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Tall Ships are coming

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Tai Chi
 
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Reply Wed 16 Jul, 2008 09:55 am
Thanks for the link, McTag. I toured the Amerigo Vespucci many years ago (and took a sailor to lunch Very Happy ).
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margo
 
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Reply Fri 18 Jul, 2008 06:16 pm
Great to see those great ships, McT.

A couple of them have been to Sydney.

Abd the lovely Asgard! Cool Laughing
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Izzie
 
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Reply Fri 18 Jul, 2008 06:42 pm
McTag wrote:
There'll be a lot of tall ships in Liverpool next weekend.
We're going over on Friday.

http://www.tallshipsliverpool.co.uk/




Mac - thanks for posting that - I have seen they are coming to Falmouth in September...... OMG! I have just sent an email to see whether my eldest would be eligible to do one of the trip....... who knows, worth a try, and what an experience if he would agree if he were chosen.




Margo - our Asgard of course... Very Happy The best of the little Tall Ships. Lucky us a? Razz
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TTH
 
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Reply Fri 18 Jul, 2008 09:32 pm
You know the Bounty is taking passengers from CA to HI Shocked
It is a one month cruise and you would get to know everyone very close.
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McTag
 
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Reply Fri 18 Jul, 2008 11:57 pm
Izzie wrote:
McTag wrote:
There'll be a lot of tall ships in Liverpool next weekend.
We're going over on Friday.

http://www.tallshipsliverpool.co.uk/


Mac - thanks for posting that - I have seen they are coming to Falmouth in September...... OMG! I have just sent an email to see whether my eldest would be eligible to do one of the trip....... who knows, worth a try, and what an experience if he would agree if he were chosen.


Just about every one of these ships has its own arrangements for paying guests, as well as for organised groups, so you don't have to be "chosen" if you'd rather do your own thing.
And some of the STA ones (Stavros Niarchos for example) do short trips and one-day sails from time to time)
What am I, an expert? No, but a web search would turn up plenty details.

Switch on your sound for this one

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_nbBZr9eYc

We sailed from Oslo to Rouen. Did I mention this before?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gXALrIlYYNs&feature=related
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Izzie
 
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Reply Sat 19 Jul, 2008 04:52 am
McTag wrote:

Just about every one of these ships has its own arrangements for paying guests, as well as for organised groups, so you don't have to be "chosen" if you'd rather do your own thing.
And some of the STA ones (Stavros Niarchos for example) do short trips and one-day sails from time to time)
What am I, an expert? No, but a web search would turn up plenty details.

Switch on your sound for this one

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_nbBZr9eYc

We sailed from Oslo to Rouen. Did I mention this before?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gXALrIlYYNs&feature=related


Thanks Mac...

No... I didn't know - I thought you were on a cruise liner.... Very Happy Have you got any photos yet????????????? Would love to see.


Regarding my eldest boy - he's 15 right now and I don't even know if he would agree to do it or whether he would be permitted - but if one of the STV's do the week/month trips for kids.... then I reckon that would a huge experience for him. Thanks for posting that link - wouldn't have thought to do that or even know the Ships were going to be in Falmouth Very Happy

The youtube was brill. Gosh - Asgard was no-where even close to being as refined as that ship.... washing machines, laptops, curtains on the berths...... that was luxurious. What a great film. LOVE IT! Razz
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McTag
 
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Reply Sat 19 Jul, 2008 07:08 am
We've got a few snaps....here's one of me with my Swedish watch leader:

"We are folding the seil in zis way, seaman McTag"

http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c277/Tags1/DSC_0363.jpg
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Izzie
 
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Reply Sat 19 Jul, 2008 07:36 am
OH MY Shocked That 'seil' is HUGE! Gosh - you must have had such a blast doing that. So hope you will post some more pics. Just fabulous. Smile
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McTag
 
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Reply Sat 19 Jul, 2008 01:29 pm
I'll post a few if you would like. I did not take any myself, but took a few last time which might serve to show the ship and rig. My dear wife took some this time, and some from up high within the rig, too. She's a game girl.

http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c277/Tags1/IMG_0250.jpg

http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c277/Tags1/IMG_0248.jpg

http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c277/Tags1/IMG_0252.jpg

http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c277/Tags1/IMG_0133.jpg
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McTag
 
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Reply Sat 19 Jul, 2008 01:32 pm
The sails reflect the colour of the....sunrise, I think it was.
We were on the 4-8 watch, and sunrise was around 05:40

http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c277/Tags1/IMG_0185.jpg
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McTag
 
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Reply Sat 19 Jul, 2008 01:48 pm
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c277/Tags1/IMG_0054.jpg
Evening in Oslo

http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c277/Tags1/IMG_2026.jpg
Same ship, headed up-Channel three years ago.
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Izzie
 
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Reply Sat 19 Jul, 2008 01:51 pm
McTag wrote:
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c277/Tags1/IMG_0054.jpg
Evening in Oslo
Quote:


That is one beautiful ship!
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McTag
 
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Reply Sat 19 Jul, 2008 01:55 pm
I think so.

Glad you like the pix, Izzie. On a sailing ship, esp on a nice day, it's difficult to take a bad 'un!

(er, no disrespect intended to the photographer, who mostly wasn't me this time!)
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Walter Hinteler
 
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Reply Sat 19 Jul, 2008 02:32 pm
Izzie wrote:

That is one beautiful ship!


... and a really good photo!

(However it shows a faux pas done by the first mate or whoever was in command: you can't show position lights while mooring ...)
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McTag
 
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Reply Sat 19 Jul, 2008 03:49 pm
In Oslo harbour, Norwegians can do anything they like.

:wink:
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margo
 
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Reply Sat 19 Jul, 2008 04:54 pm
TTH wrote:
You know the Bounty is taking passengers from CA to HI Shocked
It is a one month cruise and you would get to know everyone very close.

That's a lot of seasickness!
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TTH
 
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Reply Mon 21 Jul, 2008 10:05 am
Not for me margo. I love sailing, pleasure boating and cruise ships. The more they rock, the more I giggle Smile
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Walter Hinteler
 
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Reply Sat 2 Aug, 2008 01:33 pm
A screen catch from a life report on tv - 'Hamburg Cruise Days'.

The first ship in parade being the Sedov

http://i36.tinypic.com/2m4ued4.jpg
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TTH
 
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Reply Mon 1 Dec, 2008 11:32 pm
Tacoma was named Port of the Year by the American Sail Training Association. This prestigious honor was awarded this past weekend at ASTA's annual conference in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

While the Port of the Year award is based on overall performance of a host
city, a significant portion of the award is based on voting by the captains and crews of the participating ships.

Source: Tacoma Tall Ships� Organization News

Oh, they thought we were nice Very Happy
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Walter Hinteler
 
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Reply Sun 12 Jun, 2011 08:06 am
The Sail Training vessel of the Mexican Navy, "ARM Cuauhtémoc", as seen in Boston harbour a couple of days ago days

http://i56.tinypic.com/2gt10t1.jpg

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