[Rhodes22-list] The Ship

[Michael Meltzer]

did they have to let the cat out of the bag ?

MJM

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve Alm" <salm@mn.rr.com>
To: <rhodes22-list@rhodes22.org>
Sent: Sunday, October 20, 2002 11:41 PM
Subject: [Rhodes22-list] The Ship


> I just finished watching the History Channel's broadcast of "The Ship."
> This was a sort of "Reality TV" special on the recreation of Capt. Cook's
> voyage from Australia to Indonesia.  They sailed on a replica of Cook's
> ship,  named The Endeavor, where they sailed the same route as Cap'n Cook.
> They tried to recreate the eightieth century voyage of Cook, including
> eightieth century navigation, methods, food, sketchy charts, etc.
> 
> They had 15 professional crew and 40 amateurs and sailed from Australia to
> Bali and the trip took about a month and a half.
> 
> I thoroughly enjoyed the story of how the many amateurs coped with the
> rigors of the eightieth century, square rigger voyage.
> 
> Did anyone else watch this?  I love the tall ships and was glued to these
> episodes.
> 
> Slim
> S/V Fandango
> 
> _________________________________________________
> Use Rhodes22-list@rhodes22.org, Help? www.rhodes22.org/list