No work on the boat this last week, but I did do a little maritime research in San Diego. Their bay hosts the oldest active sailing ship in the world, the Star of India. Check out its history:
Pretty cool stuff. It's fascinating how much rigging is on one of those suckers. I don't know if I could ever remember which line is for what. And the thing has an iron hull, weighing up to 1,318 tons when loaded. And it's been around the world 21 times! A true testament to wind power. Wonder what the sail area would be, fully rigged...
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