[Rhodes22-list] The Ship

[Roger Pihlaja]

Steve,

I've only been able to catch a couple of the episodes.  But, that's the sort
of voyage I'd really like to do!

I especially enjoyed listening to the problems & thought processes of the
navigators.  They had pretty good sextants.  But, sand hourglasses to tell
the time, wooden chip logs to gauge ship's speed, & lead lines to gauge the
water depth?  Man, what a mental challenge!  I'd love it.

Roger Pihlaja
S/V Dynamic Equilibrium

----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve Alm" <salm@mn.rr.com>
To: <rhodes22-list@rhodes22.org>
Sent: Sunday, October 20, 2002 11:41 PM
Subject: [Rhodes22-list] The Ship


> I just finished watching the History Channel's broadcast of "The Ship."
> This was a sort of "Reality TV" special on the recreation of Capt. Cook's
> voyage from Australia to Indonesia.  They sailed on a replica of Cook's
> ship,  named The Endeavor, where they sailed the same route as Cap'n Cook.
> They tried to recreate the eightieth century voyage of Cook, including
> eightieth century navigation, methods, food, sketchy charts, etc.
>
> They had 15 professional crew and 40 amateurs and sailed from Australia to
> Bali and the trip took about a month and a half.
>
> I thoroughly enjoyed the story of how the many amateurs coped with the
> rigors of the eightieth century, square rigger voyage.
>
> Did anyone else watch this?  I love the tall ships and was glued to these
> episodes.
>
> Slim
> S/V Fandango
>
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