:beer: Nice cant wait to see it. :beer:
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:beer: Nice cant wait to see it. :beer:
Have a look here for some closeups of the Hermione at the Aerodrome:
http://www.wingsofwar.org/forums/sho...ay-at-Yorktown
Rob (Bligh) met Rich (Richard M. Schwab) there and you can see them on the frigate and with US reenactors. :thumbsup:
Sadly, my plans for the weekend were blown completely out of the water!!! :sad::sad::shock::Arrrr:
I'm not happy!!!!
Sorry to hear the bad news, Paul. The photos look great so I can understand your unhappiness.
Just one of those times when despite my best laid plan the planets and stars were aligned with another purpose in mind!
Fortunately, good sense keeps me from saying how I really feel about that purpose!!! :hmmm:
I'm sorry to hear of your inability to attend, Paul.
Looks like Rob and Eileen are getting an eye-full on this trip - planes, ships, and land troops. Very cool.
It was just one of those weekends where I felt like I was cursed with nothing but bad luck!!
Fortunately some of our gang made it up there and got some extra photos for me, and they also met and chatted with Rob and Eileen! So I was there in spirit at least!!
I understand my two buds who played Lafayette and Washington sort of stole the show a bit, which was nice to hear about anyway!! :hatsoff:
It's good to have friends in sort of high places you might say!! :happy:
This may be what you have been waiting for. A compilation of the photos taken by Mrs Bligh and myself.
The Arrival.
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Can you see her yet mon General?
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Let me use my 1000x Zeiss binoculars.
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I see something in the mist mon amie.
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Yes it is the Hermione.
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The welcome from a Fire Boat.
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Hermione gives a gun salute.
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The shore batteries resdponde.
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Bligh.
The Docking.
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Hermione sails up the roadstead.
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Coming about.
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Maneuvering toward the jetty.
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Coming alongside.
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Making fast.
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Take up the slack on those Hawsers men.
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All made fast Sir.
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Well done lads.
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Ready the Block and tackle.
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Sway out the companion ladder.
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Steady lads.
Bligh.
The Welcome.
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The Fife and Drum band arrive.
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The Band march onto the dockside to welcome the Marquis De Lafayette.
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Can you see the Marquis mon General?
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Non! but I can see General Washington.
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The Naval Band arrive.
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The colours arrive and the two National anthems are played.
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The three Amigos!
Bligh.
All Aboard who are going aboard.
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Up the companion ladder.
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On deck at last.
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Rigging galore.
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The binnacle box.
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Two old sea mates caught by the binnacles.
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Those thieving English have nicked one of my guns already.
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Give em enough rope.
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How much do you mean Cap'n.
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Are that's more like it.
Get it ashore sharply now lads.
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A ship's bell.
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A larger ship's bell.
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If I pretend to be a waxworks,
I can give em all a fright when i move.
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Cathead?
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And the same to you Englishman.
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I'm sure we had a Barrel of Grog aboard.
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It was not me honest sir.
That English man again.
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Well I never saw him Captain.
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Fool ! I said find the Captain.
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No I did not see him either.
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Is this enough rope then sir?
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Enough of this! Get these people ashore.
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O.K. We are going.
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Next group.
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A last look around.
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Well I did not bring it all this way for nothing.
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A fond Farewell to the Hermione.
See you in Brest.
Kyte.
Wonderful photos Rob! It looks like you had a very unique and fun experience. Thanks for sharing with us.
Can't thank you enough for the excellent clear pictures Rob. Almost like being there.
:beer: Awesome pictures , it looks like you had a great time. The next time you use the Hermione in battle you will say " I was on that ship". Or you will always look at it differently. I can't wait for the Hermione to get to N.Y.C. So I can see it and board it. :salute: :drinks:
Really great photographs, Rob! Thank you for sharing them. :thumbsup::salute:
Thank you so much for taking the pictures and posting on the Anchorage! They are spectacular. It must have been an event to remember. :salute:
Thank you, Rob!! Really sorry I had to miss the show, especially when it's a once in a life time one!!
Oh well, hoping for better days ahead! :hatsoff:
Here are some more L'Hermione photos from her visit to Philadelphia. I saw her at anchor off Wilmington DE the day before but she was anchor far away for decent photos. I did see other ships sailing up the river though. I went for the parade of sail on Thursday June 25 and there was a fairly large crowd on hand. The rain held off long enough for me to get on board. They also had a very well done shore display with the history of the ship and Lafayette's adventures in the US. I also learned how to properly pronounce the name and it is not like in Harry Potter!
You can see the rest of my L'Hermione and tall ships photos here:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/256769...57654788764850
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Thank yo for adding these wonderful photos to mine Eric.
It certainly brings back the memories of Yorktown.
Let's hope that some more members add to the collection as she makes her way up the Eastern seaboard.
Rob.
Thanks for the latest series of fantastic photos, Eric. Some stunning shots indeed!
As for the pronunciation of the ship's name this should be close I think?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVVpsR8XynA
I can't recall when or where, but someone was kind enough to share the correct pronunciation with me. Not like Harry Potter at all. :happy:
:beer: Hi everybody , Le'Hermione has made it to N.Y. C. Tomorrow July 2nd I will be going to see her up close and personal. I will try to post some pictures. :beer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVVpsR8XynA
If I have to pronounce it when I use it, I think I'll sell it.:beer:
Thank you Rob and Eric for your postings of the pictures. :hatsoff:
Rob, what a great photo of you holding the SoG ship. That's cool. :thumbsup:
Hermione is in Greenport NY, on the North Fork of Long Island on Monday and Tuesday, July 6th and 7th. I already have my tickets for the family and will be going to see her on Tuesday.
Does anyone know if they sell any souvenirs on board?
B.B.C. news had a segment on L'Hermione's arrival in New York. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-33357711
They should have a kiosk on shore selling the usual stuff. I bought one of the red crew t-shirts. They also have a more expensive traditional French striped long sleeve "sailor" shirts, which I bought for my wife (they sold out of the women's sizes in Phila.). I also bought a short paperback book, well pamphlet really which covers the building and sailing of the replica.
Anyone going to see L'Hermione in NY or Boston should try and make it as she sails in or if there is a parade of sail. One of the best parts was the rolling broadside she did before docking. I took a couple of photos but a video would have been awesome. They alternated port/starboard going down the side with four or five guns, very cool. Gives you an idea of how much smoke a broadside would produce.
Compared to French, Italian seems so easy.
Earlier this week, Sue, some friends, and I were discussing English and all the exceptions and pronunciation issues, e.g. the pronunciation of spook and book.
Eric, if you ever come over this side of the pond and we meet up (hopefully we will), you will meet my lovely wife from Stoke on Trent (famous world wide for its pottery). The middle of England and upward speak quite differently to us refined Southerners (yes i expect the jessies comments lol).
Here are some words and their northerly phonetic versions:
Southern = Northerly
Bus = Boz
Grarse = Grass (yep they get it right)
Spook = Spoo-ck
Look = Luke
Glarse = Glass
Book = Boo-ck
There are lots more, as my wife says them i will add them (covertly, as she gets a bit funny lol).
Steve, it would be wonderful for all of us to meet. We have put of traveling the past few years for various reasons, but lately, we have realized that something could always derail traveling plans, so we need to make arrangements and go, period. Next year, barring life-or-death situations, we will be either in the U.K. or on a cruise on the Continent. Regardless, the following year we'll do the other. Sue used to do a bit of ceramics; I'm sure she would enjoy visiting your area.
I have noticed on many of the British shows we watch that folks often insert an "r" at the end of words, and I think those words often end in "s".
I used to have a book on Chicagoese. I gave it to my English professor so he could learn to speak properly. He used me one day in class, unbeknownst to me. He would say a word and then have each of us say what that word meant. I was the only class member from a city, and of all places, that being Chicago. He called on me first, every time. I had one definition, the rest of the class has another. Even words we shared, we pronounced them differently and spoke at different speeds. It was my first experience living outside of Chicago, and the culture shock went both ways. One of my roommates, another fine young Italian-American, was from Pennsylvania, and he would woorsh his clothes while I would wahsh mine. Chicago "a"s are like ah, sometimes "o" as well, e.g. property = prahperty. My family pronounces "th" as "d", like dis, dat deese, dem, and dose, and "thr" as "tr" as in one, two, tree. You have to love language.
Shifting north from Chicago you might enjoy this YouTube from Wisconsin Trails. As a life long resident of Wisconsin I can identify with some, but not all, of the accents and pronunciations included here.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fmikTwhNlDQ
And not to steal the OP thread here's a nice update on L'Hermione:
http://www.france24.com/en/20150702-...4-celebrations
The way I can best explain Eric is to say Lancashire. Looook, booook, spoook as in ghost.
In Nottingham we would say Luk, buk, spook is the same as your take on it. Not English as she is spook. That would be spoke as in wheel.:happy:
Rob.
Ooooh, Jim, I look forward to seeing this, you knooow.
Interesting.
Primarily, Sue and I watch British shows, series, films. At first, we had to use subtitles or the rewind button a lot. Now, we're pretty good, though some of the accents still escape us. It has gotten to the point that we recognize British actors far, far more than American actors. What is weird, though, is seeing actors who star in may period pieces, and then seeing them in a contemporary setting. That's one thing we like about British T.V. - the literature adaptations to screen.