[Leica] Tall Ships

[douglas.sharp at gmx.de (Douglas Sharp)]

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