First, an update and a photo thanks to Richard: the crane ship shoehorned under the bridges and was recently offloading its cargo in Port Elizabeth. And then there were two, and by now Zhen Hua may be outbound for China.
Meanwhile . . . along the North River, I recently saw what I think must be the most beautiful floating interior there is. I won’t identify the vessel just yet. Specialized how you may ask? Simple, in making the mariner feel at home, as it will have to for a very long voyage.
Admire the rich wood color, all tropical hardwood hand carved by the man who built the boat. Let’s start in the wheelhouse and just glance slowly to port. Notice one spoke of the wheel. The “windows” are about 20 inches high.
We move to port,
more, with the map over the day bed showing the origin of the wood
now looking slightly aft toward the companionway,
and finally stepping down into the aftercabin and looking up toward the skylight, center carving, and wheel.
This interior made me want to build a new space that I’d carve every panel of and install with all manner of skylights and cupolas and stained glass and prisms… I’d better stop. Notice the large crystal between the forward edge of the skylight the the face carving? Go back to the first interior shot above and you’ll notice just the tip of it there too. Reminds me of a Viking navigational device described here.
More on Specialized 7 later, the most comfortable space in the harbor. By the way, the top porthole is from the same vessel.
All photos by Will Van Dorp.
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March 17, 2007 at 7:47 pm
bonnie
a very long voyage indeed…
March 19, 2007 at 9:54 am
Michael
I’m hanging on waiting to find out more about the boat! Some magical pagan seacraft navigating by crystal, with the spectacular carvings. Just wonderful…full of wonders. The best part of waiting is that I have not a clue what kind of boat this is going to turn out to be…a mystery!
Thanks for sharing this.
March 20, 2007 at 12:40 pm
Peter A. Mello
Any prizes for correctly identifying the vessel that is the subject of these great interior shots? 🙂
Keep up the great work with Tugster!
March 21, 2007 at 3:36 pm
tugster
Great idea Peter! And the winner gets…..
An invite to post a question or a picture in need of identification, or to write a guest post.
What a deal!
March 21, 2007 at 3:43 pm
Brian
Is that Reed’s boat of the 1000 Days at Sea project?
March 21, 2007 at 3:49 pm
tugster
We have a winner! Brian, I’m out of town right now and a bit occupied, but I will get in touch with you about your prize as soon as I can. Meanwhile, be thinking about what you might want to post!
March 22, 2007 at 9:07 am
Michael
Congratulations Brian! Meanwhile, for the rest of us, more detail on that boat, please (and more pictures?)
April 19, 2007 at 9:13 pm
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