Some iPhoneography taken on the The Swedish Ship Gotheborg Expedition from Amsterdam to Dover and Great Yarmouth 2015
Evening parade – Sail Amsterdam 2015
3 Masted Barque Guayas – Sail Amsterdam 2015
Parade – Sail Amsterdam 2015
Canoe parade – Sail Amsterdam 2015
Canoe parade – Sail Amsterdam 2015
Canoe parade – Sail Amsterdam 2015
Counting Canoes – Sail Amsterdam 2015
View through the Foch – Sail Amsterdam 2015
Keeping the charts flat, another use for canon balls
Canon – Port side, The Swedish Ship Gotheborg
Gun deck – The Swedish Ship Gotheborg
Morning sun picks out the stern carvings and galleries nicely
Morning sun – The Swedish Ship Gotheborg
Morning sun on the weather deck – The Swedish Ship Gotheborg
Good morning Amsterdam – The Swedish Ship Gotheborg
Sunrise off the Dutch coast
Sunrise off the Dutch coast
Sunrise off the Dutch coast
Lookout watch at Sunrise off the Dutch coast
MOB drill at Sunrise off the Dutch coast
Sunrise off the Dutch coast
Following NRP Sagres into the storm, sailing to Dover
A break in the weather – Following NRP Sagres
Lookout watch – sailing to Dover
Setting up lines on the bowsprit
Setting up lines on the bowsprit
Setting up lines on the bowsprit
Taking the gaskets off the Foch
Taking the gaskets off the Foch
Setting the Blinda sail
Setting the Blinda sail
Setting the Blinda sail
The Bowsprit from above the Foch
The Bowsprit from above the Foch
Out on the main yard
Stormy weather – Sailing to Dover
Stormy weather – Sailing to Dover
Rehearsing sea shanties
Riding out the stormy weather anchored off the North forelands
Riding out the stormy weather anchored off the North forelands
Weather deck – Anchored off the North forelands
Sun deck – Anchored off the North forelands
Sailing to Dover
Crew
Sailing to Dover
Sailing to Dover
Sailing to Dover
Dover in site
Dover Harbour
Dover Harbour
Dover Harbour
On Gangway watch – Dover Harbour
Storm in Dover
On Gangway watch in a storm – Dover Harbour
On Gangway watch in a storm – Dover Harbour
A big tidal range in Dover takes the ship down below the harbour wall
Sunny morning, Dover
MOB Drill – Dover Harbour
Setting up the flag pole on the Mizzen Mast
A view from the Foch
Rope trails on deck
Sailing to Gt Yarmouth
A reef in the Blinda
Like a bird in flight – Sailing to Gt Yarmouth
Sailing to Gt Yarmouth
Sailing to Gt Yarmouth
Setting up the ships log – Sailing to Gt Yarmouth
Setting up the ships log – Sailing to Gt Yarmouth
Sailing to Gt Yarmouth
Sailing to Gt Yarmouth
Carefully opening the Surströmming (Fermented Herring)
Fika on deck
Entering Gt Yarmouth
Entering Gt Yarmouth
Entering Gt Yarmouth
Entering Gt Yarmouth
Entering Gt Yarmouth
Our starboard Bumpkin broke in the night during some heavy weather
The crew celebrate August’s Birthday
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