Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/01/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Larry, Thanks for looking. I saw an exact replica of Shackleton's boat, the James Caird, at the museum at Grytviken, and also sailed (in reverse, and in total comfort) the route from Elephant Island to South Georgia. One can only marvel at how he ever made it - Frank Worsley must have been an absolute genius as a navigator. Cheers Jayanand On Thu, Jan 30, 2014 at 7:50 AM, <lrzeitlin at aol.com> wrote: > Jayanand, > Great pictures of Antarctic wildlife. I can't wait to see the rest of the > pictures. I'm sure it was the trip of a lifetime. Curiously, just before > you posted the pictures on the LUG?I watched a television program about > Ernest Shackleton's epic sea voyage from Elephant Island to South Georgia > Island. My son, a former naval officer, noted that Shackleton's boat, the > James Caird was almost exactly the same size and displacement as the > Westerly Nomad sailboat sitting on a trailer in back of our garage. He > wondered if it could make a similar trip. I told him that it probably > could but not with me aboard. The Westerly sailboat was designed for North > Sea conditions and is regarded as being very seaworthy but the Southern > Ocean is probably the most stormy large body of water in the world. > Shackleton's trip is widely considered by sailors as the most difficult > small boat voyage ever made. I envy your trip. > Larry Z > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information