Collison Damage too Harsh?

[Craig]

Very cool. Nice to see another tall ship sailor. Here is the ship I used to sail on SV Kalmar Nyckel Dutch pinnace in Swedish service, original built 1625.

Lovely; I like the lookout platform out on the bowsprit...

Endeavour's only a replica, but she's accurate from the mess deck up. And they salvaged a bit of the ballast that the original dumped after they hit the reef; it's now tied to a mast on the mess deck.

I'm going to use this as an excuse to post some more pics. :-)

On the yards




1st Officer Dirk with a decorative backdrop




Whee!



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Craig

[DeRuyter]

Lovely; I like the lookout platform out on the bowsprit...

Endeavour's only a replica, but she's accurate from the mess deck up. And they salvaged a bit of the ballast that the original dumped after they hit the reef; it's now tied to a mast on the mess deck.

Craig

That's actually an interesting feature used primarily to set the sprit tops'l (which you can see being set in the second photo). It is like a mini fighting top. Kalmar Nyckel is the only replica ship in the US with a sprit tops'l. I believe the Batavia and soon the Zeven Provincien in the Netherlands also have them. You can clearly see the evolution in sail plan from the 17th to 18th century in these photos.

Eric