That's an original boat from the late 1800's. The one I sailed was a replica. The pilot cutter had the longest bowsprite the law allowed, this was to ensure that the customs cutters could outrun any privately owned boat and therefore catch the smugglers.C-Mag wrote:I don't know crap about the ocean or sailing, but that looks pretty cool.Montegriffo wrote:Way to make me jealous Kath. What sort of yacht are you sailing?Kath wrote:Happy Thanksgiving, Carlus! We are going on a family cruise tomorrow, sailing around the Caribbean for a few days.
I did all my open sea sailing in a Cornish pilot cutter similar to this one, including an 1800 mile trip down to Oporto in Portugal.
Skipper was in his mid seventies and had served as a navigator in Lancaster bombers and later on in Mosquitoes.
