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Discussion in 'All Things Boats & Boating' started by kach22i, Mar 30, 2006.

  1. ancient kayaker
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    ancient kayaker aka Terry Haines

  2. dskira

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  3. troy2000
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    Long story short: one of ten German near-sister ships; launched in 1905; last sailing cargo ship to round Cape Horn (in 1949); converted to a cargo-carrying merchant marine training vessel in 1951; sank during a hurricane in 1957 with only six survivors.
     
  4. Jolly Amaranto
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    That is what I thought too. That must be why I went and found my old View Master slides of the Nautilus.
     
  5. dskira

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    Errol Flynn

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    Great minds think alike. :D
     
  7. dskira

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    Galley of the seam yacht Niagara of Howard Gould

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  8. Jolly Amaranto
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    A little bit more room than a railroad dining car kitchen.
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    Wouldn't want more would you? Better to be able to brace than get flung across a wide space with nothing but a hard impact waiting for you.
     
  10. Jolly Amaranto
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    The New Orleans, one of Southern Pacific's Golden Gate ferries plying San Francisco Bay.
     

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    And now for some really random photos taken from an old family album.
     

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  12. ancient kayaker
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    ancient kayaker aka Terry Haines

    More old pics, shortly after WW1 I think. Heavily restored as the original is almost completely faded. The sailor on the left is my Dad.
     

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    Cool, what exotic port of call was he at?
     
  14. ancient kayaker
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    ancient kayaker aka Terry Haines

    I could never get much information from my father about his Royal Navy service, although I know he served in the Far East and Pacific. My older brother may know: I will ask him. Sometime in the 1920's is my guess. If anyone has an idea please give it a shot. The headdress is surely a clue, it looks tribal and ceremonial.
     

  15. Angélique
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    Angélique aka Angel (only by name)

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    Here's my shot...

    From the feathers, horns and white legs I would say it's a Zulu rickshaw puller. Looks like South African east coast, Durban region or so, the vegetation fits that too.

    See: The History of Zulu Ricksha Puller’s (1892 - 2000)

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    White passenger ship with British ensign for Merchant Navy and civilly registered vessels.

    See ‘‘Durban’’ in the pic, the ship might be your daddy's . . ;) (if it would have been a naval vessel ! )

    Durban City Hall, December 2006, see the vegetation which matches like the Zulu pullers and the rickshaws are also of the same style as your dad's pic.

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    Let's see what your brother says about it...

    Cheers,
    Angel
     
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