Posted on Feb 15, 2022
r/Tallships - Amazing film of sailing a 4 masted Barque around Cape Horn in 1928.
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Posted this earlier but seems to have disappeared. Great film. These were tough people. The Captain seems to be a tremendous leader and sailor. These were the days of iron men and wooden ships.
r/Tallships - Amazing film of sailing a 4 masted Barque around Cape Horn in 1928.
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Wow! Pretty nifty sailing —> great video (and post). The Danmark was loaned to the US during WWII to assist in teaching seamanship. After the war, the Danmark returned to DK. Recognizing the value of tall ship training, the US claimed the Horst Wessel as a prize of war and renamed it the Eagle which is still in use today as is the Danmark.
https://www.mycg.uscg.mil/News/Article/2700634/the-long-blue-line-danmarkthe-friend-ship-between-denmark-and-the-coast-guard/
https://www.mycg.uscg.mil/News/Article/2700634/the-long-blue-line-danmarkthe-friend-ship-between-denmark-and-the-coast-guard/
The Long Blue Line: Danmark—the friend-ship between Denmark and the Coast Guard
How did a ship without a nation become a training platform for the U.S. Coast Guard?
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And —> the Danmark heading back to home port (video @ link).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wlS7J4tYN0s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wlS7J4tYN0s
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LTC David Brown
When I lived on St Thomas the Denmark used to visit. She was beautiful sailing into the harbor under sail.
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