I have lots of photos of our ship, so you SOOO earn bragging rights if you go through the whole thing slowly and attentively. AF Chapman started life in the late 1800's as a merchant ship that sailed to Australia and South America. She was later used by the Navy as a training ship, but now she just rots (actually, as she's made of iron...) at her moorings serving as a hotel. It would appear that the rigging was mostly to completely replaced fairly recently: the ratlines are synthetic, and the standing rigging is mostly steel cable.
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| pump. |
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| one of the two ship's boats |
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| mizzenmast base- note how the masts all slope aft. |
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| the boat were missing their rudders |
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| whoever stayed in the cabin on top of the aft deckhouse also got the privet deck covering the rest of the deckhouse roof- accessible by a bridge to the quarterdeck. |
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| ladder to the quarterdeck |
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| fo'c's'le ladder |
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| detail of the futtock shrouds |
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| view from base of bowsprit |
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| bowsprit |
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| capstan |
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| view from the fo'c's'le |
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| one (1) synthetic ratline |
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| Note how small the steel cable shrouds are. |
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| They had a lot of these geese. |
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| Grazing |
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| This rock looked alive. |
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| Yes, these duck are balancing on the submerged chain! After all, why swim? |
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| They had these markings at the bow, too. |
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| This ladder's been replaced with a wider staircase... a very steep staircase. |
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| our porthole |
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| This photo came out a bit oddly... |
-Jeremy
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