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Tending the head sails looks to me to the most tangle likely problem on cutter rigs. Topsails? I've no idea how to tend those! But I'm sure it's not complicated, crew that knows what they are doing.
We saw two tall ships last weekend at Put-In-Bay, OH prior to this weekends 200 year anniversary of the Battle of Lake Erie during the War of 1812. Very cool! (That's yours truly at the helm. )
Jeff
Very nice ships! I was in Penetanguishene and Midland last weekend and got to see the Niagara and the Pride of Baltimore which are a pair of jauntily raked topsail schooners.
To tack a tall ship with squares you actually head up into the wind and allow the backing of the squares to drive the nose around, only tacking them after the fore and aft sails tack across. They are quite maneuverable even at very slow speeds. Big circles though because of the long keels.
I worked mostly on brigantines which have only foremast squares and a large main to drive to windward. On two or three masted brigs (mostly squares) in large seas it is common to gybe around. I don't think I've ever had to do that.
In terms of sailing close hauled, we could usually only sail about 60 degrees off the wind. With a heck of a lot of leeway.
I would love to sail on an old tall ship.. I follow the Bark Europa on FB, beautiful ship! They have cruises you can pay to be on. It goes all the way down to Antartica as well.
I just returned from a week in the Southern Ocean sailing on Europa.
Lovely ship, great crew, great food (the cook has been preparing food on tall ships for over 30 years!), very highly-skilled and capable captain(s)..
This ship is pretty-much capable of going anywhere on the globe and I would have no hesitation taking an Antarctic voyage on her if I had the time and wherewithal. She's fully heated down below, has a seriously thick riveted iron hull, can carry enough spares and provisions to be away from land for up to a year and the view from the fore-royal yard is amazing.
If you get a chance to sail on her (or the Oosterschelde if you prefer trading schooners) go do it - you will not regret it!
Classic, that is really something great! Thanks for sharing. Yea I hope to take a cruise on it one day. And Antarctica is a dream of mine, whether my boat or someone else's!
Not suicidal, just cold & wet & generally unpleasant to the extreme. If I want to be cold & wet when I go sailing I just go out here in the dead of winter.
Having built and sailed my own little tall ship (40 ft modified Spray) for the past 40 years, I know the wheels kick and and the winds song. Beautiful adventure!! Closest many come to it is reading (The Last Grain Race ,and Falmouth for Orders come to mind.Good to know some still make their dream real.
Here's a few pics from the Fleet Sailing Day yesterday on Port Phillip, Melbourne, Australia - after the liquid-ice rain cleared away.
These two you know already:
From left to right: "Oosterschelde", Couta boat "Loama", topsail schooner "Enterprize" and Cruising Eight "Marie Louise III".
Gives one a pretty good idea of scale.
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