Four Masted Barque rounding Cape Horn 1928 - Captain Irving

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An amazing historical video and narrative - well worth watching!

 
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Fascinating! Thank you so much for finding this 👍

Somewhere (TM) I have Eric Newby's books The Last Grain Race and Learning the Ropes his largely text and then pictorial accounts of crewing in a similar ship Europe to Australia and back. Highly recommended.
 
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Well, that really was worth watching. What a tough life!
Captain Jurs dog reminds me of my dog.
 
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“Little tug, big stack, loud whistle, no power. Useless to us.”

What a great quote!
 
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Great video, thanks for sharing.

Also, I encourage anyone visiting New England to visit the Mystic Seaport who produced this video. My parents grew up in that Mystic and I went to the Seaport a lot growing up on school trips and family outings. I took my wife there on a trip to Connecticut when we were first dating, and I found I enjoyed it as much at 35 as I did in my youth, if not more.
 
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Thanks. I've read a lot of sea stories but never heard one narrated with a movie. That was fabulous.