Maritime goodness
Posted: 2010-07-14 03:08pm
By the request of LaCroix, I am posting this thread so that he can peruse a specific curious ship (a fishing cutter converted into a XV-XVI century galleon lookalike), but I also took the liberty of including many, many pictures from the Kruzenstehrn's visit to the Polish port of Gdynia, as well as other assorted ships I managed to snap during our little trip out to sea.
My apologies to Lacroix, who was really interested in the galleon, but I only have a few pictures of it. The Kruzenstern was the big attraction that day, sorry
First, the Dragon itself:
Tied up at the quay
View fore from the deck
View aft, with all the rigging and anachronistic yet essential equipment
It's an interesting ship ; The crew claim all the rigging works and it can actually use it to sail, but it's probably a sea story: for one, the crew is tiny, secondly: there are no braces
It has a bar aboard, and offers cruises around the Bay Of Danzig and the port of Gdynia. Me and my wife took it to sea to meet the Kruzenstern as it was coming into port.
THE KRUZENSTERN
Leaving port
Kruzenstern already visible in the distance beyond the wavebreaker
Getting closer, though the weather is getting shitty
Coming alongside. The thing is huge
Saying hello to the crew
Tugs pull alongside to aid that massive beast into port
Now, the ship was actually supposed to do a parade under full sail, but the weather broke down and the captain decided to go in on engines, aided by tugs. We were disappointed
My favorite photo - the Kruzenstern next to two heavy tugs and a sailboat that came out to accompany it into port.
Eased at the quay
Tied up, view from the port basin. The Dragon actually docket right behind it.
There are also some assorted pictures of random ships we've met on the way and in port:
Polish navy corvette coming into port. I couldn't identify the class
A service tug out in the bay. Panamian home port, go figure...
Another awesome picture...could you think of a less apropriate name for this rusting hulk?
A small Ro-Ro transport coming into port
A cruise liner with the best paint job ever...
Tiny sailboat, just mucking about, waiting for its bigger cousin
View of the port from out in the bay. We have a skyscraper! Woo!
Two views of the port basin (one of several) - two museum ships seen on the right
A heavy seagoing tug with a most curious name
That's all, folks! Hope you all enjoy it!
My apologies to Lacroix, who was really interested in the galleon, but I only have a few pictures of it. The Kruzenstern was the big attraction that day, sorry
First, the Dragon itself:
Tied up at the quay
View fore from the deck
View aft, with all the rigging and anachronistic yet essential equipment
It's an interesting ship ; The crew claim all the rigging works and it can actually use it to sail, but it's probably a sea story: for one, the crew is tiny, secondly: there are no braces
It has a bar aboard, and offers cruises around the Bay Of Danzig and the port of Gdynia. Me and my wife took it to sea to meet the Kruzenstern as it was coming into port.
THE KRUZENSTERN
Leaving port
Kruzenstern already visible in the distance beyond the wavebreaker
Getting closer, though the weather is getting shitty
Coming alongside. The thing is huge
Saying hello to the crew
Tugs pull alongside to aid that massive beast into port
Now, the ship was actually supposed to do a parade under full sail, but the weather broke down and the captain decided to go in on engines, aided by tugs. We were disappointed
My favorite photo - the Kruzenstern next to two heavy tugs and a sailboat that came out to accompany it into port.
Eased at the quay
Tied up, view from the port basin. The Dragon actually docket right behind it.
There are also some assorted pictures of random ships we've met on the way and in port:
Polish navy corvette coming into port. I couldn't identify the class
A service tug out in the bay. Panamian home port, go figure...
Another awesome picture...could you think of a less apropriate name for this rusting hulk?
A small Ro-Ro transport coming into port
A cruise liner with the best paint job ever...
Tiny sailboat, just mucking about, waiting for its bigger cousin
View of the port from out in the bay. We have a skyscraper! Woo!
Two views of the port basin (one of several) - two museum ships seen on the right
A heavy seagoing tug with a most curious name
That's all, folks! Hope you all enjoy it!
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