbuilding centre, building many wooden sailing ships, both merchant and naval and including Nelson's Agamemnon.
Since 2000 the navigable channel at the entrance to the river has been marked by a lighthouse known as the Millennium Lighthouse or the Beaulieu River Beacon. The name "Beaulieu" is French, meaning "beautiful place".
cma.soton.ac.uk/partnerships-and-collaborations/integrite...
Intégrité
Intégrité is a 38ft wooden replica of an 18th century captain’s gig which was built in Llandysyl, Wales, by the late John Kerr to take part in ‘Atlantic Challenge Contests of Seamanship’, a series of youth international rowing and sailing contests.
In conjunction with Atlantic Challenge Great Britain, the Centre for Maritime Archaeology (CMA) uses this ship’s boat, reconstructed from a 1790s original, to allow students and staff the experience of working under sail and oar in a traditional, open, wooden vessel with no engine. Operating in the challenging tidal, estuarine environment of the Beaulieu River, near Southampton, the boat offers a genuine chance to understand how people have moved about maritime landscapes, in broadly similar vessels in the past. In addition, the experience helps students develop an understanding of the complexities of working within a crew, since even on a small vessel the onboard social structures relating to command and task management become quickly apparent. Equally evident is the workload required to build and maintain even a small vessel, allowing students a stronger appreciation of the broader, land-based dynamics of seafaring societies.
A captain's gig is a boat used on naval ships as the captain's taxi. It is a catch-all phrase for this type of craft and over the years it has gradually increased in size, changed with the advent of new technologies for locomotion, and been crafted from increasingly more durable materials. In general, during the era of wooden ships, it was smaller and lighter than the longboat, barge or pinnace. It was usually crewed by four oarsmen, and a coxswain. Generally the oarsmen sat one to a seat, but each only rowed a single oar on alternating sides. The gig was not as sea kindly as the longboat, but was used mostly in harbors.
This boat took part in the Thames Diamond Jubilee Pageant to commemorate the 60-year reign of Queen Elizabeth II. It joined 1,000 boats selected for the pageant held on the River Thames on Sunday, 3 June 2012. The boat was seen by a worldwide TV audience as it, and over 20,000 participants, maneuvered a course from Putney to Tower Bridge.
The flag flown by the boat is the Red Ensign or "Red Duster" that originated in the early 17th century as an English ensign flown by the Royal Navy and later specifically by British Merchant Seamen (The British Merchant Navy). The precise date of its first appearance is not known, but surviving receipts indicate that the Navy was paying to have such flags sewn during the 1620s. It is currently used as the civil ensign of the United Kingdom.
This boat is sailing on the Beaulieu River, formerly known as the River Exe, which is a small river flowing south through the New Forest in Hampshire in southern England. The river is some 12 miles (19 km) long, of which this last 4 miles (6.4 km) are tidal. Unusually, the entire river, including its bed, is owned by Lord Montagu of Beaulieu.
The Beaulieu River rises near Lyndhurst in the centre of the New Forest, and flows south-easterly across the forest heaths to the village of Beaulieu. At Beaulieu the river becomes tidal and once drove a tide mill in the village. Below Beaulieu the tidal river continues to flow through the forest, passing the village of Bucklers Hard and entering the sea through the Solent.
The tidal river below Beaulieu village is navigable to small craft. Bucklers Hard was once a significant shipbuilding centre, building many wooden sailing ships, both merchant and naval and including Nelson's Agamemnon.
Since 2000 the navigable channel at the entrance to the river has been marked by a lighthouse known as the Millennium Lighthouse or the Beaulieu River Beacon. The name "Beaulieu" is French, meaning "beautiful place".
cma.soton.ac.uk/partnerships-and-collaborations/integrite...