The Navy Is Not for Anyone.....

TORDO222 · 01-17-23, 06:34 AM

Frigate School "ARA Libertad" - Argentine Navy

Jimbuna · 01-17-23, 06:52 AM

Just watching that gave me a nose bleed

mapuc · 01-17-23, 07:21 AM

Ohh I had to scroll down fast and click on "Post a Reply" I got dizzy when I saw the picture. Yes I'm suffering from Vertigo.

Markus

Eichhörnchen · 01-17-23, 08:34 AM

Great video - I could never have got up there physically, never mind about the vertigo

Jimbuna · 01-17-23, 08:36 AM

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Originally Posted by Eichhörnchen

Great video - I could never have got up there physically, never mind about the vertigo

You need to watch the second part where they dive into the sea blindfold

Rockstar · 01-17-23, 09:05 AM

Great video. You’re a braver soul than I.

I lived on a sailboat with a mast height of only 63 feet above water. I hated going up that damn thing to change the anchor light bulb.

les green01 · 01-17-23, 10:31 AM

the younger me would have said hell yes let do it but the older me would probly say screw that

Catfish · 01-17-23, 12:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rockstar

Great video. You’re a braver soul than I.

I lived on a sailboat with a mast height of only 63 feet above water. I hated going up that damn thing to change the anchor light bulb.

20 meters is a lot.. i already hated climbing to 12 m for this or uncurling some ropes.. not funny.

Imagine climbing the yards on the Libertad in a storm, swinging 10 or more meters left and right.. and the last feet close to the first nest you have to climb with the shrouds going outward

Yes, great video.

Platapus · 01-17-23, 05:18 PM

How high was that mast? 10,000 feet

Yikes!!

I can't imagine old time sailors climbing this in rough weather with no safety straps.

Rockstar · 01-18-23, 02:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Catfish

20 meters is a lot.. i already hated climbing to 12 m for this or uncurling some ropes.. not funny.

Imagine climbing the yards on the Libertad in a storm, swinging 10 or more meters left and right.. and the last feet close to the first nest you have to climb with the shrouds going outward

Yes, great video.

I’m scared to death of heights compounded by trust issues with anyone who was controlling the end of the rope hoisting me up to the top. Didn’t take long that I discovered what a ratchet block was and rigged a self raise & lower bosun chair. It was work getting up there but it helped with the anxiety.

August · 01-18-23, 05:53 PM

Eh you want a sense of height try climbing out on the wing of an aircraft in flight during a parachute jump.

August · 01-18-23, 05:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Catfish

20 meters is a lot.. i already hated climbing to 12 m for this or uncurling some ropes.. not funny.

Imagine climbing the yards on the Libertad in a storm, swinging 10 or more meters left and right.. and the last feet close to the first nest you have to climb with the shrouds going outward

Yes, great video.

You can always go up through the Lubbers Hole and avoid that outward lean.

01-17-23, 06:34 AM	#1
TORDO222 Machinist's Mate Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: Argentina - Entre Rios Posts: 129 Downloads: 166 Uploads: 23	The Navy Is Not for Anyone..... Frigate School "ARA Libertad" - Argentine Navy __________________ "Fire!!! that the People look at us! " - Admiral Guillermo Brown. Order prior to the "Battle of Los Pozos" that took place on June 11,1826 in the Rio de La Plata,in front of the city of Buenos Aires, in an area of relative greater depth and to the view from the population. Was a combat between a flimsy Argentine Squadron and the powerfull Brazilian Empire Fleet.It was a victorious day for the Argentine navy.William Brown was the first Admiral of the newly formed Argentine Navy.Born in Ireland and argentine by adoption.A great patriot.

01-17-23, 06:52 AM	#2
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,539 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Just watching that gave me a nose bleed __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

01-17-23, 07:21 AM	#3
mapuc CINC Pacific Fleet Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Denmark Posts: 20,537 Downloads: 37 Uploads: 0	Ohh I had to scroll down fast and click on "Post a Reply" I got dizzy when I saw the picture. Yes I'm suffering from Vertigo. Markus __________________ My little lovely female cat

01-17-23, 08:34 AM	#4
Eichhörnchen Starte das Auto Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: The Fens Posts: 17,389 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Great video - I could never have got up there physically, never mind about the vertigo __________________

01-17-23, 10:31 AM	#7
les green01 Seasoned Skipper Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Freeman Missouri Posts: 1,784 Downloads: 1405 Uploads: 0	the younger me would have said hell yes let do it but the older me would probly say screw that __________________ I'll tell you what bravery really is. Bravery is just determination to do a job that you know has to be done. Audie Murphy

01-17-23, 09:05 AM	#6
Rockstar In the Brig Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Zendia Bar & Grill Posts: 12,614 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	Great video. You’re a braver soul than I. I lived on a sailboat with a mast height of only 63 feet above water. I hated going up that damn thing to change the anchor light bulb.

01-17-23, 05:18 PM	#9
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,365 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	How high was that mast? 10,000 feet Yikes!! I can't imagine old time sailors climbing this in rough weather with no safety straps. __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

01-18-23, 05:53 PM	#11
August Wayfaring Stranger Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 23,197 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Eh you want a sense of height try climbing out on the wing of an aircraft in flight during a parachute jump. __________________ Flanked by life and the funeral pyre. Putting on a show for you to see.

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