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The ancient Egyptians believed that the other world contained a celestial river equivalent to the Nile, where the gods travelled over it in their boats and spirit crossed it on their way to resurrection. Therefore models of boats were placed within the funerary furniture to depict the deceased's journey to the cemetery and its equivalent to the other world.
NMEC National Museum of Egyptian Civilization, Fustat Cairo
Thanks to our neighbour Donald Reid for taking this picture of May and I, back in 2003. Both boats still sailing in 2019.
Couldn't resist this image of light... and a song of course... Enjoy:
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A link to where you too can find this trendy toy: www.trendtimes.com/rc-sailboats.html .
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Britannia Shipyards National Historic Site in Steveston
located at 5180 Westwater Drive, Richmond, BC Canada
Richmond’s historical connection with the sea was celebrated at the 13th Annual Richmond Maritime Festival, a free family event at a National Heritage Site.
Over two days, land lubbers and sea-goers of all ages enjoyed activities that delight one and all. Discover local lore, visit beautiful wooden boats, create works of art, bring your picnic blanket and enjoy the tasty treats. Take in music, painters, wood carvers, potters, stilt performers, puppets, story tellers and much more!
The Richmond Maritime Festival celebrates all things waterfront at the Britannia Shipyards National Historic Site. From wooden boats to model boats, water safety to sea creatures, local lore to fishing history, the festival invites visitors to explore a spectacular heritage site and enjoy music, games, interactive exhibits, roving performers, food and much more.
This model of the Alfred Corry hangs in St. Edmund's church in Southwold, Suffolk.
The Alfred Corry was built in 1893 by Beeching Brothers of Great Yarmouth, Norfolk for the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) at a cost of £490 7s. 4d. The boat was funded by a donation left to the RNLI from the estate of Alfred James Corry of Putney, London, for whom she was named.
The Alfred Corry was the first example of an improved class of Norfolk and Suffolk lifeboat called the Carvel class. The lifeboat is equipped with two masts carrying lug sails, she originally had 16 oars, but this was later reduced to 14. The lifeboat was launched from the beach. She would be boarded before the launch, then the beach team would pull the boat over the sand and into the water by hauling on a line that was fastened around a piling on the beach. This happened until 1908 when a slipway was built in the harbour. During her 25 year working career, she was launched 41 times and she and her crew are credited with saving 47 lives. During its service the Alfred Corry had three coxswains, John Cragie, 1893 to 1898, Samuel May, 1898 to 1918 and Charles Jarvis for the last few months of the boat's service in 1918.
In 1919 the Alfred Corry was sold to Lord Albemarle and converted to a yacht, based out of Lowestoft, Suffolk. She was renamed Alba and an engine was added in 1921. In 1949 the boat was renamed Thorfinn. She was being used as a houseboat at Maldon, Essex by 1976, at which point she was bought and restored as a seaworthy yacht under her original name.
In 1994 the Alfred Corry was presented to the newly formed Alfred Corry Charitable Trust. Subsequently, the Trust acquired the former 1923 lifeboat shed from the end of Cromer pier in Norfolk and transported this by sea to Southwold. In 1998, the lifeboat was moved to these new quarters for an extensive restoration to her original state.
The Alfred Corry Museum, of which the lifeboat is the main exhibit, is on the northern side of Southwold harbour at the mouth of the River Blyth. The current Southwold Lifeboat Station is adjacent to the museum.
Name: Alfred Corry
Official RNLI number: ON 353
Station: Southwold, Suffolk
Class: Norfolk and Suffolk
Type: Non-self-righting, sailing and rowing lifeboat
Crew: 18 men
Length overall: 44 ft. 1 in. (13.44 m)
Beam: 13 ft. (3.96 m)
Depth: 4 ft. 10 in. (1.47 m)
Draught: 2 ft. 3.5 in. (0.699 m)
Displacement: 8 tons (8,128 kg)
Builder; Beeching Brothers, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk
Cost: £490 7s. 4d.
Decommissioned: 1918
Sadly my favourite shop Zack & Nemo's wasn't open last weekend, but there was a little tease of a display in the window and on the porch
A 60-cent postage stamp issued by the Netherlands in 1985 to commemorate 200 years of nautical education (1785-1985). The design depicts a teacher and students practicing with model ships in a maneuvering tank, highlighting the long tradition of maritime training in the Netherlands. NVPH catalog number: 1336.
Ships were the prime and oldest means of transportation in ancient Egypt as they were often depicted on petroglyphs and pottery since the Neolithic period. Types of ships also varied in terms of size or purpose, small boats were made of bundles of papyrus stalks while sailing ships and large boats were made of cedar wood and equipped with sails of thick cloth and side oars in addition to two oar-rudders in the stern.
From these ships appeared what was for royal voyages, the sacred barks of the gods and their processions, the metal-armoured warships and huge merchant ships to transport goods and animals and ship stones and wood.
NMEC National Museum of Egyptian Civilization, Fustat Cairo
A beautiful collection of radio-controlled models of some of Sydney's Manly ferry fleet from over the years.
PS Brighton was almost as big as the much later South Steyne.
Built in Scotland and launched in 1882, it sailed to Sydney via the Cape of Good Hope, in a dramatic 89 day voyage, surviving many storms, and arriving in Sydney with much damage. She served the Sydney to Manly route for 32 years, and her hulk can today be found in Port Stephens NSW.
From a glass negative found by John Mack
in storage at the Heritage Place Museum,
Lyn, Ontario
Location and photographer unknown
“Huge blocks of ice, weighing many tons, were lifted into the air and tossed aside as other masses rose beneath them. We were helpless intruders in a strange world, our lives dependent upon the play of grim elementary forces that made a mock of our puny efforts.”
― Ernest Shackleton, South!
My Australian-built RC model of the preserved Norwegian coastal steamer, had another workout on the Wollondilly recently.
Here seen with two of the managers and crew of the actual ship, while holidaying in Australia from Norway.
She did a sterling job as an icebreaker. On arrival at the pond there was a layer of ice on it but a few whacks with a broom handle followed by some full throttle work with the Arun soon cleared the water for a pleasant,if chilly sailing session.
As part of 2017 Australia Day festivities at North Narrabeen, a display of radio controlled model boats was presented by the Maritime Model Boat Club of NSW.
To me the highlight, and the very reason I travelled several hundred kilometres that day, was the working model of the former Manly ferry, South Steyne. The owner had only had it's boiler re-certified that morning, and so was able to run it on Narrabeen Lake.
Fibreglass hull and funnels, with wooden superstructure that is illuminated, it is an outstanding model of some ten years vintage.
It truly was a delight to see this 2 metre model under it's own steam. What a shame we cannot get to see the prototype South Steyne, a true icon of Sydney Harbour, return to Darling Harbour, or better still (now dreaming) to steam again..
This is Wilf who lives just outside the city. He was an engineer and boat designer before he retired. He says he has piloted lots of his own model boats but never a real one. Wilf has made many boats over the years and he was sailing a really lovely wherry. I am going to show another image with his wherry in shot (Wilf's Wherry it's called). He says he sails his boats at other places and often come to this particular park. A charming and interesting man who had no qualms about having his photograph taken. I took many of him looking away and then just asked him to look at me as we spoke. This image capured (for me anyway) the warm and friendly man I met in the park. Thank you Wilf!
This picture is #11 in my 100 strangers project. Find out more about the project and see pictures taken by other photographers at the 100 Strangers Flickr Group page
I sometimes feel the history of a picture is as interesting as the picture. This seems to have come from a printed page. I hope one day to find the original.
My model of the ill fated T.G.B. Sailing on the Irvine Beachpark pond. . On 17 March 1969 the Longhope Lifeboat station suffered one of the worst tragedies in British lifeboat history when its lifeboat, T.G.B., capsized with the loss of all eight crew after answering a mayday call during severe storms. The boat itself was salvaged, repaired and re-allocated to another station. It is now on display at the Scottish Maritime Museum.
A trip to Bushy Park, Richmond at the end of September to photograph the start of the Deer Rut. Weather was just about perfect. As the mist burnt off the light gave a warm tone.
Yacht 39, A radio controlled sailing vessel on the boating pond a Bushy Park.
This is a work in progress: a 1:24 scale diorama of the ranger station and dock from the old Flipper TV series.
A growing fleet of model ships. Tall ship Oceanic Aurora was built from an Artasania Latina kit of the Juan Sebastian Elcano, while the passenger ship is the preserved and operating Norwegian overnight coastal ship/ferry MS Sandnes. This model is radio-controlled. And of course the waterline cardboard model of Titanic.
The kit was designed to have sails but not being into sewing I left her without. Quite a satisfying task and kept me busy for a fair number of afternoons.
The face is actually a chocolate from the "Faces of the World"/"Celebrate Diversity" series. Go to www.debrand.com/shop/product_detail.cfm?loption_id=7383&a.... to check it out.
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A beautiful Autumn day, not a breath of wind, just the ideal conditions to get my scratchbuilt 1-72 scale model ship out on the water. It is a model of the preserved Norwegian "night route" ship, MS Sandnes, which used to sail from Sandnes/Stavanger to Bergen overnight and return the next night. The keel was laid in 1949, launched in 1950. It is now preserved in Stavanger, Norway, as a working ship available for charter and cruises.
Here it is seen on the Wollondilly River, below Marsden's Weir in Goulburn, which sadly is the only stretch of water anywhere around Goulburn where one can sail a model ship, without being snagged in water weed.
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