1) A sailboat in distress was rescued at sea by 18th century wooden merchant ship replica

“Imagine losing your rudder out at sea and sending out a distress call. And then the largest ocean-going wooden sailing ship in the world comes to your rescue”

https://www.gotheborg.se/news/rescue-of-sailing-boat/

#TallShips #Ships #WoodenShips #Gotheborg #Boats

Extrem wichtige Nachrichten:
Die #Götheborg, eine Replik eines Ostindienfahrers aus dem 18. Jahrhundert und das größte hochseetaugliche Holzschiff der Welt, ist Ende April einem kleinen Segelboot im Ärmelkanal zu Hilfe gekommen. Stell dir vor dein Ruder bricht und du funkst nach Hilfe und die Schwedische Ostindienkompanie antwortet.

https://www.gotheborg.se/news/rescue-of-sailing-boat/

Besichtigung der Götheborg. Das Schiff riecht sehr besonders: nach Holz, Teer und Labsal. Der Besuch lohnt sich!
#Hamburg #HamburgerHafen #Gotheborg

Wow! Sending out an SOS? That’s gonna freak you right out! 😄

"We did not expect to see a merchant ship from the East India Company of the XVIII century."

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Sailing boat rescued by the #Götheborg https://www.gotheborg.se/news/rescue-of-sailing-boat/

The only way this story could have been better is if the Götheborg had hoisted the Jolly Roger as it closed in. Just for effect, mind you.

' [The two sailors on the vessel in distress] did not expect an 18th century merchant ship to come to their rescue. Or in their own words: "This moment was very strange, and we wondered if we were dreaming. Where were we? What time period was it?" '

#SailingShips #RescueAtSea #Götheborg #TallShips #nautical

https://www.gotheborg.se/news/rescue-of-sailing-boat/

Imagine losing your rudder out at sea and sending out a distress call. And then the largest ocean-going wooden sailing ship in the world comes to your rescue. Or in the words of the sailors on the sailing boat: "This moment was very strange, and we wondered if we were dreaming. Where were we? What time period was it?"

Sailing boat rescued by the #Götheborg | Götheborg of Sweden

https://www.gotheborg.se/news/rescue-of-sailing-boat/