Waverly - Tall Ships cruise 2011

[marinemole]

Due the generosity of my good friend Gerry Marchbanks I experienced the Waverly's Tall Ship Cruise today on the Clyde. I've taken 350 photographs but I'm still too hyper to edit them and at the same time desperate to sleep. We humans are a contradictory lot. Have resized a random sample for your perusal and will make the full album available once I get it sorted out.

What can I say? I knew it was going to be good but it exceeded all my expectations and then some.

Waverly approaching Custom House Key - Greenock



The Red Arrows strut their stuff



Sorry about the random head but snapshot mode trying to keep up with these guys.





Obligatory visit to the engine room



Not sure if the tugs were spraying in celebration or trying to douse the hordes of small craft breaching the Port Authority 'exclusion zone'. The Captain of the Waverly, being a law abiding citizen, stood well off but still managed to give his customers a grandstand view.



The ship was packed and the cruise has hopefully injected some badly needed cash into the coffers.



The tall ships themselves, creatures of grace and beauty. More to come. LOTS more to come.









Waverly departs Custom House Quay to head upriver to Glasgow.



If I'm still around next time these ladies visit I will be there

Andy

[Talisman]

Andy,
Looks like you had a a good trip, we were out in our rib the other day and told the harbours were closed and we couldn't get a close look at the ships.
Silly me, i should have gone on a paddler! would probably have been cheaper ... any one want to buy a rib lol
Thanks for sharing the pics.
Regards,
Kim
 

[PeeWee]

Some great shots there, never seen a tall ship fleet.

Kim,
dont suppose the rib has paddle wheels? 

[Talisman]

Some great shots there, never seen a tall ship fleet.

Kim,
dont suppose the rib has paddle wheels? 

Ian,
I will do a free set of paddle wheels of your choice with her.
Asking price £19995.00 ovno
... If you could all form an orderly Q  please.... 
Regrads,
 Kim

[Roderick Smith]

Could you please identify the ships?  I guess that this is an annual rally, and they arrive from the many countries which support sail training.

Many have come to Australia through the years: period goodwill visits (Esmeralda from Chile, Derawutji from Indonesia, one from Italy, one from Japan).

The big rally was for the Australian bicentenary, in 1988.  There were two fleets.  One was a First Fleet reenactment.  The other was a tall-ships fleet, with representatives from many countries (including Germany, possibly Poland).

Australia is also a home for sail training and public voyaging (which helps subsidise youth-training programs).
This is a top-of-head list; I may have missed some:
Hobart:
Lady Nelson.  www.ladynelson.org.au.  I had a cruise on one occasion when the vessel crossed Bass Strait to Melbourne.
Windwarde Bound.  www.windewardbound.com.

Sydney:
James Craig.  This may be cruising, not training.  When I sailed from Geelong (Vic.), most of the crew was volunteer, so there has to be a training component.  www.sailaustralia.com.au/James%20Craig.htm; http://www.anmm.gov.au/site/page.cfm?u=1335.
Young Endeavour.  UK's gift to Australia for the 1988 bicentennial.  www.youngendeavour.gov.au/site.

Melbourne:
Enterprize. Cruising with some level of training.  www.enterprize.com.au.  This is the keynote for public celebrations on Australia Day (joined with any tall ship in port, and a fleet of yachts and cruising launches, with a public cruise-ferry for onlookers).  It is also the keynote for Melbourne's Founders Day, when it relives the original: Enterprize brough the Fawkner party from Hobart to Melbourne, the first settlers.
Alma Doepel.  This was a Melbourne-based training vessel for years.  Finances, politics and a disastrous relocation to north-coast NSW have taken a toll.  It is back in Melbourne, undergoing an overhaul.  www.almadoepel.com.au.  I cruised down the bay on a positioning trip for slipping at Geelong.  I did get to go off on a tender for action photography, but was too late for thelast session of the day to climb the ratlines.

Adelaide:
One and All.  www.about-australia.com/travel-guides/south-australia/adelaide/tours-cruises/extended/sa-tall-ships-inc.  This was purpose built; I watched the construction.  As well as local cruising, the vessel makes occasional voyages to Portland and Melbourne.

Perth
Leeuwin II.  www.sailleeuwin.com.  My brother was a regular training-crew member for years.

New Zealand
Bay of Islands. R Tucker Thompson.  www.tucker.co.nz.  This was the smallest ship in the 1988 First Fleet reenactment, UK to Australia, then visiting other capitals.  I have been on a public cruise in its home waters.

Other:
Sydney: Endeavour replica.  Apparently sailing display, not training.  www.anmm.gov.au/site/page.cfm?u=1372
Sydney: Duyfken replica.  Apparently sailing display, not training.  www.anmm.gov.au/site/page.cfm?u=1849
Melbourne: Polly Woodside (static display).  polly Woodside melbourne.
Hobart: May Queen (a restored coastal ketch, static).  www.discovertasmania.com/activities__and__attractions/heritage__and__culture/maritime_history/may_queen
Adelaide: Falie (was cruising; currently out of survey).  http://portside-messenger.whereilive.com.au/news/story/falie-neglected.
NZ, Auckland. Soren Larsen (cruising).  www.sorenlarsen.co.nz/history.html
NZ, Auckland. Scow Ted Ashby and brigantine Breeze.  www.maritimemuseum.co.nz/wawcs0142395/voyager-live-sailings.html.

Denmark: Eye of the Wind (cruises).  www.eyeofthewind.net.  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eye_of_the_Wind.  This has had extended deployments in Australia.

The photos were taken on the annual Australia Day cruise.
I was aboard Lady Cutler, one of two Sydney ferries brought to Melbourne by rival operators and refitted for the charter party market.  It is the blue one in my photo.  One wheelhouse was converted to a galley, so it is now single ended.  Lady McKell, renamed Victoria Star, is the green one.  One wheelhouse was removed to provide two terraced rear decks.
Wattle had been in an earlier cruise (photos not on the hard drive), but was now out of survey.  Alma Doepel had just arrived, but could not cruise.  Lady Stelfox I have posted before, but have a repeat to complete the day's coverage.  It is a fake paddlevessel.

Roderick B Smith
Rail News Victoria Editor

[marinemole]

Could you please identify the ships?  I guess that this is an annual rally, and they arrive from the many countries which support sail training.

Roderick

This is not an annual event here and the last time the event took place at Greenock was at least 10 years ago I think. The vessels do come from several different countries. It is a major event on the Clyde and I am sure I saw a figure of 120,000 visitors over the weekend period. Gradually catching up and will attempt to identify the vessels.

Some excellent pictures of really nice ships in your post. Thank you very much for sharing,


Andy

[marinemole]

Have at last managed to upload my pictures to Photobucket. My daughter arrived back from Oman for a visit yesterday and the time from the Waverly trip to her arrival was taken up by gallant attempt to steam clean the house. Connaught has been moved from her berth in the back bedroom to my den and literally rubs shoulders with me as I type.

Many of the pics were taken on 30x optical zoom with my new camera and some have been cropped. Not ideal but usable.

Full album at

http://s669.photobucket.com/albums/vv59/carmanmole/Waverly%20-%20Tall%20ships%20cruise%202011/

Couple more sample shots







Index pictures

















Again full album at

http://s669.photobucket.com/albums/vv59/carmanmole/Waverly%20-%20Tall%20ships%20cruise%202011/

Andy