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12-04-15, 01:03 PM | #61 |
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This is quite something. What is the story on how she ended up here?
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12-04-15, 01:19 PM | #62 |
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I know this! The Vasa. A newly made Swedish first-rate. It mounted heavy guns on the top decks and the gun ports were especially low. She stayed afloat during her maiden cruise for about 20 seconds. She sank in the mud, and, after recovery a while ago, she's now in the museum.
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12-04-15, 01:20 PM | #63 | ||
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12-04-15, 01:51 PM | #64 |
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I have always wanted to visit the Vasa, but I lack the funds and spare time to go visit her. Her "Beak" or prow is particularly impressive.
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12-04-15, 02:07 PM | #65 | ||
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The nature of $wedi$h $alvage in the Bronze Age of cannon BBY!
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12-04-15, 02:28 PM | #66 |
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Thanks for the help in posting, I have some nicer pictures on my computer but can only post two because of the size limit.
This is a photo of my smack Ethel Alice CK476 we are passing the Charlotte Ellen CK258 on a Blackwater smack and barge race a couple of years ago |
12-04-15, 02:30 PM | #67 |
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Becalmed on the Colne
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12-04-15, 02:35 PM | #68 |
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Racing through Harwich Harbour with Felixstowe behind us during the Pin Mill race this year.
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12-04-15, 02:41 PM | #69 |
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^ No problem! Looks like you're about to 'cover & steal Charlotte Ellen's wind' in the classic upwind weather-gauge maneuver! I like that single larger inner jib too! Fewer moving parts (2 jib lines) when racing, and more efficient wind usage! Nuthin' good goes outta style 1930-Colne Estuary
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12-06-15, 04:27 PM | #71 |
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Along with the smacks, another very familiar sight on the east coast of england, the thames barge.
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12-06-15, 08:59 PM | #72 |
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Rgr that
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12-07-15, 01:12 AM | #73 |
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12-07-15, 10:44 AM | #74 |
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Chesapeake Bay Skipjack.
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12-07-15, 10:48 AM | #75 |
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More schooners.
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