If You Like History and Ships with Sails You Have to See This

[UnderMiner]

The Peking 4-Masted Barque Sails Cape Horn 1929 - narrated by original crewman with ALL ORIGINAL footage from the 1929 crossing!
No engines, no electricity, nothing but wind and man power. The last of the great sailing Windjammers!

Built in 1911 in Hamburg, given to Italy as reparations for WWI, sold back to Germany then to England. She is now a museum ship in New York City but is slated soon to return to Hamburg.

 

[BosnMate]

Awesome, loved it.

 

[Blak bart]

Guess thats what I would have been doing if I were around then !!

 

[Mackaydon]

Fascinating; it kept my attention throughout the film.
Many thanks,
Don......

 

[patiodadio]

Wow ! Thanks for posting !

 

[SimonLakeSub]

​Excellent, Currently the PEKING is being stored in Staten Island, waiting for the Spring. Than will be put on a container vessel and shipped to Germany, this amounts to a very nice gift, as we received nothing in exchange.

Simon.....

 

[Old Bookaroo]

SimonLakeSub:

Well, we still have the Eagle...


Good luck to all,

The Old Bookaroo, CM