When the sixth boro looks like this, I recall
the warmth of late summer and
even late spring, truly splendid times to sail It’s Clipper City above and . . following Dewaruci, Clipper City below. But to ensure the vessels are ready, crews dedicate winter
to visiting places like this
for haul-out.
The vessel gets inspected
everywhere, even under the keel.
Wear and tear gets repaired and
and reinspected.
Exactly 90 days from today (April 26, 2013), the 158′ vessel begins season 2013. Clipper City is one of two vessels operated by Manhattan by Sail, the other being Shearwater. Click here for more info on Clipper City, a 1984 replica of a Manitowoc lumber schooner that operated on Lake Michigan between 1854 and 1890 and capable of sailing 115 miles in less than 8 hours.
Manhattan by Sail is owned by Tom Berton, who first sailed on Petrel, a now-gone pioneer of sixth boro public sail operated by Nick Van Nes.
All fotos here by Will Van Dorp.
For profiles of Clipper City, Shearwater, and many other vessels from June 2009, click here. For fotos of Clipper City bound for the yard, click here.
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January 27, 2013 at 2:51 pm
walt
Navy Fleet Week is right around the corner! My paisons and i could really use a book of International Flags! it does help having friends, we just shout out of the name of the country and sometimes we’re correct!
-The Car show is in March, I once took a friend there who had intermittant
diarrhea, all i saw: the new Sloan Automatic Flushometers, i think i’m too busy for the car show this year
January 28, 2013 at 9:09 am
tugpower
To Walt, save yourself some money. Go to this link: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/docs/flagsoftheworld.html, and you will find all of the flags of the world. When you open the link, on the bar above the flags where it says References:: FLAGS OF THE WORLD, go to the right at the end of the bar where it says print. Click on that, and if you have a printer, you will get nine pages printed showing all of the flags. That will save you a little money if you don’t want to purchase a book. For a little bonus, these are all of the International Signal Flags and their meanings at this link: http://www.navy.mil/navydata/nav_legacy.asp?id=273. These can be printed also. Have fun.