Fisherman rigging his fishing line...

View On Black

Bits of boats,Part of a sailing vessel moored in Constitution Dock in Hobart Tasmania , Australia

Nikon Z50 and Tamron 500mm f/8.0

Rigging of the tall ship 'Kaskelot'.

sailboat mast and rigging

Tall Ships. Port Stanley ON

Remembering the CuttY Sark

I got ALMOST close enough.

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Looking up from the deck of cruise vessel Windeward Bound.

Hobart Tasmania.

Kaiwo Maru, the 4-masted square rigged bark at dock in Richmond, BC. The ship a Japanese training ship and is the second largest sailing ship in the world. She rarely leaves Japan so it was a wonderful opportunity for me to see her in my local area.

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Detail of the Draken Harald Harfagre.

Draken Harald Hårfagre (English: Dragon Harald Fairhair) is a large Viking longship built in the municipality of Haugesund, Norway. Draken Harald Hårfagre brings the seafaring qualities of a warship from the old Norse sagas to life. It is a ship that combines ocean-crossing sailing capabilities with a warship's use of oars.

Ref: Wikipedia / en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draken_Harald_H%C3%A5rfagre

Columbia River

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Taken at the Gloucester Tall Ships Festival - aboard one of them... HBW!

A mast & Rigging at Herne Bay seafront. Near the entrance to the pier.

Pentax K-3 mk lll

SMC Pentax-DA* 50-135mm ED [IF] SDM

Rigging on model

HMS Warrior was a 40-gun steam-powered armoured frigate built for the Royal Navy in 1859–61. Equipped with steam power propulsion , she could sail with the propeller raised in the hull and the funnels lowered to reduce drag. With a crew of 706 officers and enlisted men. Weighting 9210 tons with her sails measuring 37,546 feet she once made a top speed of 17.5 knots

These guys put 25 lines in the water, quite a bit of work. The lines are spread out over 200 feet at different depths. They use an interesting rigging system to keep the lines from tangling with each other.

outline of the rigging ropes and lines against a darkening later afternoon sky. Toronto Harbour.

Lots of Knots

HMS Victory is a 104-gun first-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, ordered in 1758, laid down in 1759 and launched in 1765. She is best known as Lord Nelson's flagship at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805.

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Sørlandet is the oldest of the three Norwegian Tall Ships and the oldest full rigged ship in the world still in operation

Canon 6D

Barcelona, Spain

sailboat rigging

Rigging reflection, Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

Aboard the schooner America; replica of the first vessel that won the America's Cup. Maritime Museum of San Diego, California, USA.

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Ropes and pulleys, cordage and blocks. Tall ships come with their own vocabulary, and I am far from knowing all the right nautical terms. I do know they are beautiful. The details of a tall ship are the finest form of functional aesthetics.

Belfast Maine

In sailing, a sheet is a line (rope, cable or chain) used to control the movable corner(s) (clews) of a sail.

HMS Victory is a 104-gun first-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, ordered in 1758, laid down in 1759 and launched in 1765. She is best known as Lord Nelson's flagship at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805.

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