Thread: Tall Ships

Took a walk down to the pier and got in 58 pics.
If interested there will be fireworks at aound 21.30/22.00 BST to night, might be on the web cam.
In the meantime these are the kind of boats racing.

Originally Posted by jow104

Took a walk down to the pier and got in 58 pics.
If interested there will be fireworks at aound 21.30/22.00 BST to night, might be on the web cam.
In the meantime these are the kind of boats racing.

Bloody magnificent. I wish I was there.

Originally Posted by Gumby

Bloody magnificent. I wish I was there.

No, no, Gumby, Its.
Wish you were here..

Al

Just think if you were in Torbay tonight you could be press ganged and go voyaging for awhile.


They are also advertising vacancies for sailors. Most probably experienced females preferred.

Another view of the sailing ships from our road.

Try and get one tomorrow at noon with the start of the race I think there should be at least nine tall ships sailing.
Going to Spain and back due the 17th Sept.

I'm barracking for the one with all those big guns

Richard

bloody Jow - first they beat us at the cricket and now he torments us with boat

Not sure if this is the same event, but someone at the Wodonga weekend I attended on the weekend mentioned that they burnt a replica of the Bounty for charity. Did you hear of this?

Apparently it wasnt just a roughly made tall ship either, but quite an accurate replica too ... seems a waste of good timber.

and im not sure exactly how money is raised by burning a ship either

There have been a number of replica sailing ships built and burnt recently but IMHO they are more like stage furniture type constructions.
However they have been full size, which means a lot of timber and materials must have been spent.
Some people just like fires!!!!!!!

As regards the tall ships race which started last Saturday it was a disaster regarding photographs, we had a SE force 4/5 come in with a thick haze which did not clear until 2 hours after the race started.
So I stayed in my workshop and spent upto 12 hours trying to cut 8 mitre joints for a jewellery box. The box started out tobe 9 x 5" then got down to 7 x 5" and eventurally finished up as a box for me to store nails.
C.I. table saws are not always accurate

Originally Posted by jow104

So I stayed in my workshop and spent upto 12 hours trying to cut 8 mitre joints for a jewellery box. The box started out tobe 9 x 5" then got down to 7 x 5" and eventurally finished up as a box for me to store nails.
C.I. table saws are not always accurate

Thats how I make boxes too.
I make picture frames the same way too!