"Jagvar" (Jagvar)
06/24/2016 at 10:40 • Filed to: None | 3 | 5 |
Having grown up just over the state line in Connecticut, I’ve been to New York dozens of times over the years. But this weekend, I visited a spot I hadn’t checked out before: the South Street Seaport. It’s a developing neighborhood with a few historical ships berthed at Pier 16.
Most prominent is the 1911-built, four-masted barque Peking . A Flying P-Liner of the German company F. Laeisz, it was one of the last generation of windjammers used in the nitrate and wheat trades around Cape Horn. It’s hard to tell from the photo, but it’s in really, really rough shape. Apparently, it’s going to be dismantled and shipped via barge to its home country of Germany in the fall, where it will be fully restored and eventually put on permanent display in Hamburg.
Right next to the Peking was the 1908-built Ambrose Lightship. She served the U.S. Coast Guard for 56 years, finally being retired in 1964. She’s called New York home since 1968.
I really wanted to see the 1885-built, iron-hulled sailing ship
Wavertree
, but she’s apparently in dry dock undergoing a much-needed renovation. Still, it was cool to see a nice collection of nautical history right on the edge of downtown Manhattan.
Vicente Esteve
> Jagvar
06/24/2016 at 10:46 | 1 |
That’s awesome, also I have that shirt!
Jagvar
> Vicente Esteve
06/24/2016 at 10:51 | 0 |
Target, right?
scoob
> Jagvar
06/24/2016 at 11:37 | 0 |
You couldn’t pay me to walk barefoot in Manhattan.
Jagvar
> scoob
06/24/2016 at 13:23 | 0 |
Meh, everything comes clean after a shower.
Vicente Esteve
> Jagvar
06/24/2016 at 13:38 | 0 |
Bingo