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Photo of the Pamir, one of the last commercial sailing ships in operation, picture taken in 1905, last sailing trip around Cape Horn in 1949 (lemmy.world)

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[-] theatomictruth@lemmy.world 24 points 1 year ago

She was a Flying P Liner. There is a film from 1929 documenting a trip around the horn on another of those ships called the Peking, great watch with some amazing footage. Around Cape Horn (1929)

[-] clearedtoland@lemmy.world 19 points 1 year ago

I’m utterly oblivious about nautical life but all those sales must’ve been a bitch to manage

[-] Alexstarfire@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago

Nah, they had very few customers while at sea.

[-] Aatube@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

they're going through the roof, sir

[-] pastermil@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago

You don't think the sales are a bitch to manage on the land?? Why do you think we have all those people on the field??

[-] clearedtoland@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

It took until your comment for me to notice the typo. Now I have to leave it.

[-] ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

A great book on this subject is The Last Grain Race by Eric Newby, an autobiographical account of the author's trip around the world as a crewman on Moshulu just before WWII broke out. Interestingly, Moshulu went on to star in The Godfather Part II (as the ship that brings young Vito Corleone to the US) and is now a floating restaurant in Philadelphia.

[-] SARGEx117@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

~~All of my knowledge of ship design comes from internet videos and very tiny amounts of research as to how it applies to rc boat designs, so I feel like I'm 100% qualified to say:~~

~~I hate how this looks. Either redesign the leading and trailing sails, or take out two of the masts and shorten the ship.~~

~~You could show me breakdowns and scientific analysis proving it's 9,001% better in every way, and I still won't like it based solely off its looks.~~

~~Give me the Amerigo Vespucci any day.~~

Well shit, fuck me sideways for sharing an opinion of looks in a joking manner, this place is just as fucking bad as reddit. Peace out I guess

[-] Taniwha420@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

Hopefully someone saltier than I can reply, but I'm pretty sure this is a windjammer, which was a derogatory name. I believe steel construction - particularly of masts and lines, like stays - allowed ships to be much longer, and taller ... and they were widely regarded as unaesthetic.

[-] Kedly@lemm.ee 7 points 1 year ago

Lmao, you show up with an extremely negative comment and then get surprised when your negativity gets responded to with negativity. Yep, must be reddit and lemmys fault!