Seizings are used to hold two pieces of rope together. The rope lanyards on a mast’s standing rigging are passed through a wooden deadeye, which is seized into the cable. The deadeye has three holes in it. Another deadeye is attached to the ship. Rope is reeved through the holes from the deadeye on the [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 1 so far )Never been on a daysail? Check this out: it’s a 10 minute video that guides you through a typical daysail from arrival on the ship to the return to your car.
Courtesy of the good folks in the film department at the Edinborough University of Pennsylvania.
A short time-lapse film showing the Niagara cover being removed and the ship rigged up for the 2005 sailing season. Each year it takes about six weeks to make the ship ready for service. The crew, volunteers, and apprentices work tirelessly to rig the ship while spending time outside the normal workday to study and [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 1 so far )July 10 to July 16, 2006
On July 10th we departed Erie toward Cleveland, Ohio. Although the passage was expected to be less than two days, we had provisions onboard for nearly a week. We had loaded about five tons of ship’s tools, equipment, and supplies including two cords of firewood to supply the wood stove [...]
Navigation Summary
Total Distance: 1,741.5 NM
Total Time of Passages: 446.5 hours (18.6 days)
Average Speed: 3.9 knots
Distance Sailed: 497.5 NM (29%)
Distance Motored: 1244 NM (71%)
Sailing Time: 162 hours–or- 6.75 days (36%)
Motoring Time: 212.5 hours – or- 8.8 days (48%)
Time at Anchor: 47 hours –or- 2 days (10.5%)
Time at Other Port (Safe Harbor): 57.5 hours –or- 2.4 days [...]
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