Sailing on the Roseway
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lady_branwynLord Branwyn and I arrived early at the tall ships festival, hoping to get a chance to tour the Bounty. It turned out that we still did not have enough time before we had to leave for our sail, but it did meant that we had time to look at some of the exhibits and I managed to get a few ship pictures before the crowds arrived.
The photo is fuzzy, but the sign says that this is the barque Europa from the Netherlands. Below that is the name of the tall ships festival--"Race to Save the Lakes." The theme was the environmental issues threatening the Great Lakes (and they are many).
The Niagara with awnings hung above her deck. There was a steady breeze, but it was a very hot day.
The stern of the Niagara.
I think this was the Bounty.
The local boaters were out in force in sailboats, kayaks, motorboats, and the ever annoying personal watercraft. The Coast Guard's boats kept the water clear around the big ships.
Lord Branwyn and I had made reservations to sail on the Roseway, a schooner that was built in 1925. The story is that her first owner named her after an acquaintance "who always got her way."
Swivel guns on the deck of the Lynx, a reconstruction of an American privateer during the War of 1812. She was armed with two swivel guns and four carronades.
My UFO photo. That's actually the Goodyear blimp.
The Goodyear blimp lends a decidedly steampunk look to the picture.
The Roseway motored away from the wharf.
The white line is the harbor's breakwall of jumbled rock.
The schooner Denis Sullivan (I think).
Raising the sails. The man in the white shirt on the right is Lord Branwyn.
With it's rose-colored sails and relatively simple rigging, I thought that the Roseway was one of the prettiest boats there.
The Ford Trimotor flying over the ship.
The cheapie camera did not take good photos belowdeck. Near the galley, a little desk with navigational charts.
The abandoned Coast Guard station on Whiskey Island.
Note the ensign with only 15 stars that the Lynx was flying.
Here is where I want to live, though it might be difficult getting to shore in the winter. I would have to lay in a good supply of coffee and catfood. The light has been automated so the little lightkeeper's house has been allowed to fall into disrepair. I still want to live there.
The view as we returned to the wharf.
The photo is fuzzy, but the sign says that this is the barque Europa from the Netherlands. Below that is the name of the tall ships festival--"Race to Save the Lakes." The theme was the environmental issues threatening the Great Lakes (and they are many).
The Niagara with awnings hung above her deck. There was a steady breeze, but it was a very hot day.
The stern of the Niagara.
I think this was the Bounty.
The local boaters were out in force in sailboats, kayaks, motorboats, and the ever annoying personal watercraft. The Coast Guard's boats kept the water clear around the big ships.
Lord Branwyn and I had made reservations to sail on the Roseway, a schooner that was built in 1925. The story is that her first owner named her after an acquaintance "who always got her way."
Swivel guns on the deck of the Lynx, a reconstruction of an American privateer during the War of 1812. She was armed with two swivel guns and four carronades.
My UFO photo. That's actually the Goodyear blimp.
The Goodyear blimp lends a decidedly steampunk look to the picture.
The Roseway motored away from the wharf.
The white line is the harbor's breakwall of jumbled rock.
The schooner Denis Sullivan (I think).
Raising the sails. The man in the white shirt on the right is Lord Branwyn.
With it's rose-colored sails and relatively simple rigging, I thought that the Roseway was one of the prettiest boats there.
The Ford Trimotor flying over the ship.
The cheapie camera did not take good photos belowdeck. Near the galley, a little desk with navigational charts.
The abandoned Coast Guard station on Whiskey Island.
Note the ensign with only 15 stars that the Lynx was flying.
Here is where I want to live, though it might be difficult getting to shore in the winter. I would have to lay in a good supply of coffee and catfood. The light has been automated so the little lightkeeper's house has been allowed to fall into disrepair. I still want to live there.
The view as we returned to the wharf.
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Date: 2010-07-13 01:16 am (UTC)Lord Branwyn has lost weight? He looks good (from the rear anyway.) *giggle*
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Date: 2010-07-13 01:42 am (UTC)Hee, Lord Branwyn's comment on seeing the pictures was that his rear looked fat. Though he has lost weight since you saw him. He had packed on some pounds back when he was making a weekly commute to Mississipi.