Just got back yesterday from a weekend up in Charleston. The parents wanted to check out some of the world's largest sailing ships so the g/f and I decided to tag along for a nice weekend getaway. Didn't get as many photos as I'd like to have, especially of the old houses and stuff in downtown.
Critique is welcome and if anyone knows how I can edit these photos to make them a bit better Im open to suggestions. I just put them in GIMP and played with the brightness/contrast until I was satisfied.
Tecla
Netherlands
Rig: Gaff Ketch 2
Sparred Length: 123’
Draft: 8.86’
Beam: 21.65’
Hull: Steel
Pride of Baltimore II
Class: B
Rig: Topsail Schooner
Sparred Length: 157’
Draft: 12.6’
Beam: 26.4’
Hull: Wood
give you an idea of how big these things are, here are men working on the sails
not really a great photograph, but some dolphins hung around the docks all day to see what the hub bub was about
Second largest sailing ship in the WORLD, the Russian Kruzenshtern
Homeport: Kalingrad, Russia
Sparred Length: 376'
Rig: Four-Masted Barque
Draft: 16'
Beam: 46'
Hull: Steel
Mircea
Romania
Class: A
Rig: Barque 3
Sparred Length: 304.32’
Draft: 18.04’
Beam: 39.49’
Hull: Steel
Spirit of South Carolina
Charleston, South Carolina
Class: B
Sparred Length: 140’
Rig: Two-masted Schooner
Draft: 10’
Beam: 24'
Hull: Wood
Fort Moultrie
btw, our main man Oceola is buried here at Fort Moultrie, I had no idea. Apparently he was captured and kept here but was given free run of the place until he died from a throat infection.
I will add more as I edit the pics and upload them
