Amistad In New London

[Soundbounder]

Back from Cuba, here are a few photos of the Amistad in New London early this morning:

http://soundbounder.blogspot.com/201...from-cuba.html

[Gerarddm]

Such a beautiful ship.

[Soundbounder]

Such a beautiful ship.

Agree!!!
Would like to get some photos of her under sail one of these days

[Soundbounder]

Here are a few more:

http://soundbounder.blogspot.com/201...m-cuba-ii.html

[Rich Jones]

I saw this vessel at Mystic Seaport a couple of weeks ago. Absolutely beautiful. Sleek, powerful, full of grace. And to think that the original was built for such evil purposes.

[David Cockey]

We saw the Amistad at Mystic Seaport a week ago. According to the Amistad website they arrived in Mystic four weeks ago on April 24. Part of the rigging failed and had to be replaced. http://www.amistadamerica.org/

[Gerarddm]

...and a fine movie too, I might add, with one of the most gripping and powerful opening sequences in moviedom, IMHO.

[Soundbounder]

...and a fine movie too, I might add, with one of the most gripping and powerful opening sequences in moviedom, IMHO.

I have never seen the movie

[Covite]

The Steven Spielberg film "Amistad" was made in 1997, and used the schooners Californian and Pride of Baltimore II to play the part of Amistad. The part of the slave ship Tecora was played by Pilgrim.

The schooner Amistad that just arrived at Mystic was built at Mystic Seaport shipyard between 1998 and 2000.

[Bob Triggs]

Thanks so much! again...

[Paul Scheuer]

Amistad in Chicago in '03

[Soundbounder]

I never realized she had been to the Great Lakes.

[bamamick]

I happened to be in Mystic when they were building her. They had some kind of deal where you could 'help' build the ship during certain hours, and a guy that I was walking around with (we had just met that morning) went and 'helped', but it was something like holding a tool while the shipwrights worked, more like something to get lay people interested in joining the foundation than anything else. I declined.

She visited Mobile on our 300th anniversary and I enjoyed seeing her again. Seems like every time they bring a tall ship in the line to visit is quite long and there is a ton of interest, but in these tough economic times they haven't brought anything in lately. Didn't our friend shark ef spend time on the 'Californian'? They brought her to Mobile once as well. Most of the crew were these healthy looking blonde women and I wondered why such opportunities didn't present themselves when I was a lad ?

Mickey Lake

[Valdez]

She is a beautiful Ship. Can someone explain to me the technical reason for raking the masts back at such an angle. Does it provide for greater speed?
Thanks
Tom in Valdez

[Colin Burt]

I saw this vessel at Mystic Seaport a couple of weeks ago. Absolutely beautiful. Sleek, powerful, full of grace. And to think that the original was built for such evil purposes.

Actually she was not built as a slave ship, nor in fact was that her primary trade. Just a coastal trader who on occasion carried slaves (as on the occasion that made her famous).

[Soundbounder]

She is a beautiful Ship. Can someone explain to me the technical reason for raking the masts back at such an angle. Does it provide for greater speed?
Thanks
Tom in Valdez

I just found this WBF thread from 2001 discussing the rake design.

http://forum.woodenboat.com/showthread.php?t=12488

I'm no expert but I have always understood it to be designed for downwind sailing. Plus it made the ship more balanced.
But there are plenty of people on here who could answer the question much better than I can.