A bad day - tall ship sinking....

[Scillyboy]

The tall ship 'Astrid' is sinking on rocks near Kinsale. Thankfully all 30 souls rescued and safe, it seems. Much commotion hereabouts.

Link here -

http://www.rte.ie/news/2013/0724/464385-tall-ship-astrid/

 

[DanTribe]

That's very sad. She was a beautiful ship.
I'm drinking my afternoon tea from an Astrid mug I bought on a visit to her some years ago.
Our Sailing club presented her with a brass starting gun as we thought a ship like her should have a proper canon.

 

[jerrytug]

Brass to be sure,pikeys in high power RIBS are proceeding to the scene of the wreck.

 

[Deleted member 36384]

Yes, it is sad. They are difficult things to replace, especially as she was an original vessel from the days of sail rather than a reproduction.

 

[Seajet]

This is terrible, when is the run of disasters on wooden boats and ships going to end ?

I remember Astrid visiting Weymouth in the 80's, wasn't she the one who when turning in the harbour managed to kebab a 2CV with her bowsprit in one window and out the other, dragging it along the quay ?

She was a pretty ship, a really sad loss.