Model Boat Mayhem

Mess Deck: General Section => Full Scale Ships => Topic started by: deadbeat on August 10, 2012, 08:14:07 pm

Title: Amerigo Vespucci
Post by: deadbeat on August 10, 2012, 08:14:07 pm
The three-masted Italian sail training ship Amerigo Vespucci is in Portsmouth Dockyard this weekend and is open to the public on Sat and Sun 1000-1600. Admission is free. If you can make it the ship is a pleasure to see.
Title: Re: Amerigo Vespucci
Post by: Colin Bishop on August 10, 2012, 08:58:26 pm
I saw it today from the IoW ferry and from the Hard. Warrior made quite a sight with another square rigger behind her.

Colin
Title: Re: Amerigo Vespucci
Post by: dodes on August 24, 2012, 07:41:15 pm
Thought this might be of interest, I took the photograph when she visited last time in 1991/2, when I was working in the Semaphore tower in Pompey Naval Base, when she was berthing on South Railway Jetty.

(http://s18.postimage.org/whybg4ilx/DSC01947.jpg) (http://postimage.org/image/whybg4ilx/)
Title: Re: Amerigo Vespucci
Post by: Footski on August 24, 2012, 09:30:48 pm
And this is a model of her built by my Dad, some 20 plus years ago...
Title: Re: Amerigo Vespucci
Post by: deadbeat on August 25, 2012, 02:38:40 pm
That's a fine model, thank you for posting it.
Title: Re: Amerigo Vespucci
Post by: unbuiltnautilus on August 25, 2012, 04:07:40 pm
Caught her going out, very nice :-))
(http://s14.postimage.org/7mexz6qvh/IMG_7659.jpg) (http://postimage.org/image/7mexz6qvh/)
Title: Re: Amerigo Vespucci
Post by: Footski on August 25, 2012, 05:44:05 pm
She can't be going out.......Not a sail in sight!! %% %% %% %%
Title: Re: Amerigo Vespucci
Post by: essex2visuvesi on August 25, 2012, 06:53:45 pm
When my numbers come in I may get one
http://www.cornwallmodelboats.co.uk/acatalog/amerigo_vespucci_741.html
Title: Re: Amerigo Vespucci
Post by: rmaddock on August 26, 2012, 07:40:45 pm
This was her in Palamos, on the Costa Brava in June, 2010.
She did actually put some sails up as she departed...eventually.

(http://i455.photobucket.com/albums/qq277/rbm109/Nobby/DSCF3728.jpg)

(http://i455.photobucket.com/albums/qq277/rbm109/Nobby/DSCF3863.jpg)
Title: Re: Amerigo Vespucci
Post by: Footski on August 26, 2012, 09:12:57 pm
Ah thats better1 :-)) :-)) :-))
Title: Re: Amerigo Vespucci
Post by: rmaddock on August 27, 2012, 01:04:18 pm
By the time she was properly out in the Med' she had lots of sail up....but I'd got bored of taking pictures  :embarrassed: