Bob Tregilus has moved...May 7, 2023

This is so cool!

A modern sailboat loses its rudder at sea. They send out a distress call and...

"They did not expect an 18th century merchant ship to come to their rescue. Or in their own words: 'This moment was very strange, and we wondered if we were dreaming. Where were we? What time period was it?'" 😳
https://www.gotheborg.se/en/news/rescue-of-sailing-boat/

Sailing boat rescued by the Götheborg | Götheborg of Sweden

Imagine losing your rudder out at sea and sending out a distress call. And then the largest ocean-going wooden sailing ship in the world comes to your rescue. Or in the words of the sailors on the sailing boat: "This moment was very strange, and we wondered if we were dreaming. Where were we? What time period was it?"

Götheborg of Sweden
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@elaterite I had that same feeling when camping on Kangaroo Island, off the coast of South Australia. Crawled out of the tent early one morning, walked to the top of a sandhill to look at the sea, and only 100 yards off shore was a 19th century sailing ship at anchor, absolutely motionless on the still water, in a haze of mist.

You just don't know whether to believe your eyes!

May 7, 2023 at 11:49pmWeb