Old Salt Blog - a virtual port of call for all those who love the sea » Falls of Clyde http://www.oldsaltblog.com A home for lovers of the sea, tellers of tales, for sailors and dreamers Fri, 03 Sep 2010 15:28:31 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Falls of Clyde – Beauty, Like the Devil, is the the Details http://www.oldsaltblog.com/2009/09/26/falls-of-clyde-%e2%80%93-beauty-like-the-devil-is-the-the-details/ http://www.oldsaltblog.com/2009/09/26/falls-of-clyde-%e2%80%93-beauty-like-the-devil-is-the-the-details/#comments Sat, 26 Sep 2009 06:35:40 +0000 Rick http://www.oldsaltblog.com/?p=10768 Falls of Clyde at the Dock

Falls of Clyde at the Dock

Susan Yamamato has been posting some wonderful photographs from aboard the Falls of Clyde on her blog, Notes from the Wooden and Iron World.    Beauty, like the devil, is often in the details.  Click here to view the gallery.

Falls of Clyde is the only surviving iron-hulled four-masted full rigged ship and the only surviving sail-driven oil tanker in the world.  She is currently berthed at Honolulu Harbor.

Click on the thumbnails to view a larger image.

Falls of Clyde at the Dock View through holes in the forward bulkhead Tank Ladder Deck Planking Windlass Gear View along the waterline Images in Shattered Glass Deckhouse Stairs Bolts & Shackles Rigging Cabin Panel View of Deck

]]> http://www.oldsaltblog.com/2009/09/26/falls-of-clyde-%e2%80%93-beauty-like-the-devil-is-the-the-details/feed/ 0 Help Save the Falls of Clyde http://www.oldsaltblog.com/2008/12/09/working-to-save-the-falls-of-clyde/ http://www.oldsaltblog.com/2008/12/09/working-to-save-the-falls-of-clyde/#comments Wed, 10 Dec 2008 00:06:02 +0000 Rick http://www.oldsaltblog.com/?p=671 Falls of Clyde is the only surviving iron-hulled four-masted full rigged ship and the only surviving sail-driven oil tanker in the world.  She was launched in 1878 in Port Glasgow, Scotland, for the Fall Line .  The ship was towed to Hawaii 1968 and opened as a museum in 1971.   In 2008, the Bishop Museum, which had control of the ship, was preparing to tow her out to sea and scuttle her.

In an attempt to save her, the Friends of Falls of Clyde, a tax-exempt group was formed and purchased the ship in September 2008.  They are currently working to raise funds to tow the ship to drydock at Kalaeloa by December 29th.

To learn more:  Friends of Falls of Clyde works to preserve a historic ship

Friends of Falls of Clyde website

To donate to help save Falls of Clyde:  Make a Donation

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