ARA Libertad Wallpaper 3
Thursday, September 15, 2011
image dimensions : 1092 x 682
ARA Libertad Wallpaper 3
3. ARA Libertad Tall Ship images gallery. 3. ARA Libertad Tall Ship photos and pictures collection.
The winner will not necessarily be the fastest ship. Crews will be judged by the Americas' Sail board of directors on their sailing expertise in several areas, such as rowing, knot-tying, rope-splicing and line-throwing. Both Glen Cove and Greenport have histories as havens for sailing ships. Frank Braynard, curator of the American Merchant Marine Museum in Kings Point and founder of Americas' Sail, remembers Glen Cove teeming with yachts owned by Gold Coast millionaires. ''When I was a boy,'' said the 81-year-old Mr. Braynard, ''we would go down to the harbor and see tremendous vessels such as J. P. Morgan's Corsair, a beautiful black yacht.'' Greenport has been a noted shipbuilding port since the 19th century. ''Over 550 ships were built here, from schooners to barkentines to World War II sub chasers,'' said Merlon Wiggin, chairman of the board of the East End Seaport Museum and Marine Foundation in Greenport. Shipbuilding has dropped off in recent decades, but Mr. Wiggin said that there are plans to rebuild a marine railway, which is especially well-suited to the haul-out of vintage ships needing hull repair. The owners of more than 30 vessels from locations as far away as Honolulu and Vancouver have expressed an interest in having their repairs done in Greenport if such a railway is completed, he said.
3. ARA Libertad Tall Ship images gallery. 3. ARA Libertad Tall Ship photos and pictures collection.
The winner will not necessarily be the fastest ship. Crews will be judged by the Americas' Sail board of directors on their sailing expertise in several areas, such as rowing, knot-tying, rope-splicing and line-throwing. Both Glen Cove and Greenport have histories as havens for sailing ships. Frank Braynard, curator of the American Merchant Marine Museum in Kings Point and founder of Americas' Sail, remembers Glen Cove teeming with yachts owned by Gold Coast millionaires. ''When I was a boy,'' said the 81-year-old Mr. Braynard, ''we would go down to the harbor and see tremendous vessels such as J. P. Morgan's Corsair, a beautiful black yacht.'' Greenport has been a noted shipbuilding port since the 19th century. ''Over 550 ships were built here, from schooners to barkentines to World War II sub chasers,'' said Merlon Wiggin, chairman of the board of the East End Seaport Museum and Marine Foundation in Greenport. Shipbuilding has dropped off in recent decades, but Mr. Wiggin said that there are plans to rebuild a marine railway, which is especially well-suited to the haul-out of vintage ships needing hull repair. The owners of more than 30 vessels from locations as far away as Honolulu and Vancouver have expressed an interest in having their repairs done in Greenport if such a railway is completed, he said.
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