Jim's 60th Birthday extravaganza on the Kalmar
Nyckel
For Jim's 60th birthday, Rita
threw a surprise party and invited 49
friends and family to a sunset cruise from Olde
New Castle on the Kalmar Nyckel.
This ship is a reconstruction of the
Dutch/Swedish vessel carrying the first settlers to Delaware in
1638. Jim completed sail training this spring, having learned knots,
rigging methods, heaving lines, hauling chanteys, belaying techniques and the location of a
FRACTION of the >150 lines used on the ship. The 8 sails and 9
yards--the whole 9 yards-- are rigged using using halyards, jeers,
clews, lifts, leeches, tacks, braces,
sheets, buntlines, bowlines, brayles, bonnet tails .... A really cool ship, crewed by 4
professionals and lots of volunteers. A wonderful surprise!
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Pictures are by Gene McCoy
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For Jim's 60th birthday, Rita
threw a surprise party and invited 49
friends and family to a sunset cruise from Olde
New Castle on the Kalmar Nyckel.
This ship is a reconstruction of the
Dutch/Swedish vessel carrying the first settlers to Delaware in
1638. Jim completed sail training this spring, having learned knots,
rigging methods, heaving lines, hauling chanteys, belaying techniques and the location of a
FRACTION of the >150 lines used on the ship. The 8 sails and 9
yards--the whole 9 yards-- are rigged using using halyards, jeers,
clews, lifts, leeches, tacks, braces,
sheets, buntlines, bowlines, brayles, bonnet tails .... A really cool ship, crewed by 4
professionals and lots of volunteers. A wonderful surprise!
