Today I witnessed the complicated process of installing the masts into the Alma Doepel. This fine ship is undergoing restoration in a workshop on the edge of Victoria Harbour, Docklands. For thos who are interested in the ship here is a link to explore - https://www.almadoepel.com.au/
A huge floating crane and skilled workers combined well to make the job look a simple.
Thanks for your view, comments and favs for "Good morning". Greatly appreciated.
Beautiful collection of shots. In one of the inlets of Grand Harbour in Malta is the Macina, which is actually the machine shop. It has a hoist that used to take off the Order of St John's galleys/galleons service them and return them in their proper place. This is at least 250 or 300 years ago so you can understand how much more difficult it would have been.
Wonderful to watch this progress. There are a couple of charities in England that use tall ships and schooners for similar purposes. I think it is brilliant, especially as my Hubby and son are both sailors. Nice collage.
I checked out the link, what an amazing schooner!