Dave Farnes
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Cutty Sark.
All hands on deck.
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Pete Askew
Admin
Now that has got to be tricky. To take an original picture of the Cutty Sark and achieve a superb composition, but with that first shot you have nailed it perfectly I think. And the next two are super as well.
Dave Farnes
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Thank you Pete, much appreciated. Took the usual tourist pics as well of course. 
Brian Moore
Moderator
The rigging is remarkable and you've depicted it very well indeed, Dave. Is that a live human being or a manikin in the 3rd image?
Rob MacKillop
Edinburgh Correspondent
All great images, Dave. I particularly love the contrast between the outward-looking hope of the ship, setting out on a journey to conquer the world, and the squat money-churning centres that hope turned into, of greed and exploitation, all done from an office by people who have never felt the salt on their lips or the wind literally in their sales.
Dave Farnes
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Thank you guys.
Brian; that is a manikin in the picture, but there was a rigging crew there painting tar onto some of the ropes too.
I know what you mean Rob. One could argue that she was built for a London based shipping co. to bring back the fruits of the empire for a fat profit; the rich / poor divide was the same then as now. To me, the sad thing is that she will never sail again. I feel the same about museums of cars or planes; they should be out there, doing their thing.
Brian; that is a manikin in the picture, but there was a rigging crew there painting tar onto some of the ropes too.
I know what you mean Rob. One could argue that she was built for a London based shipping co. to bring back the fruits of the empire for a fat profit; the rich / poor divide was the same then as now. To me, the sad thing is that she will never sail again. I feel the same about museums of cars or planes; they should be out there, doing their thing.
Rob MacKillop
Edinburgh Correspondent
Built in Glasgow for a tea company, I believe.
Dave Farnes
Well-Known Member
Yes, built on the Clyde for the Jock Willis Shipping Line of London. First used for tea until the new steamships took the business, later for wool and general cargo.
