Full Rigged Barque
- 27 October 2011 10:45133528The front page picture. In the absence of a telephoto lens. I plump for The Tenacious...
http://www.sailingshipadventures.com/index.cfm?event=GetVesselDetails&VesselID=106Ignorance is bliss, bliss is happiness, I am happy...to draw your attention to the possible connectivity in the foregoing. - 27 October 2011 11:45133542Good stab at it there Tom, could well be. Although judging by its program it seems to spend more time in the Caribbean. Wasnt too much like the Caribbean down here in Dover yesterday...look at this...
gloom on a mammoth scale...
You can just make out the ship, as shown on the frontpage currently, in the centre of pic.email: dover7@msn.com - 27 October 2011 11:54133543Looking at AIS history for yesterday, she is the three masted topsail schooner Thor Heyerdahl which is a German schoolship.
The history shows that she entered the bay at 0700 and berthed in the tug haven at 1100.
http://www.kus-projekt.de/en_campus.shtml
http://www.aisliverpool.org.uk/historymap.php?map=doverport&hh=7&mm=0&date=20111026 - 27 October 2011 12:02133544Thank you Ed.
Ignorance is bliss, bliss is happiness, I am happy...to draw your attention to the possible connectivity in the foregoing. - 27 October 2011 15:12133569Yes well done again Ed ..how would we manage without you with the nautical info. Dont think Ive ever heard that name before in relation to visiting Dover so it may be a first...definitely getting in out of the weather.
Great picture of her under full sail there on that link.
Looking back above, hard to believe that that picture I took was actually morning, about 8am as I remember..email: dover7@msn.com - 27 October 2011 15:30133573Yes, well done again Ed with that informative link, must have been great fun for all those young people not to mention a marvellous educational experience
- 27 October 2011 17:56133600Beautiful photo on the front page of the Thor Heyerdahl (thanks again Ed) on the silvery sea. I love that poem that you refer to PaulB, 'Sea Fever' by the British Poet Laureate John Masefield. Did you know, he shares the same birthdate as your goodself, June 1st, and indeed one of our top forumites Jeane. He wanted to be a merchant marine officer and at 13 he boarded the training ship 'Conway' moored in the River Mersey. He left the sea due to illness but never forgot his days at sea, hence his beautiful sea poetry
- 27 October 2011 18:27133609Thanks Ed
Ah I didn't know that Colette
- 27 October 2011 19:04133619The pictures are amazing the skies yesterday and this morning, could not have been so different our weather is certianly changeable.
- 27 October 2011 21:14133641i keep looking at the photos and they remind me of that dutch training ship that visited us a couple of times in the past.
- 27 October 2011 21:37133643Thor Heyerdahl has been here before. This is from a scanned print from July 2003. A bit blurry - but there you go! I think the Dutch 3-master Howard is referring to is the Oosterschelde.
- 28 October 2011 08:52133677As Jeane says there...I didnt know all that either Colette. Good stuff!
So she has been here before John. Well spotted.
Ive added the latest info to the pic on the frontpage, meant to do it yesterday but forgot all about it...doh!
While we are on about three masted visitors, how about this beauty. I bet nobody but nobody can prononce its name. I cant even spell it without having several goes. This one from 2010. Lighting is a bit flat but here we go...
Its the Dar Mlodziezy entering the harbour Sept 2010...I was able to read it on the side of the vessel in one of the larger shots. This one would look magnificent under full sail...from Poland I believe.email: dover7@msn.com - 28 October 2011 09:55133686At great personal risk I shall utilise what little I know of the pronunciation of Polish; that every letter is to be pronounced.
M-lodz-ee-ezy
Nothing else for it now, but to lie back and await my fate.
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28 October 2011 16:56133762Where is Marek when you need him?
- 29 October 2011 08:20133865Yes Marek has gone awol for the moment Alec - I will send out a posse forthwith.
In the meantime Ive had this lovely shot of the Thor Heyerdahl through from reader Paul Sampson, Paul you will remember also did our Beachwatch report recently.
Would have put this one big on our frontpage but sods law the picture arrived just as i took the original feature down. But here we are, next best thing.....
Many thanks Paul email: dover7@msn.com - 3 November 2011 11:41134675By chance I lit upon this...
And yet, O splendid ship, unhail'd and nameless,
I know not if, aiming a fancy, I rightly divine
That thou hast a purpose joyful, a courage blameless,
Thy port assured in a happier land than mine.
But for all I have given thee, beauty enough is thine,
From 'A Passer-By'...
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7 October 2021 10:11372346Not a barque, but a brigantine. Eye of the Wind off St Margarets yesterday, heading for Cherbourg.
(Helpful clue: it's the small visual disturbance on the horizon, near the centre.)
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8 October 2021 09:43372349Interesting; she looked much closer to the shore when we saw her.(Not my real name.)
