Farewell,Gotheborg

Beserk · 15th January 2007

Sharing some pics taken today when the ship sailed off.

1. Was raining slightly and the crew has started preparing the ship for departure as seem here hanging in the front mast.]

2. Crewmate giving out orders to the one on top.

3. Man attaching the lines from Gotheborg to his tugboat.

4. Crew at the bow pulling in the lines.

5. Crew scaling up the main mast to hang up a banner.

Beserk · 15th January 2007

6. The lines from the ship being pulled in from the anchor points at Vivo.

7. Some of the crew giving out farewells here to the crowd.

8. The gunports covers are lifted up and the cannons revealed.

9. The banner unrolled.

10. A full sideview of the ship.

Beserk · 15th January 2007

11. Another view of the ship as it was being pulled by the tugboats to sea.

12. The final sendoff with some BIG BANGS.

Hope you enjoy and thks for viewing.

chromodynamics · 15th January 2007

Very nice pictures and a good documentation of the process of getting the Gotheborg underway!

Beserk · 15th January 2007

Originally Posted by chromodynamics

Very nice pictures and a good documentation of the process of getting the Gotheborg underway!

Glad you enjoy it.Thks.

sivasothi · 9th August 2007

Originally Posted by Beserk

Glad you enjoy it.Thks.

Hey I enjoyed it too, nice sequence - just found it though! Added a link to to my post, "Bon Voyage Götheborg!" here: http://gotheborg.wordpress.com/page/3/

15th January 2007	#1
Beserk Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Tampines Posts: 398	Farewell,Gotheborg Sharing some pics taken today when the ship sailed off. 1. Was raining slightly and the crew has started preparing the ship for departure as seem here hanging in the front mast.] 2. Crewmate giving out orders to the one on top. 3. Man attaching the lines from Gotheborg to his tugboat. 4. Crew at the bow pulling in the lines. 5. Crew scaling up the main mast to hang up a banner.

15th January 2007	#2
Beserk Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Tampines Posts: 398	Re: Farewell,Gotheborg 6. The lines from the ship being pulled in from the anchor points at Vivo. 7. Some of the crew giving out farewells here to the crowd. 8. The gunports covers are lifted up and the cannons revealed. 9. The banner unrolled. 10. A full sideview of the ship.

15th January 2007	#3
Beserk Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Tampines Posts: 398	Re: Farewell,Gotheborg 11. Another view of the ship as it was being pulled by the tugboats to sea. 12. The final sendoff with some BIG BANGS. Hope you enjoy and thks for viewing.

15th January 2007	#4
chromodynamics Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 242	Re: Farewell,Gotheborg Very nice pictures and a good documentation of the process of getting the Gotheborg underway!