Boats, Ships, And Ferries

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  1. Lon Tanner

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    Here is my favorite ship. I was on board for two weeks in the South Pacific R Tucker Thompson.jpg
     
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  2. Lon Tanner

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    Beautiful!!
     
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    Weird. I thought a "frigate" was a type of warship...?? And the Frigate Constitution is better known as "Old Iron Sides."

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    Never heard of it... Only familiar with old iron sides in Boston
     
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    That is the only one that I have ever heard about, too.
    This one WAS actually a floating barracks, apparently. I looked up the website and here is the page of information about this unusual ship.
    Maybe it has to do with the designation, which is US Frigate Constitution rather than the USS designation usually used for our navy vessels ?


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    Who can name all the sails on a full-rigged 3-masted sailing ship?

    I'll give you the mainmast from the Deck to the Peak:

    Mainsail
    Lower Main Topsail
    Upper Main Topsail
    Main TopGallant
    Main Royal or Skysail

    (Then you've got the Jibs, the Foremast and the Mizzen Mast, kids.)

    Hal
     
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    Yes, but it sure has an outsized Mizzen!
     
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    Not only that, it isn't listing either!
     
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  10. Lon Tanner

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    Serenity!! Sunset Sail.jpg
     
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    Texas about 1955. San Jacinto State Park. We were visiting my great aunt there
    and she took us to see the Battle Ship of Texas. I can't find that photo yet, but this
    one is near where it was docked.
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    I motored down the Erie barge channel it was a very nice trip leaving Lake Erie and ending in the Hudson river
     
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    Ferry using a winch and rope system to cross the Yadkin River in North Carolina ( ca.1900 ).


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    Of those last three you really only have the Jibs and Foremast. The last one is mizzen. No one knows where it is.
     
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