"NORDBOEN"
fore-and-aft schooner - -
The sea trial - 2 -
Meeting another old-timer, - "Aron" -, on Lillebælt
View from the top -
Being the photographer on this sea trial, - I often climbed the masts in order to get some special effects pictures.
I also took several trips in the rubber boat you see moored alongside "Nordboen" - - -
Here I am in the main mast - looking straight down - - -
Peace and harmony, - and a real Cape Horner at the wheel -
Towering masts,- reaching for the sky - -
Afternoon calm, - and "Nordboen" -
Here I have taken the rubber dinghy for a spin around "Nordboen" in order to take some "propaganda" pictures of this beautiful schooner - - -
- rolling home -
Here Palle is checking the rigging - -
View down - - Again I am aloft - enjoying the view - and true sailing - - -
View down - - Again I am aloft - enjoying the view - and true sailing - - -
Everything running smooth - - -Time for a well deserved break - -
Preparing for entering port - - - Middelfart in the background - and a dying breed - a REAL genuine "Cape Horner" to the left in the photo - - -
Sails coming down - -
More sails coming down, - and Lilli Olsen - beer in her hand - and in great mood, because everything was going sooo smooth - -
Hectic activity on deck - -
Securing the main sail - -
- and a very happy "Cape Horner" that became 30 years younger by serving on a real sailing ship again - -
After a very successful sea trial, - "Nordboen" is again safely moored in the old port of Middelfart - -
This was some of my many pictures taken onboard the "Nordboen" in 1982, - when she was finally finished and had has her sea trial, which proved to be very succesful - - - -
Everything worked according to plan and everything went very smoothly and in a great optimism and joy from her large sea trial crew - - - -
No wonder - - -
As crew omboard were real sailors and riggers, boatbuilders, a Chief Engineer - me, - a real "Cape Horner" - and friends and fans of traditional sailing ships - - -
Please continue to next page: "Nordboen" - 3 - where "Nordboen" is back in commercial trade again, but now as a passenger boat, where ship lovers could enjoy REAL TRUE sailing - - -