Definitely worth seeing, Barina. Tall ships are magic. I did an on board tour of the Endeavour when it was in Port Macquarie a few years ago. Fascinating. The ship was originally a collier, and had to be refitted for Cook's voyage and a compliment of 90 sailors. So a middle deck was added. It was quite claustrophobic being only a bit over 4' high. It was like a dolls house with all the small cabin doors. We had to stoop as we wandered through, and constantly watch our heads as we ducked under the large beams. But a couple of the people there were dwarfs and they had no trouble at all. I learned that the average height of a sailor back then was about 5' 2". Capt Cook by contrast was a giant of a man at well over 6'.
barina said
03:49 AM Sep 7, 2013
GaryKelly wrote:
Definitely worth seeing, Barina. Tall ships are magic. I did an on board tour of the Endeavour when it was in Port Macquarie a few years ago. Fascinating. The ship was originally a collier, and had to be refitted for Cook's voyage and a compliment of 90 sailors. So a middle deck was added. It was quite claustrophobic being only a bit over 4' high. It was like a dolls house with all the small cabin doors. We had to stoop as we wandered through, and constantly watch our heads as we ducked under the large beams. But a couple of the people there were dwarfs and they had no trouble at all. I learned that the average height of a sailor back then was about 5' 2". Capt Cook by contrast was a giant of a man at well over 6'.
I will take my 5yr Gdaughter down on Sunday. We have Cpt Cooks Cottage here in city gardens and since I had grown up I cannot imagine anyone over 5ft managing to get in or move around it.
pawsoz said
03:03 AM Sep 9, 2013
I am parked up down the road at Altona for a while and am going down on Monday and probably Wednesday as well.....if anyone else is leave a message here!
annie
Dougwe said
04:06 PM Sep 9, 2013
Looked good on the news last night. Would be good to see but I am just a tad too far away for look see.
Cruising Granny said
04:16 AM Sep 10, 2013
I missed them in Adelaide despite the fact I delivered a job to Outer Harbour on the same morning.
I did a trip with the media on the One And All at Port Lincoln, sailing silently around Boston Island. It's a magical experience. If ever you get a chance, do it
The silent majesty of these wonderful vessels is one of life's great experiences.
Something worth seeing if you are near Williamstown in Melbourne
http://www.melbournetallships2013.yachting.org.au/
I will take my 5yr Gdaughter down on Sunday. We have Cpt Cooks Cottage here in city gardens and since I had grown up I cannot imagine anyone over 5ft managing to get in or move around it.
annie
I did a trip with the media on the One And All at Port Lincoln, sailing silently around Boston Island. It's a magical experience. If ever you get a chance, do it
The silent majesty of these wonderful vessels is one of life's great experiences.
Some pics from the day at the Tall Ships Festival
Some more pics
They have left today....