dylanwinter
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I lifted this from John Vigor's blog - who would make an excellent editor for YM because he is a clever, thoughtful, witty and well read sailing hack.
http://johnvigor.blogspot.com/
He dug this up from his library - and blimey I would live to spend some time borrowing books from Vigor
this 100 year old passage is what he found ...
the writings of a bloke called Thomas Fleming Day who was the editor of a magazine called the Rudder
"Unquestionably the sailing vessel is the most majestic and perfect creation of man. It above all his works embodies those perfections of detail which, taken as a whole, form a beautiful and inspiring object. He has never wrought in any other line a fabric which in its actions so mimics the graceful and delighting movements of a symmetrical and buoyant living thing. It seems to embody the very spirit of enterprise that created it. It confers beauty upon the element that it traverses and takes from every change of the sea sky and air a fresh grace and a more enchanting appearance. And when we realize what it has done for mankind: how in the shadow of its sails empire have sprung up and grown to greatness, how cities have flourished, races been nourished and houses in plenty and splendor; how it broadened the world only to bring its widely parted lands closer together, binding all in the golden bands of trade. When we recall who have trod the decks of these ships, who built, navigated and fought them, the master men of the ages, the welders and shapers of our present civilization. Thinking of these things we cannot but regret the passing of the sailing ship."
his blog is here
http://johnvigor.blogspot.com/
and I think that YM should sign him up as a columnist before the poor old bloke drops off his perch
Of course what we want to do is to bring Des back from the past - but I am not sure any of these blokes would survive modern IPC management
Dylan
http://johnvigor.blogspot.com/
He dug this up from his library - and blimey I would live to spend some time borrowing books from Vigor
this 100 year old passage is what he found ...
the writings of a bloke called Thomas Fleming Day who was the editor of a magazine called the Rudder
"Unquestionably the sailing vessel is the most majestic and perfect creation of man. It above all his works embodies those perfections of detail which, taken as a whole, form a beautiful and inspiring object. He has never wrought in any other line a fabric which in its actions so mimics the graceful and delighting movements of a symmetrical and buoyant living thing. It seems to embody the very spirit of enterprise that created it. It confers beauty upon the element that it traverses and takes from every change of the sea sky and air a fresh grace and a more enchanting appearance. And when we realize what it has done for mankind: how in the shadow of its sails empire have sprung up and grown to greatness, how cities have flourished, races been nourished and houses in plenty and splendor; how it broadened the world only to bring its widely parted lands closer together, binding all in the golden bands of trade. When we recall who have trod the decks of these ships, who built, navigated and fought them, the master men of the ages, the welders and shapers of our present civilization. Thinking of these things we cannot but regret the passing of the sailing ship."
his blog is here
http://johnvigor.blogspot.com/
and I think that YM should sign him up as a columnist before the poor old bloke drops off his perch
Of course what we want to do is to bring Des back from the past - but I am not sure any of these blokes would survive modern IPC management
Dylan
