Tricolor and square sails on the mainmast under a North American sky…
red/yellow flag on the fore, with a respectable lookout,
bowsprit pointed to a gap between formidable headlands,
dramatic rake on the forecastle,
lookouts attend to multiple duties as vessel heads between imposing banks,
mate on the high and extremely raked quarterdeck and steersman steadies hands on the hidden whipstaff. What vessel is this, what beautiful valley?
It’s Half Moon on the Hudson, now in Newburgh for a week. For a memorable trip, sail them some day soon. Keep them sailing. See the virtual tour. More detail in a later post soon.
And unrelated to the museum vessel, check out my new blog with bowsprite, the historical fictitious voice of Henry Hudson, based on Corey Sandler’s Henry Hudson Dreams and Obsessions and Donald S. Johnson’s Charting the Sea of Darkness. Sail vicariously in the bimonthly blog.
All fotos, Will Van Dorp.
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November 10, 2008 at 3:07 am
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November 10, 2008 at 6:49 am
tugster
btw, Half Moon departs for Albany from Newburgh town dock today Monday 8 am or or little later. if wind allows, all sails will set. check it out. i’d love to see some fotos of the vessel under sail from a quarter mile away er so.
November 11, 2008 at 8:27 am
rick o'shea
enjoy your info on ships….sail in central park there are 20 tugs that come down to the pond each summer/please put on your web sight more TUGS they are the work horses of the hudson river and they are wonderful………RICK O’SHEA