Four Masted Barque rounding Cape Horn 1928

[bigtree]

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"A rare and wonderful part of history capturing a square-rigged ship in full motion.

This incredible film was made by Captain Irving Johnson in 1928, when he was but a swabby before the mast. "

[msongs]

1. interesting, thanks for posting nt

[bottomofthehill]

2. Kick to find

I love this. I started watching but will have to watch in segments.

[Ponietz]

3. Astounding!

[enough]

4. Fascinating! Thanks NT

[love_katz]

5. Beyond awesome.

My dad told me that my grandfather talked about wooden ships and iron men. This film gives me a glimpse of what he meant.

[malthaussen]

6. Trivia: SS Peking was an iron-hulled windjammer.

Like most of her type, she was used to haul guano in the nitrate trade from the Pacific islands that were practically made of the stuff.

-- Mal

[malthaussen]

7. I wonder what his shipmates would have thought...

... if they knew he'd wished for a good storm off Cape Horn.

-- Mal

[bigtree]

8. ha! Prolly not the only one

...I'd think they'd be even more bemused to find he got much of his pre-voyage knowledge of ships from fiction novels.

[malthaussen]

9. Ten years later, Eric Newby would be an apprentice...

... on SS Moshulu , a similar ship engaged in the "Last Grain Race" of 1938, which he wrote about in the book of that name. Moshulu won, too. Now she's a restaurant in Philly: I had dinner in her one time.


-- Mal