Tall Ships on the Hudson River
Mar 14, 2022 19:46:56 #
Mar 15, 2022 00:39:46 #
Mar 15, 2022 10:44:05 #
petercbrandt wrote:
Ski,
sailing on the Eagle Bark as what, a passenger or as sailor ?
sailing on the Eagle Bark as what, a passenger or as sailor ?
Mate I was curious to see if he was part of the crew or was a cadet. The Barque Eagle is the US Coast Guards flag ship & training ship for cadets out of the academy and OCS candiates. The Eagle cames from Germany as reparations from WWII. She has one sister ship the Barque Gorch Foch. Eagle is the larger of the two. Their are five other Barque's used as training ships around the world. Sailing on the Eagle as a passenger not, one is either crew or Cadet in either case that's cool.....
Mar 15, 2022 11:57:15 #
sr71 wrote:
Mate I was curious to see if he was part of the crew or was a cadet. The Barque Eagle is the US Coast Guards flag ship & training ship for cadets out of the academy and OCS candiates. The Eagle cames from Germany as reparations from WWII. She has one sister ship the Barque Gorch Foch. Eagle is the larger of the two. Their are five other Barque's used as training ships around the world. Sailing on the Eagle as a passenger not, one is either crew or Cadet in either case that's cool.....
The original "Gorch Fock", built in 1933, was, as you say, a sister ship of the "Eagle" (ex "Horst Wessel"). The current "Gorch Fock", launched in 1958, although based on the original design, is a modernized version.
Mar 15, 2022 13:42:52 #
petercbrandt wrote:
Lots of you have commented on my Hudson River book post with interest in the Tall Ships.
These tall sailing ships that I photographed back in 1994 were made with Kodak slide film.
I thought to post a few more, some are in my book Action Along the Hudson River in a chapter called FleetWeek.
On my Mac Book pro the density looks good but on this webpage looks too dark, do you see them as dark images ?
These tall sailing ships that I photographed back in 1994 were made with Kodak slide film.
I thought to post a few more, some are in my book Action Along the Hudson River in a chapter called FleetWeek.
On my Mac Book pro the density looks good but on this webpage looks too dark, do you see them as dark images ?
Mar 15, 2022 14:30:28 #
I was actually on my boat July 4th, 1976, for OP Sail. I was able to go cruising through all of the piers except for the Israeli pier. The Coast Guard blocked off the entrance because of security concerns. The Israelis had raided the airport at Entebbe and freed the hostages. Very enjoyable day on the water.
Mar 15, 2022 14:36:32 #
Mar 15, 2022 14:38:58 #
Nice.. Thats when we had wooden ships and iron men.. Now we have Iron ships and wooden men.????
Mar 15, 2022 17:36:49 #
petercbrandt
Loc: New York City, Manhattan
sr71 wrote:
Mate I was curious to see if he was part of the crew or was a cadet. The Barque Eagle is the US Coast Guards flag ship & training ship for cadets out of the academy and OCS candiates. The Eagle cames from Germany as reparations from WWII. She has one sister ship the Barque Gorch Foch. Eagle is the larger of the two. Their are five other Barque's used as training ships around the world. Sailing on the Eagle as a passenger not, one is either crew or Cadet in either case that's cool.....
OK, I now understand, apart of the Coast Guard, no tourists.
Mar 16, 2022 09:05:13 #
petercbrandt wrote:
OK, I now understand, apart of the Coast Guard, no tourists.
One would have know someone and be invited with the old mans permission.
Mar 16, 2022 09:08:27 #
srt101fan wrote:
The original "Gorch Fock", built in 1933, was, as you say, a sister ship of the "Eagle" (ex "Horst Wessel"). The current "Gorch Fock", launched in 1958, although based on the original design, is a modernized version.
Learn sumthin everyday interesting! tks......A communications billet was opening up on her when I was on Governors Island, but decided no to ask due to being away from my family.
Mar 16, 2022 13:13:50 #
sr71 wrote:
Learn sumthin everyday interesting! tks......A communications billet was opening up on her when I was on Governors Island, but decided no to ask due to being away from my family.
I imagine that working on one of those sailing ships would be quite an experience. I have enormous respect for those crews and cadets.
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