| | | dividing into three watches and receiving boarding orders |
| | | first watch stepping aboard |
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| | this volunteer crew member on the aft deck introduced us to the art of navigation |
| | | this souvenir of the ship's starring role in the movie Pirates of the Carribbean was hard to miss |
| | | but she soon had our attention on the rudder and it's operation |
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| | We learned that navigation is a function of direction, |
| | | | and speed. The number of knots paid out behind the ship on this line as the sandglass was emptied gave the speed of the vessel in knots. |
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| | This peg board was used... |
| | | ...to keep track of navigational measurements... |
| | | ...over a longer period of time |
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| | the three watches rotated and we next found ourselves below decks... |
| | | ...getting a geography lesson... |
| | | ...and learning about trade two centuries ago. Here Taqurri sniffs a block of pressed black tea brought back from China in trade for otter skins |
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| | passing another watch as we headed next to the fore deck |
| | | where this crew member introduced us to a few of the 168 separate lines on board used for raising and lowering sails |
| | | looking upwards at some of them |
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| | Sam gets the feel of pulling on the rope he's been assigned to |
| | | | this one took the combined strength of five cadets under the "Heave-Ho" commands of the sailor who brought us aboard |
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| | | Sam getting direction in tying off the line after raising the sail |
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| | with a little help from yet another sailor in period garb |
| | | important to coil neatly, else imagine the mess! |
| | | we learned that sailors "grow their own gloves" in the form of callouses |
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| | we learned that the life of a sailor has it's funny - |
| | | | take hard tack, for instance... |
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| | we learned how this tool... |
| | | ...is used for separating the strands in a rope.... |
| | | ...in order to splice, and create loops and such |
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| | after an hour aboard it was time to go |
| | | pausing for a group photo en route... |
| | | ...to the Humboldt Bay Maritime Museum on First Street in Old Town |
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| | where we saw more boats... |
| | | ...both small models of big ones... |
| | | ...and full-size small ones |
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| | volunteer docent Daylene Zerlang told us why "the head" used to be located on the bow of the ship |
| | | and about the shipwreck of the U.S.S. Milwaukee just off Samoa |
| | | and as we departed invited each of us to try out the hand-operated foghorn |
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| | | ...we stopped to pick up Mr. Johansen's class that had followed us on the Lady Washington... |
| | | ...and returned to Lafayette in time for our turn getting our class photo taken |
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