Wore ship and braced around. Now enjoying the quiet moonlight on the last lookout of this night watch.

It’s finally time!

More canvas!

Even more canvas!

Now with jib boom action.

Sails and shadows.

Swedish furl on the stun sail yard.

And another stun sail day.

Stun sails as seen from the main mast sky sail yard.

Going aloft to inspect the sky sail rigging.

Another beautiful downwind sailing day.

Are you sure you’re rigging the correct stun sails for the current tack?

Running downwind means double stun sails.

Clewed up and furled the main course to unblank the stun sails set on the foremast.

Despite all that flogging canvas, we’re becalmed below the horse latitudes.

Almost time to start another evening watch.

Didn’t have internet for a while so we had to enjoy the beauty of the Pacific Ocean.

Today started with another beautiful downwind stun sail morning.

@th Former tall ship crew here...

I can hear this picture ;)

@th whoa sweet stuns'ls

@hannah @th More like studLYsails!

(The original name was "studdingsails.")

@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".

Here @th 's story entices me to post more. Sights like these really strike the awe at the hearth of all

@th
I've never seen such a photo of a tall ship before. Impressive.

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Sometimes stun sails switch sides. Be careful...

@th Is that a split topsail?

@th "Unblank"?

@th
Now you’re just making up words.
#poetry

@th then quit horsing around! 😁

@th Beautiful photos. Crewed on a smaller ship from 1937. Long passages were 1,500 miles. Normal was day sailing w/owner & charter guests in Caribbean, so sails set & furled daily.
Sparkman & Stephens Yacht So Fong, 1937, Hong Kong, Teak 85’ overall. A captain, 1st mate, cook & me.

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Reluctantly, I just have to ask what lenses you're using. Is it a magical camera phone or some really serious gear?

The results are great, anyhow.

https://ardentagnostic.blogspot.com/2010/11/what-was-irving-penns-camera.html

@th Magnificent views.

@th wow. How much longer are you going to be at sea?

@th sounds wonderful 😊

@th Such an incredibly beautiful shade of blue to see in nature 😮

@th Beautiful Blue!

@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/

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@edavies @th oh thanks a lot! I'll check that out

@th Is that land in the distance?