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| Thread ID: 89141 | 2008-04-22 03:05:00 | Any sailors here - Sailing ships 150yrs back | John W (523) | PC World Chat |
| Post ID | Timestamp | Content | User | ||
| 661151 | 2008-04-23 23:31:00 | You are old, Father Time. Indeed it was. | John H (8) | ||
| 661152 | 2008-04-23 23:37:00 | John H...... you scallywag. I wonder, just what kind of a boy are you...? | Deane F (8204) | ||
| 661153 | 2008-04-23 23:44:00 | Hahaha - remember, I did not start this casting of nasturtiums! | John H (8) | ||
| 661154 | 2008-04-24 00:58:00 | Do not cast your nasturtiums before the enlisted swine... | Deane F (8204) | ||
| 661155 | 2008-04-24 06:27:00 | I'm pretty sure sailing ships sail faster into the wind than down wind. Of course they can't sail directly into the wind (so they tack as necessary); how "close to the wind" they can go is a measure of quality. | Graham L (2) | ||
| 661156 | 2008-04-24 06:31:00 | It depends upon their rig to some extent Graham. If they are square rigged, they sail into the wind like a brick - they are really only able to make distance downwind or at fairly wide angles against the wind. And they are pigs to tack so they are very slow to respond in close situations. They are better able to go into the wind if they have significant fore and aft sails. |
John H (8) | ||
| 661157 | 2008-04-24 22:22:00 | I have found the Shipping Lists. I was staying at Burkes a few years ago and was telling my host about my family arriving at Port Chalmers, and he took me to the back of his section and showed me the remains of the old road that used to connect the port and the town of Dunedin. It suddenly made sense why it took my family three days to get from Port Chalmers to Green Island where they settled! I must spend some of my imminent retirement down there to get to know it better. I have visited the Early Settlers Museum a couple of times, and all the family graves, but it has all been pretty superficial. Sounds like I should also follow up on harbour history! The Auckland Maritime Museum has a lot of history about the ships that the early settlers arrived on including a few scale models of them. I did see a few passenger lists there and they have a database there of most people that arrived to different ports of NZ, I have not checked to see if it is available online or not. It is a while since I was at Pt Chalmers but did they not have or used to have a small museum there on early settlers? I remember my grandfather talking about the old road up from port. I seem to remember something about Mt Cargill Road and Upper Junction road used but that might have been later on. There used to be an old roadhouse on the corner on Upper Junction Road. I grew up in Outram in the 50's but have been away from there for about 15 years. I am fairly familiar with most of that area. |
Bantu (52) | ||
| 661158 | 2008-04-24 22:59:00 | Just spent a couple of days opposite Port Chalmers at a place called Portabello village,very pleasant indeed. Those who have not been there should try it for size,see the penguins and Albatross. |
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