On Which Vessels Have You Visited or Sailed

[Kurt Konrath]

When I was in US Air Force I was out in Hawaii for three and a half month, we were temporary working out of Barbers Point NAS, as our mission was live ordnance drops on the "Big Island" and the USAF base at Hickam didn't allow live loads.

Our Chief, got us tours aboard two carries that came to port as they sent part of their air wing to Barbers Point to all for training while the carriers were in port.

I got to visit the USS Coral Sea (CVB-43) and USS Constellation (CV-64), we got first hand views of what live on a carrier was like with tours of the living spaces and dining halls, and hanger deck and flight deck.

As an aircraft mechanic, I am glad for land based hangers and flight lines that don't move.

 

[Don Case]

The SS Sicamous
For someone that grew up in a seaside town I haven't been on many ships other than the BC ferries. But when I was young and on a family holiday to the interior of BC we stopped an looked at an old hulk in Penticton BC. This would have been in the late 50's. It was just run up on the beach and we had free access to it. We explored the whole ship but I mostly remember the engine room and how bad it smelled. The thread made me look it up and I was surprised that it had been restored. it looks a whole lot different now.

History of the SS Sicamous — S.S. Sicamous Marine Heritage Park

All about B.C.'s largest surviving sternwheeler

www.sssicamous.ca

 

[Roger Pellett]

Don,

The bad smell in the engine room was probably rancid animal fat, often beef tallow. This was injected into the steam to lubricate the engine cylinders. If the vessel had a non condensing engine then the tallow polluted steam could be discharged overboard. Otherwise, the tallow would have to be removed before the condensate could be returned to the boilers. This was attempted by passing it through a filter box. The filter box was packed with stuff, often horse hair, that the tallow would stick to.

I have a steam engine indicator from a Great Lakes that reeks of tallow.

Roger

 

[James Frost]

I've sailed on a couple hundred sailing vessels from childhood to now, 65 years old. I've been a crew member, (one of three) aboard Distant Drummer for the past ten years. A beautiful 70 foot sloop.. Golf of Mexico, Caribbean and up and down the East coast of America.

 

[Marquinius]

Ah, a fun topic. I sailed as crew (leasure crew) four times on ‘Stad Amsterdam’, a three mast full rigged clipper. Last time we crossed the North Atlantic from Boston USA to Malaga Spain. In April. Some rough weather, but what an adventure.
As paying crew you can do all and everything the professional crew does. Joined the 04:00-08:00 watch and the 16:00-20:00. Knackered after three weeks and a bit. But fun!

 

[Uwek]

Ah, a fun topic. I sailed as crew (leasure crew) four times on ‘Stad Amsterdam’, a three mast full rigged clipper. Last time we crossed the North Atlantic from Boston USA to Malaga Spain. In April. Some rough weather, but what an adventure.
As paying crew you can do all and everything the professional crew does. Joined the 04:00-08:00 watch and the 16:00-20:00. Knackered after three weeks and a bit. But fun!
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Cool - such a journey is also a small dream by myself
Just searched for their web-page

Yesterday she reached Singapure !!!! And take a look at the upcoming trips -> Early next year a trip over 17 days from the Maldives to Mauritius, so I guess slightly warmwer weather than your North Atlantic trip

https://www.stadamsterdam.com/en/

 

[AllanKP69]

I sailed as crew (leasure crew) four times on ‘Stad Amsterdam

What a fantastic experience. Alas, at our age, my wife and I are staying with motorized cruise ships so we can lounge by the pool with a nice beverage and take lots of naps then get up and eat too much food. I truly wish I had been able to do a trip like yours and been able to take part in the work with the crew. You are a fortunate sailor.
Allan

 

[Bob sav]

Ah, a fun topic. I sailed as crew (leasure crew) four times on ‘Stad Amsterdam’, a three mast full rigged clipper. Last time we crossed the North Atlantic from Boston USA to Malaga Spain. In April. Some rough weather, but what an adventure.
As paying crew you can do all and everything the professional crew does. Joined the 04:00-08:00 watch and the 16:00-20:00. Knackered after three weeks and a bit. But fun!
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All I can say is WOW ! Your a lucky man to have experienced that .

 

[Smithy]

There was the old steam paddle 'free' ferry. Growing up in London as a kid my friends and I would often ride it across the Thames and back. Best of all was the passenger viewing platform in the engine room. This was one of four altogether - one of them even went to Dunkirk to help evacuate the troops.

Amazing thing (for me) is that 48 seconds into this video there's a fleeting shot of my late brother and his mutt boarding the ferry- on his way to work in the South-side docks.

Thanks for that video. I found it fascinating and subscribed to the channel.

 

[Alan Smith]

This is the old paddle ferry in all it's grubby workaday glory.

 

[TJCampbell]

I hope to be able to take a tour of the new HMCS Harry De Wolf which is doing a tour of Canadian great lakes ports and is due here in Windsor Nov 1 and 2.

 

[Jack Sparrow]

Me it was the Bluenose II in the Halifax harbour during a tall ships exhibition.

 

[Smithy]

Ah, a fun topic. I sailed as crew (leasure crew) four times on ‘Stad Amsterdam’, a three mast full rigged clipper. Last time we crossed the North Atlantic from Boston USA to Malaga Spain. In April. Some rough weather, but what an adventure.
As paying crew you can do all and everything the professional crew does. Joined the 04:00-08:00 watch and the 16:00-20:00. Knackered after three weeks and a bit. But fun!
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That's both a dream and a nightmare for me, a sail enthusiast with terrible seasickness. /

 

[Marquinius]

Ahhhrghhh ... never thought about it from a modelling PoV, but there's a beautiful corvette in Melbourne ... HMAS Castlemain. Loved the tour and was VERY aware of how small a ship this is in rough ocean weather.

 

[Corsair]

Nothing much. I sailed as a crew member on a 22 Morgan and later, a 29 Ranger which we raced in local yacht club races along the gulf coast of Florida in the 1970s. I visited the USS Constellation in 2007.

 

[Bill-R]

Hi Jeff,

I did a lot of racing around the Tampa Bay Area back in the early 70's. A lot of the time we raced out of the St. Pete Yacht Club. Also did a lot of Hobie Cat races, including several mid-winter nationals.

Bill

 

[JerryTodd]

Don't have many pictures considering the time and number of boats involved, but here's what I can remember and some photos I can find...

Crewed: Gazela Primeiro, Pride of Baltimore, skipjack Minnie V (V not 5), skipjack Zigsbee, brig Unicorn, brig Enchantress/Young America, schooner Western Union, MV Port Welcome, tugs Robin 9, Robin 10, Robin 12, tug Athena, MV Yankee Hero, towboat on Mississippi (can't remember name), Pinky schooner Pappilion

Construction: Pride of Baltimore, Maryland Dove, 5 or 6 skiffs and dinghies (lots of repair & rebuilding of same)

Little boats: At least 30ish yacht deliveries from 25' to 65', Several J24's, SeaSprite SV Ashlinka (friend's 32' ketch), my own Lydia (16' daysailer)

Visited: Constitution, Constellation, HMS Rose, every boat in Mystic Seaport, CVs Lexington, Essex, Yorktown, BB Massachusetts, tug Baltimore, MV Maine (Maine Maritime), research vessel Calypso, Stad Amsterdam, several visiting foreign naval vessels

Traveled on: Constellation, tugs Robert MacAllister, Brigit MacAllister; various crew-boats in Gulf of Mexico, some rust-bucket from Ft Lauderdale to Bahamas, tugintines Norfolk Rebel & Norfolk Rebel II

 

[Corsair]

Hi Jeff,

I did a lot of racing around the Tampa Bay Area back in the early 70's. A lot of the time we raced out of the St. Pete Yacht Club. Also did a lot of Hobie Cat races, including several mid-winter nationals.

Bill

we were probably in some of the same races. we were mostly with the Sarasota Yacht club. We were several teenagers on my friends fathers boat.

 

[AllanKP69]

LOVE them all, but especially the skipjacks. I would love to be on board if they actually did some oyster dragging.
Great photos
Allan

 

[SAHaskell]

Here is a summary about the USS Arcadia, a Destroyer Tender that I served on in Newport, Rhode Island.

I was assigned to the Arcadia in June of 1964 when I graduated from High School; I had served in Naval Reserve for 18 months prior to going into active duty.
After five months on the Arcadia I was sent to Great Lakes IL. for Basic Electronics School. From there I was sent to Denver Colorado for 5 Months training at Calibration School at Denver Colorado. To my suprise, I was sent directly back to the Arcadia for a four year stent in the Electronics Calibration Lab. After about 6 months in the Cal Lab, it was announced that the Arcadia was being decommissioned and I was sent to Great Lakes, IL to finish my tour as an instructor in the Basic Electronics School.