[Rhodes22-list] Italian Training Ship

[Ronald Lipton]

My son is currently crewing on the Privateer Lynx:
http://www.privateerlynx.com/ .  Also a beautiful boat.
They are currently in San Diego and
will sail with the Star of India and Californian on their annual
sail next week.  He is gunnery mate - his dream job since the
time he was 4.

Ron


Geankoplis wrote:
> Robert thanks for the picture, I remember seeing her under sail in the Bay
> of Naples many years ago.
> Chris
>
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> [mailto:rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org] On Behalf Of Robert Skinner
> Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2007 7:43 AM
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> Subject: [Rhodes22-list] Italian Training Ship
>
> Elle -
>
> You might appreciate the attached photo(s) of the Italian 
> Training ship in the harbor of Kotor, Montenegro.  To my 
> eye, she was the most beautiful object in all of Montenegro.  
>
> In deference to those who have limited bandwidth, there are 
> two pix.  The one marked "redux" is only 266 KB.  The other 
> one (819 KB) is larger and has better detail and color.  
> You pays your money and you takes your chances.
>
> When you look closely, especially on the more detailed pic, 
> you can see the bewildering array of lines, halyards, 
> sheets, shrouds, stays, etc. that those sailors have to 
> learn.  Further, as she is a wooden ship, the maintenance 
> on her is orders of magnitude more demanding than on the 
> steel Eagle, our Coast Guard training ship.  Nevertheless, 
> I saw no flaw in her finish.
>
> Hats off to the Italians for preserving and actually 
> sailing such a beauty!
>
>