DOUG SPALDING LANDSCAPE PHOTOGRAPHY
Built at Rockport Marine in Rockport Maine
Launch date - March 18, 2006
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Billets of Angelique from Surinam await cut and fit for framing of the ship |
Bronze fittings will hold the ship together longer than traditional trunnels or iron fittings |
The Angelique frames stand ready to take on planking |
A view from the side shows why wooden ship frames are referred to as ribs |
Hanging knees and quarter knees provide strength and rigidity to the vessel |
The foremast awaits the sails |
A detail of the ship's rigging as master riggers complete the work |
The bowsprit with traditional wreath |
Lower rigging shows the wooden eyes that pass lines |
Another view showing several knees in the hull |
The bow rigging from on deck |
Some of the mast rigging |
The bow rigging as seen from the pier |
More of the rigging |
Yet more rigging-how do they keep track of all those lines? |
Newman's Knees were an integral part of this vessel and many more like it. Godspeed, Newman...
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| April 28th, 2006. A few fortunate folks have the privilege
of a day sail with the crew of Godspeed and her builders
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Our thanks to the Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation, The State of Virginia, Taylor Allen, John England and the crew of Godspeed for a memorable day on the water and for a lifetime of memories |
Mike Gee tries his hand at climbing into the rigging |
Mike Gee, Sam Manning and Eric Speth. Mike is steering 72 tons of ship |
The ship uses the wind that fills the sails so abundantly |
Another view from the deck as Godspeed sails comfortable along in Penobscot Bay |
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