A three-hour tour.
Hoisting the jib. No winches on the Roseway (much winking and giggling) so we all pitched in to raise the sails. As part of the throat halyard team, I can say we totally kicked the peak halyard team’s ass.
The Roseway is a 137’ schooner, originally chartered as a swordfish boat, later a Boston pilot boat (bringing to two the number of former Boston pilots I’ve been aboard), and current home of the World Ocean School, an experiential program for kids who might benefit from some time at sea.
Here in her winter home, she takes people out for sunset cruises, which we did last night, despite a Small Craft Advisory in place. Seas were high enough to be exciting… The biggest waves were maybe 6-7’ crest to trough? Hard for me to judge, but definitely big enough to soak those of us up toward the bow and make standing up treacherous for most aboard.
I’ll post a few more ship pics, because a tall ship in the Caribbean is nothing if not photogenic.
Brattleboro Adventure – the Auckland Edition 