I was into tall ships, windjammers when in my teens. Everything from Baltic four-masted schooner to the proud Hamburg based Laeiz "Flying P-liners" Passat, Pamir, Preussen, Pommern, Potosi et al.
All Cape Horn certified magnificient ship.
Some remain like Pommern a museum ship in Mariehamn and Passat in Lubeck.
....and if you see a sailing ship, it might be your last. So c'mon boys and join me for another round ashore, a sailor is a sailor ...just like he was before.
Maybe just set some low fore-and-aft sail and let the engine tick over. Alternatively, if time is not important, how about heaving-to and waiting for the gale to abate.
Still no point risking life and limb. The crew on board are likely "clients" with lawyers waiting ashore....Sailing isn't what it used to be 100 years ago.
But under small sail and catching the wind she would go like a race horse under these conditions. She is however sailing straight against the wind here. Even bare riggings offer a lot of resistance and drag in a stiff breeze like this so the progress is cumbersome and struggling.
This is SV Thalassa from the Netherlands. Home port Harlingen. Sailed her for two years. This is no storm, just a delivery.
Probaply from the Canaries back to Holland.
bubbink1 1 year ago
sailing?
whispersoftheocean 1 year ago
Those must be diesel sails she has flying.
tomperanteau 1 year ago
That is so eerie....yet so beatutiful. it looks like a ghost ship.
Tyger504 2 years ago
Ship ahoy!
I was into tall ships, windjammers when in my teens. Everything from Baltic four-masted schooner to the proud Hamburg based Laeiz "Flying P-liners" Passat, Pamir, Preussen, Pommern, Potosi et al.
All Cape Horn certified magnificient ship.
Some remain like Pommern a museum ship in Mariehamn and Passat in Lubeck.
John K Lindgren
"Dr John"
Carsanook (dot com)
Bangkok
apexxxx10 2 years ago
....and if you see a sailing ship, it might be your last. So c'mon boys and join me for another round ashore, a sailor is a sailor ...just like he was before.
teutonalex 2 years ago
a sail boat of any decription is safer under sail than moter , no matter what , the land lubberrs can bugger off
joshsouthan 2 years ago
is the ocean deep ?
badturkali 2 years ago
Maybe just set some low fore-and-aft sail and let the engine tick over. Alternatively, if time is not important, how about heaving-to and waiting for the gale to abate.
msf60khz 2 years ago
She going on her engine and the weather is not really that bad.
helmuthoorn 3 years ago 2
Still no point risking life and limb. The crew on board are likely "clients" with lawyers waiting ashore....Sailing isn't what it used to be 100 years ago.
5point9straightsix 3 years ago
No it is not.
But under small sail and catching the wind she would go like a race horse under these conditions. She is however sailing straight against the wind here. Even bare riggings offer a lot of resistance and drag in a stiff breeze like this so the progress is cumbersome and struggling.
Unable to identify her.
helmuthoorn 3 years ago
the atlantic ocean is so beautiful.
hyphywifey91 3 years ago
near gale - 7 Bf.
gale - 8 Bf.
severe gale - 9 Bf.
storm - 10 Bf.
As far as I can see this is not more than 5 Bf.
pkkkg 4 years ago
big fun right there
ProductionDesignrMAX 4 years ago