Comments on: “We are all seamen on the ship Earth” http://sea-fever.org/2007/12/14/we-are-all-seamen-on-the-ship-earth/ Exploring maritime culture, history and heritage Thu, 17 May 2012 16:04:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Peter A. Mello http://sea-fever.org/2007/12/14/we-are-all-seamen-on-the-ship-earth/#comment-13724 Fri, 21 Jan 2011 03:54:31 +0000 http://seafever.wordpress.com/2007/12/14/we-are-all-seamen-on-the-ship-earth/#comment-13724 I was a young teenage trainee on one of the Class B topsail schooners called Tabor Boy. It was an extraordinary experience never to be forgotten.

]]> By: andy williams http://sea-fever.org/2007/12/14/we-are-all-seamen-on-the-ship-earth/#comment-13723 Fri, 21 Jan 2011 03:44:28 +0000 http://seafever.wordpress.com/2007/12/14/we-are-all-seamen-on-the-ship-earth/#comment-13723 would like to here from fellow witnesses

]]> By: andy williams http://sea-fever.org/2007/12/14/we-are-all-seamen-on-the-ship-earth/#comment-13722 Fri, 21 Jan 2011 03:42:30 +0000 http://seafever.wordpress.com/2007/12/14/we-are-all-seamen-on-the-ship-earth/#comment-13722 Hi
i was on the british naval ship HMS Eskimo.(1976)
it was our ship that started the race by firing our 4.5” cannon i witnessed the collision of two large sailing vessels of our starboard side.
a third vessel turn to aviod the collision and rammed HMS Eskimo putting the spinnaker mast throught the hull in between our main generators.
i was standing on the deck just feet above where the impact was.i saw people falling into the sea from the upper masts on both ships.

]]> By: Peter A. Mello http://sea-fever.org/2007/12/14/we-are-all-seamen-on-the-ship-earth/#comment-11935 Mon, 04 Jan 2010 16:13:56 +0000 http://seafever.wordpress.com/2007/12/14/we-are-all-seamen-on-the-ship-earth/#comment-11935 Hi Thad;

Great to hear from you and hope all’s well.

Kenneth Garrett was a young trainee and photographer who did a piece for National Geographic magazine on the races. Here’s his website and contact info: http://www.kennethgarrett.com/ He might have the type of images that you’re looking for.

Hope this helps!

Fair Winds and Happy New Year!
Peter

]]> By: thad http://sea-fever.org/2007/12/14/we-are-all-seamen-on-the-ship-earth/#comment-11934 Mon, 04 Jan 2010 16:03:59 +0000 http://seafever.wordpress.com/2007/12/14/we-are-all-seamen-on-the-ship-earth/#comment-11934 Hi Peter, Happy New Year, and all that. I am writing an article for LAN airlines in Chile on VELA SUD AMERICA and they want a lot of my “experiences” and stuff for the photo-essay. Obviously the rhetorical connection in the American bicentennial with the 200th anniversary of the South American navies which is being celebrated in 2010. Do you have a source or a photo of the collision in 1976 at the start of the tall ships race off Bermuda to Newport–it involved the JUAN SEBASTIAN and LIBERTAD, and both will be participate in VELA SUD AMERICA.

Any assistance and commentary would help, thanks.

Fair winds, thad

]]> By: Peter A. Mello http://sea-fever.org/2007/12/14/we-are-all-seamen-on-the-ship-earth/#comment-5902 Mon, 17 Dec 2007 21:56:50 +0000 http://seafever.wordpress.com/2007/12/14/we-are-all-seamen-on-the-ship-earth/#comment-5902 Ms. Hollander,
Thanks for your comment and sorry for your loss. I went back to the NY Times which was my source for the quote and it seems that they got it wrong too.

In any case, OpSail ’76 was a life forming experience for me and I will be forever grateful that your father and the others involved helped me chart my life’s course. Godspeed.

]]> By: Noelle Braynard Hollander http://sea-fever.org/2007/12/14/we-are-all-seamen-on-the-ship-earth/#comment-5900 Mon, 17 Dec 2007 21:22:25 +0000 http://seafever.wordpress.com/2007/12/14/we-are-all-seamen-on-the-ship-earth/#comment-5900 We are all seamen on the SPACEship Earth.

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