@th used to go sailing as a kid, though never on quite such a large watch. Would love to do it again though
@th is it better over there...?
If you cross the international date line from West to East, haven't you sailed back into yesterday? Considering your conveyance is also from there, perhaps it's for the best.
@th Former tall ship crew here...
I can hear this picture ;)
@th whoa sweet stuns'ls
@th All the sails!
@th that is sweet. Thanks for sharing. In the old days when ships were made of wood and men were made of steel we used to write the starboard cloud as the "stuns'ls".
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Gorgeous ship and gorgeous photos. Thanks for posting these!
Here @th 's story entices me to post more. Sights like these really strike the awe at the hearth of all
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I've never seen such a photo of a tall ship before. Impressive.
Sometimes stun sails switch sides. Be careful...
@th Is that a split topsail?
@th "Unblank"?
Gesundheit
@th I hope you are looking forward to your second career as a technical reviewer for age of sail fiction
@th I would be sooooo scared
@th What're the tiny Port/Starboard bands visible at center? Markers for correlating to a specific sail?
@th this is so cool! Where can I find more information about your trip and the ship?
@asciijungle Unless I'm totally confused (not impossible) it's this:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stad_Amsterdam
https://www.stadamsterdam.com/en/
https://www.stadamsterdam.com/en/world-tour-232425/
@th Is that land in the distance?
@th Sign me up for the press gang.
@th what sort of trip is that? Is it for tourists and they watch the crew do their work? Or do you climb up there yourself? 😮
It looks like an exciting adventure - thanks for sharing.
@th Sail names are a bit like x86 opcode names… 😅
@th it's wild to me that the bell is on the bow.
@th ah, that makes sense! That's the main bell I suppose? Biggest ship I sailed was a ~40m barquentine, it only had the bell near the helm station.
Time to repair the mainmast lower topsail sheet blocks.