And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
The amount of work involved to keep one of these afloat, let alone the day to day operations had to be staggering! One hell of a breed of man needed for it, also. How many of us nowadays would be able to sustain such daily rigors?
This is a Reproduction of the Endeavour "A replica of Endeavour was launched in 1994 and is berthed alongside the Australian National Maritime Museum in Sydney Harbor." Wikipedia
No ballast, cargo, supplies, crew, Guns, etc. But she still seems to have way too much free-board to be stable, maybe pylons like the Uss Kidd in La. Also I see a decided lack of mooring lines... anywhere. Also, from the depth markings she's showing ~14 feet of hull (to normal waterline) 7' of which they don't even measure. Nothing onboard, not tied to a mooring... sitting high. Wiki said what 11&1/2 feet of cargo space? Flat bottomed. "I" don't think she's floating, from what I see.
The Wikipedia post is instructive.
ReplyDeleteThe amount of work involved to keep one of these afloat, let alone the day to day operations had to be staggering! One hell of a breed of man needed for it, also. How many of us nowadays would be able to sustain such daily rigors?
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DeleteWhere is its permanent home?
ReplyDeleteSydney, Australia. Australian National Maritime Museaum
DeleteThis is a Reproduction of the Endeavour "A replica of Endeavour was launched in 1994 and is berthed alongside the Australian National Maritime Museum in Sydney Harbor." Wikipedia
ReplyDeleteIt appears to be resting on some sort of pylons.
ReplyDeleteNo ballast, cargo, supplies, crew, Guns, etc. But she still seems to have way too much free-board to be stable, maybe pylons like the Uss Kidd in La. Also I see a decided lack of mooring lines... anywhere. Also, from the depth markings she's showing ~14 feet of hull (to normal waterline) 7' of which they don't even measure.
DeleteNothing onboard, not tied to a mooring... sitting high. Wiki said what 11&1/2 feet of cargo space? Flat bottomed. "I" don't think she's floating, from what I see.
Any Mouse September 5, 2024: could be. The first thing that caught my attention was that there's too much of the hull out of the water.
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