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rbgarr
09-24-2009, 10:30 PM
An elegant Fife schooner, Astor, from Hawaii

http://i36.tinypic.com/xbbioj.jpg

I was sorely tempted to board while the crew was ashore! :D

http://i37.tinypic.com/2m490sk.jpg


A local Rhodes sloop, Trivet, with a crowd aboard

http://i33.tinypic.com/qzjh1w.jpg

http://i38.tinypic.com/1zqvijc.jpg

TimH
09-24-2009, 10:36 PM
Nice pix! thanks

Chris.
09-25-2009, 12:48 AM
Astor was originally a Sydney boat and (IIRC) won the Sydney/Hobart three times. It used to be moored in Rose Bay where my mother used to sail her cadet around her in the late thirties. Here she is on the way to winning the Hobart (Astor, not my mother).
Note the photo caption "That rig made helmsmen very nervous."

http://astor.org/pics/TwoSpin.jpg

I saw her here in Sydney a couple of years ago - bloody beautiful. I have photos somewhere.
Astor has her own website http://astor.org/index.html

rbgarr
09-25-2009, 02:43 AM
Another from her website. Leaving SF for LA.
http://i38.tinypic.com/196w3q.jpg

boylesboats
09-25-2009, 02:46 AM
Astor was originally a Sydney boat and (IIRC) won the Sydney/Hobart three times. It used to be moored in Rose Bay where my mother used to sail her cadet around her in the late thirties. Here she is on the way to winning the Hobart (Astor, not my mother).
Note the photo caption "That rig made helmsmen very nervous."

http://astor.org/pics/TwoSpin.jpg

I saw her here in Sydney a couple of years ago - bloody beautiful. I have photos somewhere.
Astor has her own website http://astor.org/index.html

That is wild lookin'... almost like a bra.. :D Cool picture thou..