Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/04/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]It is the Endeavour indeed. I'll make some more shots of het today, since she's lying in the docks nearby. > From: "Douglas M. Sharp" <DouglasMSharp@netscape.net> > Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org> > Date: Tue, 20 Apr 2004 01:07:14 +0200 > To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org> > Subject: Re: [Leica] new one > > Nice, Isn't it the Endeavour ? she was in Whitby a couple of times when > I was there over the past few years. > She was built on the plans of a Whitby Collier, shallow draught and as > tough as old boots. James Cook was an apprentice there > and after joining the RN introduced this design for a whole series of > "survey and exploration" vessels. This version is a replica > built either in NZ or Australia some years ago. > Douglas > > Philippe Orlent schrieb: > >> Today, an anachronism passed by my window at work: >> >> http://www.leica-gallery.net/phorlent/image-64803.html >> >> Comments as always very appreciated. >> >> Thanks, >> Philippe A. Orlent >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> >> > > -- > Ihre bevorzugten Shops, hilfreiche Einkaufs-Hilfen und gro?artige > Geschenk Ideen. Erleben Sie das Vergn?gen online einzukaufen mit > Shop@Netscape! http://shopping.netscape.de/shopping/ > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >