The Flagship of the Columbian Navy

[Polarbear]

The utterly disguisting thing is we, a maritime nation, don't even have a sail training ship of our own. Even I was trained on a full rigged sail training ship but I never stood on any top masts.

That's Columbias naval flagship. Cudos to Columbia.

https://scontent-lhr8-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/354458378_10222892142874481_5112571597416670175_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_p526x296&_nc_cat=110&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=5cd70e&_nc_ohc=3qVlFkdiFYwAX_bMsVs&_nc_ht=scontent-lhr8-1.xx&oh=00_AfBjH-nhgCBSrn-_ibFLmBV_2EugF05P69sKxvnGaHLwRg&oe=6494603D
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[Easy-X]

We have loads of sailing ships of that scale or are you specifically alluding to the Royal Navy?
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[Islander]

I sailed on the Sir Winston Churchill (a training schooner if you're not familiar with it) as a part of a joint schools sailing training thing in the early 70s. Basically sailing round the coast of Scotland working with a professional crew. IIRC it was set up by the Duke of Edinburgh to give schoolboys an opportunity to learn the basics.

It was certainly different but immense fun. The Churchill was up here as part of the tallships race a few years ago and I managed to get on board for a look around. She's not a training vessel any more and apparently has been in private ownership since 2000. Certainly a loss for school kids.

[Polarbear]

Sir Winson Churchill and the Malcolm Miller were schooners, not square riggers.

My first sailing ship was the Tectona,

https://sailtraininginternational.org/app/uploads/2016/12/vessel-tectona-5-800x530.jpg

My second was on the Italian training ship Amerigo Vespucci which is absolutly the most beautifil ship in the world.

https://cdn.mysailing.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/28132800/tall-ship2.jpg

I cannot find any full rigged ship under the red duster now so Easy-X, pleasy supplyt some links so I feel better.
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[Polarbear]

Malcolm Miller was dumped. but thankfully someone ought her

https://www.boatinternational.com/yachts/editorial-features/malcolm-miller-the-abandoned-ship-transformed-into-a-luxury-yacht--31083

Winston Churchill, as far as i know is a private boat and pretty much history.
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[Easy-X]

I'm not up with the terminology, I just see "boat + sails"

My boss's daughter is into sailing in a big way and trained on some big ship or other, I'll find out what it was. Probably similar to what Islander mentioned though.

<addendum> I think it's a valid point to keep old traditions alive. People out in the woods (especially Americans on YouTube) still take pride in starting a fire by rubbing two sticks together
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[MCN]

Glenlee is moored next to the museum of transport glasgow.

It was built on the Clyde as a cargo ship then spent time as a training ship with the Spanish navy before being left to rot somewhere.
An ex BN architect saw her when he was on holiday in Spain and began the process of reclaiming her. (I think he was on holiday there.)
She was made watertight and towed back to the UK to begin restoration.
All the masts and yards had been cut into peices for scrap.
They were returned to the ship by the Spanish after they learned she was to be rebuilt.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glenlee_%28ship%29?wprov=sfla1


Quite a quiet legend sitting on the Clyde.
I spent more time on that ship than I could spend in the museum.

Criticism:
The museum of transport glasgow is mostly ruined by some aff her heid Iranian/iraqi woman architect.
I don't know if her idea or some prick at the museum but all the cars I wentnto look at are mounted up on a wall.
May as well just look at a photo of the wall.
Idiotic.

Never can understand the Scotch penchant for foreign architects.
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[Easy-X]

How about this one?

https://jst.org.uk/tenacious/
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[Nobby the Bastard]

It would be a waste of government money for the Navy to maintain and train on one of them because it has no place in a modern conflict.
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[Easy-X]

[to v or not to v]

its not unusual to see a tall ship at Weymouth when i visit. i believe you can book working holidays on it.
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[Polarbear]

[Polarbear]

Around the time of the Malcolm Miller and Winston Churchill there was another ship that was used for young adults I believe but cannot for the life of me remember it's name. A brig if I remember right. I will have to e-mail one of my old Captains who is the font of knowledge on all things sail.
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[MCN]

[MCN]

[Islander]

[Easy-X]

[Nobby the Bastard]

[c_dug]

[Nobby the Bastard]

Yep, they smack of being vanity projects with no real use.

Any teambuilding, training, morale, leadship and seamanship needs can be dealt with quicker, cheaper and be more relevant to actual duties without faffing with something like that.

What is the relevance of being able to climb to the top of that mast for someone who is going to be spending 6 months of the year at the bottom of the ocean somewhere in a boomer?
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[Polarbear]

[Easy-X]

[Nobby the Bastard]

[Islander]