Dutch schooner OOSTERSCHELDE, sailing from New Zealand to Cape Horn in 1997 (9 min vid)

[A HERETIC I AM]

In honor of the launch of this new group. a video of an early 1900's vintage, 3 masted Topsail Schooner, making passage from New Zealand to Cape Horn, back in 1997.

Enjoy;

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1. ...

I must go down to the seas again, to the lonely sea and the sky,
And all I ask is a tall ship and a star to steer her by;
And the wheel’s kick and the wind’s song and the white sail’s shaking,
And a grey mist on the sea’s face, and a grey dawn breaking.

I must go down to the seas again, for the call of the running tide
Is a wild call and a clear call that may not be denied;
And all I ask is a windy day with the white clouds flying,
And the flung spray and the blown spume, and the sea-gulls crying.

I must go down to the seas again, to the vagrant gypsy life,
To the gull’s way and the whale’s way where the wind’s like a whetted knife;
And all I ask is a merry yarn from a laughing fellow-rover,
And quiet sleep and a sweet dream when the long trick’s over.

[AlbertCat]

2. No yachts?

[A HERETIC I AM]

3. NOT IN THIS GROUP!

Proper Tall Ships.

Scalliwag.