@th
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 That is so cool. Where in Japan are you arriving? Tokyo?
@th I've enjoyed the photos you've been sharing from this voyage. Thank you!
@th now that's what I call under tension!
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Why the difference on the same halyard? Has it met with misfortune and been joined/spliced or whatever it's called?
@th Origin of the phrase "don't sweat the small stuff"
@th Okay, so how many copies of the Aubrey/Maturin books are floating around aboard?
@th super shot anyway
@th
Please name the ropes, one by 1! 😘
@th That must be amazing to see in person.
@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? ;)
The “stille ocean” can be very peaceful.