I been on the Golden hinde in about 1987 in Portland Oregon on a school field trip

@michaelturner7949

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing.

I acted as Mate aboard this boat for the six month voyage from Taura Harbour, Japan to England arriving in June 1980, captained by Peter Haward, perhaps the most well known yacht delivery skipper of the period. During the first leg of the voyage, Japan to Hong Kong, we had difficulty with steering the vessel due to an undersized rudder, this was improved during the stop-over by increasing the size of the rudder but it was still a handful, especially downwind. Drakes boat would have been fitted with an early version of a whipstaff and I believe that this vessel was originally fitted with a whipstaff but proved unmanageable. Since our return to the UK I understand that the steering system has now been replaced with an electric-hydraulic conversion.

@michaelturner7949

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you. One man wrote for us, his experience sailing this ship that I included in the Drake Broadside for the Francis Drake Exploration Society.

@jamesgraham6122

3 жыл бұрын

@@michaelturner7949 I wrote a piece for a yachting magazine shortly after returning.. just the 1st leg; Yokosuka to Hong Kong. If you provide an email address I can send it on.

@michaelturner7949

3 жыл бұрын

@@jamesgraham6122 mturner217@aol.com

Would the red and yellow have been as brightly coloured on the real ship?

@michaelturner7949

2 жыл бұрын

No.

@michaelturner7949

2 жыл бұрын

You can see the real ship in mute colour on the 4 insets on the Hondius map.

How very sad that the Sir Francis Drake school in Lewisham is soon to be renamed the twin Oaks. Does that mean we are turning into a nation of land lubbers?

@michaelturner7949

Жыл бұрын

This is a down grade for the school.