In 1982 I took this picture of two tall ships in the harbour at Stromness, Orkney, Scotland. One of the crew was a patient of mine, and I got the chance of an unsupervised exploration of the ships, including up the masts and out on the yards. Health & Safety was called 'common sense' in those days!
The ship on the left is the Marques, (1917), which sank near Bermuda during a tall ships race in 1984 with the loss of 19 crew.
The ship on the right is the Ciudad de Inca (1858), renamed Maria Asumpta in 1988, which was wrecked on rocks on the north Cornwall coast, England in 1995 with the loss of 3 crew.
I am currently reading a book in French about rigging (as you do!) and in it is this picture of the Maria Asumpta on the rocks at the bottom of the cliffs.
It's a sad reminder of the hazards seafarers took in the days of sail, and what can befall the inattentive and unwary on the high seas.
The ship on the left is the Marques, (1917), which sank near Bermuda during a tall ships race in 1984 with the loss of 19 crew.
The ship on the right is the Ciudad de Inca (1858), renamed Maria Asumpta in 1988, which was wrecked on rocks on the north Cornwall coast, England in 1995 with the loss of 3 crew.
I am currently reading a book in French about rigging (as you do!) and in it is this picture of the Maria Asumpta on the rocks at the bottom of the cliffs.
It's a sad reminder of the hazards seafarers took in the days of sail, and what can befall the inattentive and unwary on the high seas.
