We’ve found the wind, unfurled the canvas and are back sailing on a starboard tack towards Japan.
@th wow
@th what kinds of speeds are you pulling on that thing, max and average?
@th if this coincidence works, say "hi" to my square dancing and woodworking friend Mark Galipeau who may be crewing on that boat...
Those are Moon flags.
@th if you are on a sailboat and the flag flies backwards, somebody's not doing their job right. or they are reverse parking.
@th never thought about this!
@th I never thought about this, but it seems logical now 😁
@th Super grappig!
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Wait, the "Stad Amsterdam" has actual --decommissioned-- cannons on board? 😳
Aah! in case you have to go past pirates of course! Then I hope they're not decommissioned.
@th Hey hey! Will you guys be coming to Copenhagen this year again?
@th it's only the still ocean if it's between the us and east asia, else it's just sparkling ocean.
@th thanks for all the lovely photos! Reminding me of the many many hours I spent as a kid poring over nautical diagrams to tell a t’gallant yard from a jib boom… and also how many of the nautical terms have been inherited into theatrical stage rigging (boom, cleat, clew, etc)
@th I wasn’t aware ships carpenter was a career I could aspire to
@cinebox it’s challenging with only hand tools in cramped and rolling conditions but maybe that’s the job for you!
@th That is one lovely repair well made!
@th no steel lines?
@th That's so cool! Is it powered by the capstan?
@tty powered by two hand cranks and handles the bracing jobs of almost a dozen sailors during wears or tacks.
@th Amazing -- thank you for the response & photo! Are the braces made of steel? What fibres are the other lines made of? What IS this beautiful ship? :D
@tty the braces have both poly ropes that look like hemp as well as steel wire. Many of the sheets switch to wire at the yard and then to chains for the turtle blocks, as do the halyards at the gin blocks before they pass over a sheave through the mast.
@th for the handling of modern sails ?
@th 20 seems a lot on such a large ship, but I guess they heel the same as my 26' boat - 30something is the most I ever saw
@th it's beautiful! I hope all goes well!
@th It feels like you're doing every single one of the night watches :D I don't mind, but then it's not my sleep!
@th And later on land, you find yourself in a straight corridor, which is moving around like crazy 🙈
@th OK, so when you say square rigged you really mean there aren't many triangular sails. It isn't just that the square rigged sails are for downwind headings only. Today I Learned.
@th great photos
@th En.. nog iets verkocht? ;)
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These photos are incredible, I wouldnt believe they were real, or were staged in a movie or something unless I saw the rest of the thread. Absolutely beautiful
Reminder that flags fly forward or sideways when under most points of sail, not streaming backwards like so many paintings.