A couple of years ago, the _Lady Washington_ was anchored in the harbor at
Redwood City, not far from the ramp where I launched _Manatee_, which was
gunter-rigged at the time. Motorsailing back from an excursion up Redwood
Creek, I decided to take a closer look at the ship, and I circled around
her, admiring the miles of rope - all in perfect order. There were crew on
deck.
Since I was headed for the ramp, I lowered my jib and uncleated the main
halyard to lower the main. But the yard would not come down; the halyard
was fouled by the lazy jack. With some difficulty, I managed to get the
sail down by pulling on the leach. I avoided looking at the crew on the
Lady Washington as I motored away to the launch ramp.
Harry Gordon
P14 #234, Manatee
Mountain View, CA
>This message is likely to be of interest only to those local to the SF Bay
>Area.
>
>Friday's San Jose Mercury, page B1 has an article announcing the arrival of
>two tall ships to Redwood City Harbor. The ships are the "Hawaiian Cheiftain"
>and the "Lady Washington".
>
>If everything the article says is correct, they ships will be staging "mock
>battles" this weekend and will offering tours to school groups (how can I pass
>as a 5th grader.....?). They're scheduled to stay through Mar. 27. The article
>doesn't say where the ships are going next, but my guess would be to another
>point on the Bay (the tall ships "regatta" doesn't start until this summer) so
>we may have the company of these ships for a while.
>
>So...... It looks like those of us in the Bay Area have plenty of maritime
>points of interest for the time being. The Navy ships in the Estuary to visit
>tomorrow and it might be fun to be out in the South Bay when the Tall Ships
>move on (on the 27th.?)
>I'll try and find out more on their schedule and pass that on.
>
>Dave Kautz
>P-15 #1632 Tilly Lucy
>Palo Alto, CA