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The biggest thrill of my "history trip" to Boston was actually boarding, and exploring the USS Constitution. That's because I once spent 2 years building, painting and rigging a scale model of "Old Ironsides" (from a kit). It was over 3 feet long. Every knot was tied, with waxed-linen heavy thread, using tweezers and a magnifying glass. (I was a lot younger then!!!) But, we moved around quite a bit back then, and everytime we moved, more pieces broke off, until eventually...well, I sank her : -((
"Old Ironsides", nicknamed because cannonballs bounced off of her heavy oak hull, was commissioned 1797, and was America's first warship. Today, she remains afloat, and is the world's oldest commissioned warship. (There is an older ship in UK, but it is not currently in service.) The Consitution is manned by active Navy personnel, who conduct tours in 1812 uniforms, and man the ship when she is taken to sea (for ceremonial events).
The mast & rigging of the tall ship Kaskalot, which has just arrived in Gloucester Docks for maintenance work at Tommie Nielson's boat yard.
If you look carefully on the middle mast there is one of Tommie's women staff climbing up - would not get me up there.
© Mike Broome 2016
Managed to upload this on the old uploader...it's frustratingly slow tonight on flickr grrrr !
Tall Ship Stavros S Niarchos on Poole Quay 10.05.2015
Day 150 of the year with Meyer Görlitz Tele Megor 1:5.5 f=15 cm at f/5.5. This pre-WW2 chrome over brass beauty is tiny but has some serious weight
Looking along the main boom of the schooner Adventure in 1987. Her large mainsail really got her going in a stiff breeze. - from my color negative
Title: 'Fleet entering N. Y. Harbour'
Creator: Unknown
Date: April 27, 1893
Part Of: Columbian Naval Parade
Place: New York; New York Harbor
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Only a few blocks left for attaching the yards. Meanwhile working on the sails. Still not sure about the shape of the staysails so I skip them until the end. Standing Rigging is as complete as I intend to do it, I think.
A closer look to the side of the hull. One can see clearly how hastily the rigging was finished. The original building plan for the wooden ship model didn't have guns involved, but a pirate ship can't do without them.
Justin and Joe rigging up the ropes for our abseil down into 7th Hole the next morning. It was so far down that it just went to blackness and we couldn't see the bottom!