Friday, September 25, 2009

Schooner or Later

While we were in Wisconsin we got to go for a sail on a replica of a 19th century schooner! It was a great experience, the boat was beautiful! I didn't think to get any pictures of the entire boat with all the sails open, so you'll have to just take my word for it -- it was a site to see! (found a photo here) The crew lives on the boat year round, they're based in Milwaukee, but sail the Great Lakes and up to Canada in the summer months, then head south along the east coast when the weather turns cooler, stopping at various festivals and festivities in port cities along the coast.


The SV Denis Sullivan bell and anchor...





Funny face...


Pirate baby! Argh!





It was a beautiful evening for a sail! The kids and Bj got to help hoist the sails and the kids got to see lots of real life pulley application! :) (We'd been studying simple machines just before the trip!) It was fascinating to watch the crew running around doing their thing, singing, climbing rigging and to listen to them calling out the commands and sailing jargon!

3 comments:

Grandpa Rob said...

Now that everyone has their sea legs, lets start planning that 7 day cruise out of Galvaston.

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