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Name: Christian Radich
Builder: Framnæs Mekaniske Værksted
Launched: February 1937
Home-port: Oslo
Identification:
IMO number: 5071729
callsign: LJLM
MMSI number: 258373000
Status: Active
Class and type: Full-rigged ship
Displacement: 1,050 tonnes (2,310,000 lb)
Length: 62.5 m (205 ft) 73 m (240 ft) including bowsprit
Beam: 9.7 m (32 ft)
Height: 37.7 m (124 ft)
Draught: 4.7 m (15 ft)
Propulsion: 27 Sails, 1,360 m2 (14,600 sq ft) Engine, Caterpillar 900 HK
Speed: Sails, 14 knots (26 km/h), Engine, 10 knots (19 km/h)
Complement: 18 permanent crew 88 passengers
Christian Radich is a Norwegian full-rigged ship, named after a Norwegian shipowner. The vessel was built at Framnæs shipyard in Sandefjord, Norway, and was delivered on 17 June 1937. The owner was The Christian Radich Sail Training Foundation established by a grant from an officer of that name.
The vessel is a full-rigged three-masted steel hull, 62.5 m long, with an overall length of 73 m including the bowsprit and a maximum width of 9.7 m. She has a draught of about 4.7 meters and a displacement at full load of 1050 tons. Under engine power, Christian Radich reaches a top speed of 10 knots, while she can make up to 14 knots under sail. The crew is 18 all together. She can accommodate 88 passengers.
The class society of the vessel is Det Norske Veritas, DNV, and she is built to +1A1, E0.
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Christian's house in Punta Cana, from our holiday last March. If you go there, you have to visit this domain!
"Мимолетность, краткая секунда мгновения, легкость бытия, непрерывный поток новых ощущений, множество голосов вокруг, не дающих остаться в одиночестве, яркие краски мира, открытого каждому, сотни разнообразнейших оттенков эмоций, похожих на переменчивое небо над головой и незаметное дыхание смерти за плечами." (с)
Dead Romance. Пролог
Built in 1931, the only Christian church in the U.S. designed to look like a Japanese castle. Modeled after the Kochi castle, an original 16th century structure on the island of Shikoku.
I noticed Christian and in particular his sense of style and felt compelled to ask him to be part of my project.
Christian is from Hove but visiting Brighton for the day.
"I'm just chilling today!"
Thanks Christian.
This is included in the group 100 strangers:
www.flickr.com/groups/100strangers/pool/
This is included in the Human Family Group. To view more street portraits and stories visit
This is a gift just for you, and a kiss as an attachment ;)
Last night, dear Sepideh informed me of some interesting history about the Christmas, and the relation between Christmas and Yalda (the ancient Persian festival).
I just copy some paragraphs from the Wiki encyclopedia here:
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The festival was considered extremely important in pre-Islamic Iran and continues to be celebrated to this day, for a period of more than 6000 years.
Some historians believe that the festival spread to Europe through contacts between the Roman and Persian empires and was eventually replaced by Christmas; a theory that accounts for the celebration of Christmas on 25 December, rather than the later date of January 6 that is believed to be the correct date of birth of Christ by eastern orthodox church.
Yalda, a Syriac word (ܝܠܕܐ) imported into the Persian language by the Syriac Christians means birth (tavalod and meelaad are from the same origin) and generally refers to Christmas in the Syriac language. It is a relatively recent arrival and it is refereed to the "Shab e Cheleh Festival" a celebration of Winter Solstice on December 21. Forty days before the next major Persian festival "Jashn-e Sadeh" this night has been celebrated in countless cultures for thousands of years. The ancient Roman festivals of Saturnalia (God of Agriculture, Saturn) and Sol Invictus (Sun God) are among the best known in the Western world.
In most ancient cultures, including Persia, the start of the solar year has been marked to celebrate the victory of light over darkness and the renewal of the Sun. For instance, Egyptians, four thousand years ago celebrated the rebirth of the sun at this time of the year. They set the length of the festival at 12 days, to reflect the 12 divisions in their sun calendar. They decorated with greenery, using palms with 12 shoots as a symbol of the completed year, since a palm was thought to put forth a shoot each month.
The last day of the Persian month Azar is the longest night of the year, when the forces of Ahriman are assumed to be at the peak of their strength. While the next day, the first day of the month Dey known as khoram rooz or khore rooz (the day of sun) belongs to Ahura Mazda, the Lord of Wisdom. Since the days are getting longer and the nights shorter, this day marks the victory of Sun over the darkness. The occasion was celebrated in the festival of "Daygan" dedicated to Ahura Mazda, on the first day of the month Dey.
(Source: Wikipedia)
Added to flickr Explore (interestingness) page of 24 December 2006.