[Leica] Tall Ships

[don.dory at gmail.com (Don Dory)]

Douglas,
I really appreciate the images you posted of the tall ships.  One of
the joys of an international online community is seeing things that
would just never even exist without friends in far place.

With that said, you have to really appreciate the captains on old who
could get their vessals into these harbours without the use of tugs,
or maybe my appreciation should extend to the crew in longboats
pulling the ships into tight places.

Don
don.dory@gmail.com

On 8/9/05, Douglas Sharp <douglas.sharp@gmx.de> 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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