Pictures from Europe
Aboard the 19m Icebreaker Patrol Boat A. E. Appelberg
Read Not a Sailing Trip – Notes from an Icebreaker in Europe
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- Welcome to Stockholm, Sweden / Nice to know the reflector tape works
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- Good Morning Stockholm / The view from the back deck
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- The A.E. Appelberg at the yard in Stockholm
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- Up the road we go
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- And away we go!!
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- Stockholm has miles and miles of shoreline all through the city.
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- A little bit of tilt / A very physical boat / It could do a 90 degree snap roll in 2.5 seconds
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- Blesed are the sleepy ones
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- Yes there is an Aid To Navigation out there • Green Right Returning from the sea.
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- I liked the geometric pattern in the coblestones – Most of the town had coblestone sidewalks – Less water runoff than a plain slab of cement and much more interesting to look at!!
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- Save paint • Mark the streets with stone
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- Up the street
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- Make cloth the old fashioned way
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- The Spinning Wheel Goes Round and Round
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- 48 Strand Flat Lace
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- Marlinespike tools from the 1800′s • They would be right at home today in a Riggers Bag.
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- Navigator tools from the 1800′s.
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- Navigator tools from the 1800′s.
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- An original Knot Meter in the back corner – Chip Log – Throw the chip overboard and count the number of knots that go by in 30 seconds.
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- Fishing Floats for Nets Including and Oil Fired Light
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- Down the Road
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- Tied safely outside the Keil Canal while talking to the German Coast Guard about the live fire naval manuvers we shut down.
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- The nice toad stools or benches are really bollards about 2 feet in diameter to tie large ships in the Keil Canal
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- There were many of these foot ferries in Keil
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- Into the Keil Canal
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- Stoplights along the Keil Canal The lights sorted the ships out by size • some ship combinations were too large to pass in some areas.
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- Passing in the Keil Canal
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- A hanging ferry over the Keil Canal.
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- Well they do save on bottom paint
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- Here it comes a freighter in the Keil Canal.
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- What Seperation Zone?????
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- Reach out and Touch • What Seperation Zone?
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- Lots of lights on the bow
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- Tugs were tied stern first to help stop some freighters going into the locks
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- The Sea Monster got lost on the way to the library.
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- Bit tight in the locks • A new meaning to “Double Wide.”
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- Yes they really do have a bell on the bow.
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- Lots and Lots of lights • Green over Green • Group 5 & 6 about 200 meters long.
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- On the starboard side going to the sea • Dig it’s bow wake.
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- Cardinal mark • Safe water is to the East Side of the bouy • Pass on your West side.
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- Sunrise Baie De Lampaul
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- A Bouy on our left going into Brest France
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- A Bouy on our right going into Brest France
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- The Marina in Brest – 1,400 Boats in the Marina – Also a large sailing complex and Oceanopolis Marine Center
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- Captnmike in downtown Brest France.
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- The original auxiliary power
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- Not all boats are in the water
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- What do you mean “no wake zone in the marina?”
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- Tide goes out • Twin keels, no problem
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- Good Morning Brest France, from the marina.
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- Automatic Robotic Grocery Store • A pick and place robot gets your order.
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- Rocking and rolling in the Bay of Biscay
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- Welcome to La Coruna • The Harbormasters offices are on the breakwater.
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- Good Morning La Coruna.
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- They don’t make them like this anymore • Twigs and skins.
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- Surfs UP!!!
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- Surfs UP!!!
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- The SOS / Help stations were all around the La Coruna marina.
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- Tower of Hercules
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- Welcome to Cascais, Portugal • Be careful of the waves when leaving the Bar late at night
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- The little pieces of plastic for flags were real tough to see on the floats marking the fish traps.
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- In the marina at Cascais outside Lisbon Portugal
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- Comms Corner and stairs to the wheelhouse
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- Home sweet home In rough weather the bow went into freefall and you would lift off the bunk as the anchor banged the hull 3 feet from your head.
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- The side bolsters on the seats were required to keep you from getting thrown about.
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- Vintage compass and light.
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- Stylish dock cleat.
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- Took me a long time to follow the maze out of here.
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