pyry
Jun-12-2008, 07:10 PM
We have a special visitor in Helsinki this week. She's a beauty.
http://pyry.smugmug.com/photos/312091158_4Aznz-L-1.jpg
This is a replica 1700s East Indiaman called Götheborg. The original belonged to the Swedish East India Company and carried tea, silk, spices and porcelain from China to Sweden. Built in 2005 in Sweden and with a voyage to China and back to her credit, we got to see her during the Baltic Sea tour. Three masts with square rigging, and period materials through out.
She arrived with some fanfare carrying prince Carl Philip of Sweden.
http://pyry.smugmug.com/photos/312058499_ZYDPD-L-1.jpg
The show starts at Kustaanmiekka as the lead vessels Falken and Gladan sail in.
http://pyry.smugmug.com/photos/312059982_EEJms-L-1.jpg
Götheborg arrives and Anne waves a hello.
http://pyry.smugmug.com/photos/312062312_gVt2r-L-1.jpg
http://pyry.smugmug.com/photos/312062686_5SgkX-L-1.jpg
The group of boats and Finnish sail ships escorting Götheborg was huge! We had the poor ship practically surrounded. No escaping until we've all had a good romp around the decks.
http://pyry.smugmug.com/photos/312066454_5W5tT-L-1.jpg
The SAR-boats set up a show with the water cannons. And ended up giving the prince a spray :D
http://pyry.smugmug.com/photos/312063780_XKhX3-L-1.jpg
Some of the Finnish ships that were there to welcome Götheborg to Helsinki:
http://pyry.smugmug.com/photos/312068092_cjgta-L-1.jpg
http://pyry.smugmug.com/photos/312066959_DVuZj-L-1.jpg
These two are Ingeborg (in the front) and Kathrina.
Next: we step aboard!
http://pyry.smugmug.com/photos/312069226_f3urH-L-1.jpg
http://pyry.smugmug.com/photos/312071095_vTu3r-L-1.jpg
As you can see the whole thing is made of wood and ropes.
http://pyry.smugmug.com/photos/312077753_g7FCe-L-1.jpg
If you refer to the ship as a boat, you'll end up in these:
http://pyry.smugmug.com/photos/312078772_5BEhs-L-1.jpg
Do you think you know the ropes?
http://pyry.smugmug.com/photos/312080286_F2ntE-L-1.jpg
The heaviest ones are mast supports, and then there's sheet lines, halyards, whatsits and dunnos. I hope the sailors know what they all do...
The gloomy gun deck:
http://pyry.smugmug.com/photos/312082351_xbnt3-L-1.jpg
Here's Aki and Antti plotting to take over the ship, we want to keep her by now.
http://pyry.smugmug.com/photos/312084108_7ZReU-L-1.jpg
We had some nice old maps to look for places to hide the ship in for a while:
http://pyry.smugmug.com/photos/312084348_Y4go6-L-1.jpg
In the end we decided to leave in peace, we counted three of us and 80 of them.
Rain fell as we headed home:
http://pyry.smugmug.com/photos/312091879_7JE3J-L-1.jpg
Someone tell what I need to do to get on board for a leg! :lol3
Thanks for looking, and even moreso for making it this far! :clap
Tell me what you think!
Full gallery (http://pyry.smugmug.com/gallery/5155857_oXfuW/1/312091158_4Aznz)
http://pyry.smugmug.com/photos/312091158_4Aznz-L-1.jpg
This is a replica 1700s East Indiaman called Götheborg. The original belonged to the Swedish East India Company and carried tea, silk, spices and porcelain from China to Sweden. Built in 2005 in Sweden and with a voyage to China and back to her credit, we got to see her during the Baltic Sea tour. Three masts with square rigging, and period materials through out.
She arrived with some fanfare carrying prince Carl Philip of Sweden.
http://pyry.smugmug.com/photos/312058499_ZYDPD-L-1.jpg
The show starts at Kustaanmiekka as the lead vessels Falken and Gladan sail in.
http://pyry.smugmug.com/photos/312059982_EEJms-L-1.jpg
Götheborg arrives and Anne waves a hello.
http://pyry.smugmug.com/photos/312062312_gVt2r-L-1.jpg
http://pyry.smugmug.com/photos/312062686_5SgkX-L-1.jpg
The group of boats and Finnish sail ships escorting Götheborg was huge! We had the poor ship practically surrounded. No escaping until we've all had a good romp around the decks.
http://pyry.smugmug.com/photos/312066454_5W5tT-L-1.jpg
The SAR-boats set up a show with the water cannons. And ended up giving the prince a spray :D
http://pyry.smugmug.com/photos/312063780_XKhX3-L-1.jpg
Some of the Finnish ships that were there to welcome Götheborg to Helsinki:
http://pyry.smugmug.com/photos/312068092_cjgta-L-1.jpg
http://pyry.smugmug.com/photos/312066959_DVuZj-L-1.jpg
These two are Ingeborg (in the front) and Kathrina.
Next: we step aboard!
http://pyry.smugmug.com/photos/312069226_f3urH-L-1.jpg
http://pyry.smugmug.com/photos/312071095_vTu3r-L-1.jpg
As you can see the whole thing is made of wood and ropes.
http://pyry.smugmug.com/photos/312077753_g7FCe-L-1.jpg
If you refer to the ship as a boat, you'll end up in these:
http://pyry.smugmug.com/photos/312078772_5BEhs-L-1.jpg
Do you think you know the ropes?
http://pyry.smugmug.com/photos/312080286_F2ntE-L-1.jpg
The heaviest ones are mast supports, and then there's sheet lines, halyards, whatsits and dunnos. I hope the sailors know what they all do...
The gloomy gun deck:
http://pyry.smugmug.com/photos/312082351_xbnt3-L-1.jpg
Here's Aki and Antti plotting to take over the ship, we want to keep her by now.
http://pyry.smugmug.com/photos/312084108_7ZReU-L-1.jpg
We had some nice old maps to look for places to hide the ship in for a while:
http://pyry.smugmug.com/photos/312084348_Y4go6-L-1.jpg
In the end we decided to leave in peace, we counted three of us and 80 of them.
Rain fell as we headed home:
http://pyry.smugmug.com/photos/312091879_7JE3J-L-1.jpg
Someone tell what I need to do to get on board for a leg! :lol3
Thanks for looking, and even moreso for making it this far! :clap
Tell me what you think!
Full gallery (http://pyry.smugmug.com/gallery/5155857_oXfuW/1/312091158_4Aznz)