tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-876794033107456809.post2083869476788215308..comments2024-03-16T04:59:09.172-08:00Comments on Pauline's Pirates & Privateers: Ships: Tragic QueenPaulinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11730716060906158244noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-876794033107456809.post-17517072099479373222012-12-20T03:41:53.250-09:002012-12-20T03:41:53.250-09:00Latin poem (not Greek).
Am reading this now. In En...Latin poem (not Greek).<br />Am reading this now. In English. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-876794033107456809.post-3816095184774395932012-01-24T21:14:52.921-09:002012-01-24T21:14:52.921-09:00Thankee, Timmy! Let us hope that things improve w...Thankee, Timmy! Let us hope that things improve with regard to taking care of our seafaring history here in the U.S.Paulinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11730716060906158244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-876794033107456809.post-43704926370063975922012-01-24T17:30:52.263-09:002012-01-24T17:30:52.263-09:00Ahoy, Pauline! That is really sad... as is Blue Lo...Ahoy, Pauline! That is really sad... as is Blue Lou's post about the Kalakala. Thanks to both of you for making people aware of these beautiful ships.Timmy!https://www.blogger.com/profile/09902641426229272672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-876794033107456809.post-71778791974314110822012-01-23T21:36:33.318-09:002012-01-23T21:36:33.318-09:00Thankee for adding so much to this post, Lou. I t...Thankee for adding so much to this post, Lou. I thought it was serendipitous (great minds think alike?) that we wrote about similarly endangered ships on the same day. <br /><br />As you point out in your post about the dear Kalakala:<br /><br />http://blueloulogan.blogspot.com/2012/01/kalakala-update-storm-doom.html<br /><br />Damage can be insideous and go unnoticed until it is almost too late with an unusually bad weather event dealing a near-death blow. Also, your end point is my hope as well. We can fix these things. And those of us who care will find a way.Paulinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11730716060906158244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-876794033107456809.post-42531810173566373012012-01-23T19:33:21.462-09:002012-01-23T19:33:21.462-09:00I was unaware of the Elissa's plight. A coupl...I was unaware of the Elissa's plight. A couple years back, I spent a day in Galveston while visiting my wife's family in Houston, and I made a point of seeing the Elissa (HECK, I was wearing a souvenir shirt around the house over the weekend). It was interesting to me to tour an iron-hulled tall ship, which of course was transitional from the old days of sail to the twentieth century. I found the wooden deck quite pleasant, but below it felt almost like a battleship...honestly, quite stifling.<br /><br />I never would have thought about that hull as the ship's Achilles heel. On the other hand, I am watching the local Kalakala ferry (as you know) rust away to the point that she's in danger of going down in a major shipping channel. When I was in Galveston, the amount of damage that the hurricane had done to the museum proper was astounding. It never would have occurred to me that the damage of that storm would sneak up on the Alissa later. I have seen this sort of things go both ways: The HMS Surprise in San Diego lost her seaworthy status for a while and came back, while the Alyssa-like Wawona here in Seattle sat in the mud until she was dismantled.<br /><br />I have hope. Sometimes, with historic ships, that's how you have to start.Blue Lou Loganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15618846865823171349noreply@blogger.com