Baltic Sail

[oneiriad]

Just came home from a trip down to the harbour to see this year's Baltic Sail. Not that it was that terribly exciting. Whoever was making the arrangements in Elsinore had only managed to get a very few large ships to come, and the biggest one - Georg Stage - was only there today, and only as a last minute addition. I considered going aboard to explore it - until I saw the crowd of people who had gotten the same idea. Changed my mind then, mainly because I didn't want to be the proverbial straw...

Random thought: If I had somehow managed to develop my interest in the age of sail somewhat sooner (as in: while I was still attending gymnasium), I think I would have liked taking a year aboard Georg Stage - just for fun, you understand. Well, except for the fact that I have a tendency to get seasick.

Anyway, Baltic Sail. I think I liked it better last year...

Second random thought: Danish navy goes to the Caribbean. Cool. :-)

Comments

[inkywaters.livejournal.com]

I think I'd love to take a barefoot cruise--it wouldn't be for a year, but it'd be a few weeks on the sea.

[oneiriad.livejournal.com]

That would be lovely too, yes. But Georg Stage is no cruise ship and no relaxing vacation - it's a school ship, and you bloody well learn to sail it. For many, it's the first step in their chosen career - for others, it's a chance to try something different for a while (instead of Interrail or backpacking in the Far East). But a barefoot cruise, now that sounds appealing too...

[inkywaters.livejournal.com]

Yeah...my saner half isn't into AoS, but loves sailing as much as I do.

And, *squee!*, his sister might be able to arrange for us to become part of a friend's trip from California to Hawaii on his sailboat--if he's willing to have a couple of inexperienced crew members.

[oneiriad.livejournal.com]

Lucky you :-)