Sailing boat rescued by the Götheborg
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Sailing boat rescued by the Götheborg
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#2At least it wasn't Wasa showing up..
I've once sailed a smaller boat with a centerboard that didn't release. So similar to not having a rudder. Quite scary, everything else have a backup, but without that thing sticking out below the boat you're just drifting aimlessly around.
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#3These ships are a wonder of human achievement. While on vacation in Mexico I was able to spend the day on a boat of a similar age—I don’t remember the details. It really connects one to the past.
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#4> The next day, as we approached the French coast, we radioed for another boat to help us enter the port, but no one responded positively.
Wonder if that's a standard (or common) response, and why... ?
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#5These ships are a wonder of human achievement. While on vacation in Mexico I was able to spend the day on a boat of a similar age—I don’t remember the details. It really connects one to the past.
its a replica that was only build in 2005 https://www.gotheborg.se/about-gotheborg/about-the-ship/
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#6> This moment was very strange, and we wondered if we were dreaming. Where were we? What time period was it?
If only the rescue crew dressed the part they could have believed they somehow managed to time travel.
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#7https://gotheborg.com/project/food.shtml
I found this post about what sailors ate on the original ship fascinating.
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#8Oh, it's going to be open for visiting in Hamburg this month.
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#9These ships are a wonder of human achievement. While on vacation in Mexico I was able to spend the day on a boat of a similar age—I don’t remember the details. It really connects one to the past.
its a replica that was only build in 2005 https://www.gotheborg.se/about-gotheborg/about-the-ship/
And they let complete newbies (like me) sign on as crew for a week or two. It’s the adventure of a life time to work on board such an accurate replica. It was hand built - even the nails and ropes were hand built, using tools and techniques from the time period, which if I recall correctly took something like 10 years to research since much of that knowledge had been lost.
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#10I have seen this same ship in so many countries. It's quite lovely and one day maybe I'll sail on it.