old ironsides sails again, pure symbol of americana !
@1_fishin_magician153
3 жыл бұрын
Rachel looks like she is having fun !!!
@Kaidhicksii
3 жыл бұрын
*And I missed this.* 😢 Before my school year ended I was volunteering at the Navy Yard aboard the Cassin Young (getting her ready to open up to the public too). I'd always see the Constitution's huge masts whenever I'm driving by on the Zakim Bridge, and twice I saw her up close - the first time I walked her decks; the second time it was during the Tall Ship Parade a few years ago - so it was a very magical sight for a guy like me to be so close to her again after all this time. Every morning at 8 she fires her cannon, and let me just say that even when inside the Cassin Young, it is a deafening, powerful, stirring boom. :D
@doctordank
Жыл бұрын
Yep, you would!
@jameseldridge4185
7 ай бұрын
The British ordered all single ftigates to not engage the Consitution in single ship to ship combat
@TheGearhead222
2 жыл бұрын
Underway via tug! It takes many. many competent and in shape sailors to actually operate the jibs and the various main sails, besides needing enough wind to tack. I have yet to see any video of the Constitution with any of her canvas unfurled. BTW, I used to windsurf off of Padre and have sailed both a Sunfish (college PE class) and a Dolphin (once having to hold the boom after its one pulley broke) in Corpis Christi Bay. Did my 2 Persian Excursions also onboard the USS Abe Lincoln (CVN-72) and USS Mobile Bay (CG-53) as an IC2. John in Texas
@josephsonderling2384
Жыл бұрын
She last sailed under he own power in 2012. You can find some footage online. You're right, they don't do it very often because of how labor and knowledge intensive it is.
@stephen7701
9 ай бұрын
Many Americans have no idea, the history of this ship!
@loyalrammy
6 ай бұрын
I wonder when the old gal was really allowed to unfurl her main sails and take to open sea again instead of being pulled by a tug boat in the harbor?
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