My youngest brother & his wife sailed around the West Indies for 7 years on
a 56ft ketch rigged ferro called "Dignity" (5 tons - built in Durban). They
even survived hurricane Luis in 1995 at St Maarten whereas most of the GF
ones succumbed.
Alan C
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From: P.J. Alling
Sent: Sunday, February 07, 2016 8:34 AM
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Subject: Re: Breaking up isn't always hard to do
There used to be a concrete hulled sailboat that I'd see from time to
time in Narragansett Bay, Block Island Sound, and Long Island Sound.
Can't remember her name, and Google failed me, but I was able to find a
picture of a different sailboat with a concrete hull.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concrete_ship#/media/File:DSC01115_-_Tall_Ship_Larinda.jpg
They're out there. A lot of medium sized sailboats have a lead keel,
and they float so why not concrete.
On 2/7/2016 12:24 AM, Ken Waller wrote:
There was also a concrete ship at the Bayonne (N.J.) Military Ocean
Terminal base that we'd view when the base was open. No idea if it might
have been a sister ship. It was hard to fathom as a kid that a concrete
ship would actually be built and float.
Kenneth Waller
http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller
----- Original Message ----- From: "Daniel J. Matyola"
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Subject: Re: Breaking up isn't always hard to do
Very nice, Larry, especially the last one. Great sunset colors, in
addition to the interesting subject.
We have a concrete ship back in New Jersey. It if the SS Atlantus,
and it is located off Sunset Beach in Cape May.
http://www.concreteships.org/ships/ww1/atlantus/
She has also been broken up by storms, but a bit if her is still
visible. Unfortunately, I don't have any of my image of her with me.
Dan Matyola
http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola
On Sat, Feb 6, 2016 at 7:44 PM, Larry Colen <[email protected]> wrote:
That cement ship in a lot of my photos is a victim of our recent rough
surf:
http://abc7news.com/weather/stormy-surf-breaks-up-ss-palo-alto-cement-ship-in-aptos/1188122/
Some of my photos over the years (at least the ones I've tagged)
https://www.flickr.com/search/?user_id=99496143%40N00&sort=date-taken-desc&text=cement&view_all=1
When I was a kid, the end next to the pier was still open and we could
go
out on it. Lately, it's been a handy "front drop" when we've had a nice
sunset, and I've been in the South County and needed something
interesting
to put in front of the sunset. January 2015, I was driving home from a
job
in Watsonville, saw the nice sunset and stopped just to take advantage
of
the colors and got one of my favorite photos of the year.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/16055516218/
On the bright side, even broken up it'll still be photogenic, and a good
place for cormorants to hang out.
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Larry Colen [email protected] (postbox on min4est) http://red4est.com/lrc
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