For those of you near Norfolk with in interest in the historical, the Norwegian Navy Training ship Statsraad Lehmkuhl is docked by downtown. Tours 1000-1500 each day until they sail again on Monday.
Just thought I would pass the word along. She’s a beautiful ship.
[QUOTE=farmerfalconer;192364]For those of you near Norfolk with in interest in the historical, the Norwegian Navy Training ship Statsraad Lehmkuhl is docked by downtown. Tours 1000-1500 each day until they sail again on Monday.
Just thought I would pass the word along. She’s a beautiful ship.
http://www.lehmkuhl.no/english/[/QUOTE]
She is a civilian ship, but is chartered by the Norwegian Navy for this cruise.
She has been used for pre-sea training for 15-18 years old for many years, but with the changing times she has been taking paying passengers and been on charter to the Norwegian and German Navy as a Cadet Training ship.
She won the Tall Ships Races 2016: https://www.nrk.no/hordaland/bergens-stolthet-har-vunnet-tall-ships-races-1.13085202
PS> I attended pre-sea training on another sailing vessel, the full-rigger Soerlandet in 1959: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGUs_PscIwk
She was the last of the large tall ships to get en engine installed, in 1960.
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You seen before something like that? 
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PS> I attended pre-sea training on another sailing vessel, the full-rigger Soerlandet in 1959: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGUs_PscIwk
She was the last of the large tall ships to get en engine installed, in 1960.[/QUOTE]
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Shocked are you??
I was on one of her last voyages without engine, from Kristansand to Aarhus v.v.
The Captain at the time had never sailed on a ship with engine.
PS> Nice self-portrait by the way.
OmBugge, you are officially my hero.
Yes, charted by the Navy. The 80 or so cadets are currently in DC partying according to the deckhand I talked with.
Got a full behind the scenes tour since I mentioned sailing on tugs. Stem to stern and all the way down to the stone ballast (and casks of rum). It really is a beautiful ship.
You were lucky!
[QUOTE=farmerfalconer;192373]OmBugge, you are officially my hero.
Yes, charted by the Navy. The 80 or so cadets are currently in DC partying according to the deckhand I talked with.
Got a full behind the scenes tour since I mentioned sailing on tugs. Stem to stern and all the way down to the stone ballast (and casks of rum). It really is a beautiful ship.
You were lucky![/QUOTE]
You didn’t get to climb the masts?? Climbing out on the top yardarm is a special feeling.
As is sleeping in a hammock on the “banjer” with 50 other guys, especially in the winter with the ventilation shut off. (No heating)
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PS> Nice self-portrait by the way.[/QUOTE]
Thanks. I was thinking I could use a haircut, but screw it: good enough for the boys I date.
[QUOTE=ombugge;192374]You didn’t get to climb the masts?? Climbing out on the top yardarm is a special feeling.
As is sleeping in a hammock on the “banjer” with 50 other guys, especially in the winter with the ventilation shut off. (No heating)[/QUOTE]
Sadly, No. That’s reserved for actual crew.
I’m sure it is. A few months at sea on an old sailing ship would probably do a lot of good to my generation.
An interested note that my “guide” shared. There are more tall ships in the world than there are good crew for them. So maybe there is some hope if I play my cards right.
One of my favorite authors is Alan Villiers. The only problem is, you wonder if you can ever truly satisfy that urge and longing that comes up (to sail) after reading them.
[QUOTE=farmerfalconer;192381]Sadly, No. That’s reserved for actual crew.
I’m sure it is. A few months at sea on an old sailing ship would probably do a lot of good to my generation.
An interested note that my “guide” shared. There are more tall ships in the world than there are good crew for them. So maybe there is some hope if I play my cards right.
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The Hawaiian Chieftan, the Lady Washington, and the Tres Hombres take on crew for tall ships training. There’s another one that is engaged in ecotourism around Vancouver Island somewhere, but I don’t know her name or if she takes on crew. Hawaiian Chieftan and Lady Washington go to festivals and such. Tres Hombres is a working ship. She takes traditional trade items from the Caribean to Europe and luxury goods from Europe back to the Caribean, at a premium because they are eco-traders. I think they also are certified as a school. Lovely ship, too. I saw her in Great Yarmouth, painted up like a gypsy wagon, pretty as a picture.
http://www.historicalseaport.org/
http://fairtransport.eu/ships/tres-hombres/
[QUOTE=farmerfalconer;192364]She’s a beautiful ship.
http://www.lehmkuhl.no/english/[/QUOTE]
I wish I wasn’t on the other side of the world right now, I’d love to see her.
That’s reserved for actual crew. I’m sure it is. A few months at sea on an old sailing ship would probably do a lot of good to my generation.
An interested note that my “guide” shared. There are more tall ships in the world than there are good crew for them. So maybe there is some hope if I play my cards right.
