Emjaytoo
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Spotted this off Folkestone this afternoon. Any ideas what she is?
Spotted Off Folkestone
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AIDY
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Looks like a seagull !
Scillypete
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Did you get some whelks from 'Chummy's' while you were there?
As for the ship looks similar to the 'Stavros S Niarchos' and it appears to be motorsailing with no cone up
Wansworth
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its a barque,was it windy
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Stavros S Niarchos? seen here at Tobermory a few weeks back.
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Emjaytoo
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No they were shut, so we went and got chips and ate them by the harbour.
jhr
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According to a post on the East Coast Forum, there were a number of tall ships gathered in Ipswich for the start of a race but it's now been cancelled. Could have been one of them going home?
I agree that it could well be the Stavros S Niarchos or the Prince William - or possibly TS Royalist?
I agree that it could well be the Stavros S Niarchos or the Prince William - or possibly TS Royalist?
Emjaytoo
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Trouble is she was heading up the Dover Straights into the North Sea.
snowleopard
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Very good! So windy it blew the mizzen mast away!
It's a brig. They are few and far between. Royallist, Stavros Niarchos & Prince William are the only ones I know of regularly operating in British waters. The Royallist is smaller than the one in the pic.
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According to the tracker on the Stavros S Niarchos website, at 13.42 she was 51deg 06.55N, 1 deg 19.16E, so confirmation.
jellyellie
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I was also going to say that she appears too big for TS Royalist, but tobermoryphil's post makes that pretty useless...
Wansworth
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I stand corrected! Must find my "Observers book of Ships"
Marsupial
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its now in dover berthed at the cruise terminal
Wunja
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One of my favourite YouTube videos is from her....
Having a Good Time
Having a Good Time
Woodlouse
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Just so yer know, Royalist is in Falmouth harbour with no rig, covered in that white plastic waiting for someone to spend a silly amount of money on her.
Dyflin
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snowleopard
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I sailed past a boat with a big white plastic cover in Falmouth a few weeks ago. It was the Malcolm Miller. If you look here you'll see Royalist is in Portsmouth currently.
Woodlouse
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DJE
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Maybe a Little Brig and Not so Far Away
graham
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Spotted this one of Watchet a few weeks ago.I have since found outs she is called the Marjorie and was built in 1913 .From a distance I thought she was a tallship but then realized she is a yacht about 40 ft .
