[LRflex] Re: Tall Ships
- From: "David Young" <telyt@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 09 Aug 2005 06:48:50 -0700
Good Mornin' Douglas...
Of these, I much prefer the "TS Royalist entering the harbour" and "Monkeys=
on the TS Royalist", both for the clean backgrounds that make the ship=
stand out; and for the fact that there is SOME sail visible. Too many=
shots (yours and everyone elses) don't shot the sails that make tall ships=
enjoyable.
In Canada, we have the HMCS Oriole... a tall ship used to train navy=
cadets. Each year they enter the Swiftsure Yacht Race and invariably come=
in last. Unless, of course, there is a huge gale. Then, Oriole goes "like=
a train" while all the other racers have their sales down, to prevent=
capsizing! Back in the 70's, in a huge gale, she almost won!
I find it amusing that each year, before the race (in an effort to lighten=
her for racing) they make the great sacrifice. They remove her piano!
Thanks for sharing.
David.
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On 09/08/2005 at 3:32 PM Douglas Sharp wrote:
>A couple of the tall ships attending the Tall Ships race further up the
>coast at Newcastle dropped into Whitby.
>Two Dutch ships , the classic tall ship "Europa" and the modern
>"Eendracht", stayed for a couple of days.
>A few days later the "Grand Turk" and the British sail training brig
>"TS Royalist" dropped in too.
>
>http://gallery.leica-users.org/Ships-and-Boats
>
>Both the harbour pilot and the Lifeboat service had quite some
>difficulty getting them in through the narrow harbour entrance and the
>swing bridge.
>Although the sea looks reasonably calm there is not only nearly always a
>5 to 6 meter wave between the pier ends but also both outer approaches
>have hidden rock ridges called "scaurs", which were the end of many a
>good ship.
>
>These are digitral, there's more to come when the slides are developed.
>
>Comments welcome.
>Douglas
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