ventureonwilderseas:favouritealias:balnibarbi:Thomas W Lawson The World’s Only Seven Masted Schooner
ventureonwilderseas:favouritealias:balnibarbi:Thomas W Lawson The World’s Only Seven Masted Schooner by amphalon http://ift.tt/2zeyVAf@longmaytheysail#oh yeah. this thing#so caught up in if they could did they ever stop to consider if they… should?#(inevitable spoiler: she wrecked with the loss of most of her crew in the scilly isles and caused the first large-scale marine oil spill)#listen if you’re desperately trying to remain competitive in the twilight days of sail#the answer is not MOAR MASTS#apparently there was no clear consensus on what to call so many masts#and one proposed naming scheme was to use the days of the week beginning with ‘sunday’ for the foremast#nautical #maritime #vintage maritime photos #tea for queue -- source link
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