Oooh, lovely :)

I can't look at that ship without hearing the theme from The Onedin Line in my head. She looks right yar.

Very cool. No sailing ships can go past my office but we see lots of coal barges and jet-skis and fishing boats on the river and occasionally we do see this go past.

Oh, awesome. I love tall ships! (and the men in uniform are a great bonus)

Can't to wait to see your pics.

Lovely! I am mightily jealous that you get a view anything like that from your office - I get a lovely view of a blank wall on the building across the street and need to be a contortionist to even see the sky.

COOL! I bet it is something to see up close & in person. Looking forward to the pics.

Christian Radich is awesome! She's one of the first tall ships I ever saw, at Operation Sail in 1986, and she was breathtaking then. I can trace the moment I got the sailing bug to the moment I saw her in Sandy Hook bay at sunrise, ready to sail into New York harbor. When she arrived in New York, her crew was standing on the yards and in the shrouds in fine formal fashion, and it was breathtaking all over again. I'd never seen that before.

A few years ago when the Christian Radich was in New London with OpSail 2000, I was excited to see the 'men in uniform' again. Then I remembered that time had caught up with me: they were all under 25, and half were girls.

Still, they look great.

P.S. - in the Wikipedia article, there is a link to the movie Windjammer. It is one of the very best documentary depictions of life at sea under square rig. Highly, highly recommended. I used to use it in a maritime history live-aboard program and it never failed to grip the audience completely.

Beautiful essexjan. I love tall ships too. Can't wait to see pics.

So Jan, some Norwegian Wood for you tonight?

(sorry, I had to)

Wow, that's gorgeous. I used to love going up to Mystic, CT, to see the old sailing ships at the seaport. Nothing as spectacular as this, though. I'd sure love to go for a ride, climb the mast... Land, ho!

View from my classroom window here in the Bronx ain't so great, either, I'm afraid. Friday, a kid did write his name in super giant letters in the snow, though. (Luckily, not "yellow" snow.)

Amazing. Can't wait for the pictures.

Ooo, that's pretty. The view from your office must be amazing even without the ships and men.

There's no view from my office T_T

Beautiful ship. I'd love to sail on something like that. Well, I'd like to try sailing, period.

If the Norwegians save every penny, they might be able to buy a coal-powered ship next time.

What a gorgeous ship! I can't wait to see your pictures, Jan!

I'd love to sail on something like that

Psst....you can!