Statsraad Lehmkuhl Oceanics 1972-73

A website for shipmates from Oceanics 1972-73 and other Oceanics school programs and friends of the Statsraad Lehmkuhl

All hands aloft

February 4-8, 1973

Going aloft
Going aloft
Rick Goodfriend
Up to the platform
Over the platform
Looking forward from aloft
Setting the mers seil
Mers seil
George Kramer
Mike Kemp
Jim Soja
Nancy Mair climbing
George Kramer on the yard
Looking forward
Foc’sle
Steve Hilbert
Furling the sail
John Goan
Furling the mers
Nancy Graham
Steve Hilbert
Sue Nelson & Steve Hilbert
Wild hair
Looking straight down
Foremast from the main
Foremast from the main
Aft from the main
The mizzenmast
Looking down
Full sail
The first platform
Katie Houck and Rufus furling a staysail
Furling a staysail
Looking down
Working the footlines

Crossing the Atlantic the Statsraad Lehmkuhl was under full sail most of the time. One ritual was setting the Bram and Royl seils in the morning and furling them at night.

Steve Paulus

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