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11th July 2006, 06:37 PM #1
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Tall ships Race. 50th anniversary
Yesterday there was the start of the tall ships race from Torbay (Devon) to Lisbon (Portugal) and return to Belgium. It was the 50 th anniversary of this race but unfortunatel the bay was under a low depression and visibility was down to around 3 miles. Eighty ships are taking part in the race and I managed to catch a part of the fleet as per picture below.
I did intend sending you the Torbay web cam live link at the time but as mentioned visibility was impossible for the cam at the time.woody U.K.
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11th July 2006, 06:44 PM #2
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Money on the house in the front of your shot, as it has more sail set than all them boats.
Al
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11th July 2006, 07:00 PM #3
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You're a sharp one Ozwinner!
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11th July 2006, 07:23 PM #4
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That would be a wonderful sight, to see such a collection of sailing ships under full canvas.
I love sailing, but you wouldn't catch me up on one of the yards though - and that's in calm conditions. Bugger that game in a full blow :eek:
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11th July 2006, 07:30 PM #5
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Good weather today, plenty of visibility. Here is a BBC video link if interested.
http://search.bbc.co.uk/cgi-bin/sear...42&Search.y=15
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11th July 2006, 07:38 PM #6
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Yaarh Steve yah scurvy dog, top the mainsel and main the topsel, splice the main brace and brace the main splice........yarrrhhhhh..
Originally Posted by Auld Bassoon
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11th July 2006, 09:11 PM #7
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I wouldn't mind having a go at a caldercraft wooden model kit of the Endeavour...the missus doesn't like the $500 price tag tho...
http://www.model-dockyard.com/caldercraft/endeavour.htm
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11th July 2006, 10:15 PM #8
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11th July 2006, 10:55 PM #9
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he escaped Originally Posted by AlexS
Al, you should be in the "Rip in the fabric of the universe" thread.
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