tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7335697599281687572.post5269981714456916361..comments2023-03-31T08:26:17.996-07:00Comments on Hanging On My Word: Over the YardarmLittle Nellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11862657943846727987noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7335697599281687572.post-27394415783250261992014-04-13T09:03:57.967-07:002014-04-13T09:03:57.967-07:00Such a fun ride! I am happy to see that Jerry post...Such a fun ride! I am happy to see that Jerry posted your wonderful blog in his Sunday Drive, which is where I first came across him some time back. He's always got interesting things, and he posts other fantastic and worthwhile blogs to check out!21 Witshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00071361755673253230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7335697599281687572.post-41225922784418562802014-04-08T12:43:29.173-07:002014-04-08T12:43:29.173-07:00Love it. There ought to be a special prize for cov...Love it. There ought to be a special prize for covering two weeks with linked images. I will get me fellow Sepia Administrator to award you a prize - oh hang on, that's you. The highest I have ever been on a boat is the 15th Deck, but that wasn't very dangerous. Hope you are having a good break.Alan Burnetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01015127443616786425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7335697599281687572.post-71225561712230636292014-04-08T05:11:49.458-07:002014-04-08T05:11:49.458-07:00I couldn't do it, go out on a limb like that.I couldn't do it, go out on a limb like that.<br />JohnFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13294886206454693626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7335697599281687572.post-70386709692645692462014-04-07T18:27:33.579-07:002014-04-07T18:27:33.579-07:00Great photographs of fearless sailors and riggers ...Great photographs of fearless sailors and riggers alike, but some certainly do lose their footing and fall to their deaths. As Bookbook says, the ship photographer must have been in some degree of danger himself!Jofeathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10290597697140624780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7335697599281687572.post-78655730470130596082014-04-07T10:45:09.639-07:002014-04-07T10:45:09.639-07:00I wouldn't want to do ANY of those jobs. Scar...I wouldn't want to do ANY of those jobs. Scary. anyjazzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03319237414264543250noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7335697599281687572.post-44594146720995200492014-04-07T03:25:23.353-07:002014-04-07T03:25:23.353-07:00I think I would not dare climbing up to the yardar...I think I would not dare climbing up to the yardarm (let alone climbing the Eiffel Tower). While I'm writing this the sun is over the yardarm, but I don't think I'm allowed to drink rum (pure or doled out) while I'm at work (I wouldn't mind a Cuba Libre right now). Rob From Amersfoorthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05126935681056217032noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7335697599281687572.post-86970447738495338152014-04-06T14:14:42.278-07:002014-04-06T14:14:42.278-07:00I remember my mother used to be afraid of heights ...I remember my mother used to be afraid of heights while my sister and I were fearless. Somewhere along the way, the fear crept in. Kristinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06413795611563683135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7335697599281687572.post-36408076842641985682014-04-06T07:04:47.091-07:002014-04-06T07:04:47.091-07:00The SS Great Britain may be in the Bristol dry doc...The SS Great Britain may be in the Bristol dry dock but there is no way I would climb the rigging. The photographer of the first ship must have been up another mast - how did he hold the camera steady?Bob Scotneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00662958579705940009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7335697599281687572.post-14987688625787951172014-04-06T05:54:22.878-07:002014-04-06T05:54:22.878-07:00I feel sick just looking at those Eiffel Tower sho...I feel sick just looking at those Eiffel Tower shots - could never do it in the flesh, and also very clever to do the collage like that.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7335697599281687572.post-24730419708704368182014-04-06T05:10:38.920-07:002014-04-06T05:10:38.920-07:00"... encouraged to think of the concept of da..."... encouraged to think of the concept of danger" -- mission accomplished!<br />Wendyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17863357756727783017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7335697599281687572.post-4195218125954235542014-04-06T04:51:31.740-07:002014-04-06T04:51:31.740-07:00Hello:
We find it so amazing that men, for we thi...Hello:<br /><br />We find it so amazing that men, for we think that it was never women, could scale rigging in such a way and often in the worst of conditions. Utterly terrifying, or so we think.Jane and Lance Hattatthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16831890261259302647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7335697599281687572.post-48932936787986297142014-04-06T00:44:59.358-07:002014-04-06T00:44:59.358-07:00Very good Yardarms!! I am always astonished by tho...Very good Yardarms!! I am always astonished by those images of workmen in the old days up so high without safety equipment. I imagine they took pride in not needing any. Jenny Woolfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16881781466502273314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7335697599281687572.post-42230836879908042192014-04-05T22:27:41.082-07:002014-04-05T22:27:41.082-07:00Everything on those ships must be slippery from th...Everything on those ships must be slippery from the spray etc - that makes the first photo all the more amazingJackie van Bergenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14108390437411946657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7335697599281687572.post-86087261366866512042014-04-05T18:58:59.539-07:002014-04-05T18:58:59.539-07:00So the photographer must have been high up on anot...So the photographer must have been high up on another mast! And carried his camera equipment up as well. Scary!Boobookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01395043246338753023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7335697599281687572.post-12995348123803558082014-04-05T18:52:43.338-07:002014-04-05T18:52:43.338-07:00You've taken your blog title to new heights!
...You've taken your blog title to new heights! <br />I'm surprised that Brett didn't work out the photographer's camera angle. That's what worries me!Mike Brubakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13065245846262417519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7335697599281687572.post-59939640245801480442014-04-05T14:32:31.469-07:002014-04-05T14:32:31.469-07:00The photo of the men in the rigging of the Garthsn...The photo of the men in the rigging of the Garthsnaid looks terrifying, not as much for the height of the spar, but for the angle at which they are leaning and the height of those waves.Brett Paynehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07706734864792449845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7335697599281687572.post-7405274605721412712014-04-05T14:25:26.992-07:002014-04-05T14:25:26.992-07:00There was a British man overboard in a round the w...There was a British man overboard in a round the world yacht race this week. Luckily he was rescued.<br /><br />Here is a YouTube video:<br /><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPmNo-jo4tg" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPmNo-jo4tg</a>Postcardyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16399915833682943432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7335697599281687572.post-32475257919625093432014-04-05T14:12:16.523-07:002014-04-05T14:12:16.523-07:00Well done - both for this week & next, though ...Well done - both for this week & next, though all I can say about either is "Aiii-yiii". Those guys were brave souls & no lie! And 'Climb the Yardarm' was fun. I wonder how many will take up the offer?La Nightingailhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04769079547153094005noreply@blogger.com