Just Released TweetGlide a NEW FREE Twitter Desktop Apps For Windows PC & Mac That Rocks!
Newly Released Twitter Desktop App from Mike Filsaime Goes Live for Windows & Mac, TweetGlide Does It All and it’s FREE!
I downloaded this new Twitter app today from Mike Filsaime called TweetGlide and I am so impressed with it that I have to bring it to your attention. I started out managing my Twitter microblogging account with Twhirl, then moved to TweetDeck for the larger dashboard feel and much more control. Tweet Glide application works the same as TweetDeck, even looks very similar and most of the controls are in the same spot, you can add your Facebook account too! The microblogging application works for both windows and mac.
What makes Tweet Glide shine is that by using it, you actually get free traffic that can grow viral pretty fast. There is a built in traffic generation feature that allows you to display your own AD inside of the app that all users will see. As a free member you can have up to 5 ads with 142 characters (will look just like a regular tweet). But if you sign up as a Premier member (only $97 & includes 500 ad credits) you can have up to 20 ads with 420 characters (a lot more ad) plus colored backgrounds and the use of basic HTML.
You buy your ads with credits you gain by tweeting. For every 5 tweets you post in a 3 hour period you gain 1 credit. Ad credits can also be purchased. Both the Free and Premier ads also come with full tracking of ads and impressions. The ad column can be closed if you do not want to view any ads.
Another great feature is that you can tweet more than the 140 character limit, TweetGlide will add a link to your tweet that will direct the reader to your TweetGlide Blog (included) where they can read the rest of the post.
TweetGlide is the next generation of desktop Twitter apps and will make managing your Twitter & Facebook accounts so much easier! You can find out more and download it for free by going to:
15 to 25 Knots Bouncing Off the Sand Bars of Stage Harbor, Chatham Sailing on the “Crusty Too” Sailboat!
Bounced off the sand bar a few times sailing out of Stage Harbor, Chatham!
My sister was up visiting from NC for her 30th high school reunion, two north easters roared in at the same time but we managed to get out sailing on the “Crusty Too” one day. It was blowing 15 to 25 knts out of the North West so it should of been somewhat calm off of Hardens Beach.
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Not having any reef points in the main sail makes it interesting in these conditions. So with just a hancky of the jib out, we set to sailing out of the inlet from Stage Harbor, which should of been an easy reach. It was a peak out going tide though and the wind & current kept pushing us onto the leeward shore. For some reason the O’day 22 sailboat did not want to tack, the outboard did not want to run, the jib winches were frozen and the gusts of wind were laying us over on our ears so it was interesting trying to get out of the narrow inlet. Needless to say we bounced off the sand bars just outside of the inlet.
The tide was really roaring out of the inlet and once we manged to get clear of the bars we ran into a rip tide. There were 3 to 4 foot curling waves and we could not tack and clear the rip, so we took a few waves across the bow, but managed to stay somewhat dry. Then we were getting set down onto a small fleet of Sea Clam fishing boats that had their rigs set and were dragging, after slipping across the bow of one fishing boat we sailed out of the rip into calmer seas and finally popped open a beer! All in all it was a great sail!
Reefed Jib on the "Crusty Too" heading back into Stage Harbor, Chatham MA. Sea Clam fishing boat off the bow.
Migrating sea birds flying over the sand bars of Stage Harbor inlet.
Sister Wendy staying warm & dry on the Crusty Too sailboat!
Top 10 Nautical Home Decor Holiday Gift Ideas from CaptJimsCargo. Best Selling Model Ships, Nautical Home Accents & More…
The Top 10 Nautical Home Decor Holiday Gift Ideas from CaptJimsCargo. Hopefully this Top Ten list will help you with your Christmas holidays list. Shown are the best selling Model Tall Ships, Sailboats, Ocean Liners and Nautical Home Accents.
#1 Model Endeavour Sailboat, Best Selling Model America's Cup Yacht! 4 Sizes Starting @$71.99
#2 San Felipe Model Tall Ship, Best Seller! San Felipe Spanish Galleon 3 Sizes Starting @$107.99
#3 Atlantic 36" Model Sailboat, Top Selling Sailboat! Atlantic Yacht at 36" is a Lot of Model For Only $122.99
#1 Model Endeavour America’s Cup
#3 Atlantic 36″ Model Sailboat
#4 Wooden Ship Steering Wheel, 48" Boat Steering Wheel Has The Most Sales, 4 Sizes Starting @$57.95
#5 Old World Globe Wine Bars, 6 Styles & Sizes of Nautical Globe Wine Bars Available, All Best Sellers!
#6 SS United States Ocean Liner Model, New to CaptJimsCargo But Already a Best Seller! Fast Shipping!
#6 SS United States Ocean Liner Model
#7 Model Cutty Sark Tall Ship, The Cutty Sark Tall Ship Model Always a Hot Seller! 2 Sizes Starting @$79.99
#8 Teak Ship Wheel End Table, The Wooden Ship Wheel End Table is a Very Popular Nautical Gift!
#9 Wooden Scale Model Canoes, Best Selling Wooden Cedar Strip Model Canoe 44" Is On Sale Now!
#10 Harbormaster Brass Telescope, The Harbormaster Brass Telescope Always a Great Nautical Decor Gift!
We have found 1 of the toughest & (almost) Indestructible Rope Tug Durable Dog Chew Proof Toys!
This Dent-A-Tug is by far the most durable dog chew proof toy we have found, our Chocolate Lab “Lakota” has yet to destroy one! He got a Dent-A-Tug for last Christmas and it is still in use almost everyday! Lakota can gut the toughest canvas stuffed dog chew toys in a matter of minutes and usually ingests some of the toy. He has run up almost $2000 in Vet fees for blockages (luckily not having to go through surgery, please see below for full story). His dog toy box now consists of large real marrow bones (which he still manages to break off pieces) and a couple of almost indestructible Dent-A-Tugs. Lakota has not been back to the Vet since we stopped giving him stuffed dog chew toys.
A quick cure for a dogs potential gastric, intestinal or abdominal obstruction!
If you know or suspect your dog has ingested a foreign object that may cause a gastric obstruction or blockage then this home remedy may save you a lot of worrying and Vet bills. As long as the foreign object has not passed out of the stomach you can induce vomiting in your dog by getting the dog to drink 1 teaspoon of Hydrogen Peroxide per 5 pounds of the canine, not to exceed 3 tablespoons (it should be administered undiluted). I have not tried this home remedy but a friend of mine has with great success. He owns a Chocolate Lab with a pension for eating panties, well one day the wifes favorite panties disappeared, so they used the home remedy and in a very short time the dog vomited up the panties. Jake the dog was back to his old mischievous self in about 30 minutes. Do provide lots of water for your dog afterwards. For more information see Emetic Agents heading at ASPCA tips to manage a poison emergency. Please note Legal Disclaimer at the end of this post.
Indestructible Rope Tug Durable Dog Chew Toy Large
Lakota with 1 of his indestructible Dent-A-Tug dog chew proof toys.
There are 3 sizes of Dent-A-Chews available:
3 sizes of Dent-A-Tugs are available, color varies for dog chew resistant proof toys.
Lakota’s Gastric Obstruction Full Story:
Thought I would share with you Lakota’s gastric obstruction adventure. When Lakota got sick with a blockage, it started with him throwing up on his own. The first Vet visit with an overnight and X-rays showed up nothing. Lakota came home, after a brief recovery and a meal he got sick again. After more days of throwing up and not eating we took him to the Cape Animal Referral & Emergency Center where after 3 days of watching, testing, X-rays (still not showing anything) and a Barium study (inconclusive) they decided to pursue it as a blockage and operate on him. We got the call at 9 PM that they were going to operate, needless to say we were feeling pretty bad, the doctors did not paint us the prettiest of pictures for the procedure.
Then at 10 PM the center called with Great News! Lakota did not have to go
through with the operation, after being prepped and the anesthesia took affect the doctors were able to examine the back of his mouth and throat. That is when they found a piece of thread wrapped around the back of his tongue and running down into his throat. The end of which was hooked onto some sort of obstruction (that would not show up on X-rays). They cut the thread, we got Lakota back the next day, he was weak but hungry and after a colorful poop right back to his old puppy self!!
The Hospital visit bill was $1750, the operation would of been over $3000. We did not have insurance then, we do now. Lakota’s toy box took on a new look with all cloth, stuffed and rag toys gone. The ordeal was rough on my wife & I, luckily it had a happy ending, you sure do get attached to your furry friend.
LEGAL DISCLAIMER
- We are not responsible for any loss, injuries or death caused by using the above hydrogen Peroxide Home Remedy. Use at your own risk.
- You must be 18 years of age to use the above Home Remedy.
RC Remote Control Sailing Boats Gift Guide
If you are hunting for RTR (ready to run) RC remote control model power boats, sloop sailboats, tug boats, fishing boats, model ships this site may be you last stop! Not only is it complete but it is a great resource for information and articles for the beginner and expert. If you need help picking out the right RC radio control GIFT, are a complete novice, have never participated in the RC hobby, then their GIFT GUIDE is exactly what you are looking for! The excellent Gift Guide will easily walk you through radio control terms and help you to pick out the best and correct gift for your recipient along with any necessary accessories if required.
There are separate gift guides for:
- RTR (ready to run) RC remote control model boats, sloop sailboats, tug boats
- RTR RC radio control model cars & trucks, electric, gas or nitro gift guide
- RTF (ready to fly) RC radio control model airplanes gift guide
- RTF RC radio control model helicopters gift guide
- RC radio control TERMS gift guide
Showcased below are some of the offerings for RC remote control boats, sloop sailboats, tug boats, fishing boats and a high speed gas catamaran.
Pro Boat Endeavour RC Remote Control Sloop Sailboat with Electric Back Up Motor
Endeavour with Electric Back-up Motor in case of sudden wind loss. Excellent for the beginner!
AquaCraft Atlantic Harbor RC Tug Boat Electric with lots of detail, even rubber bumper tires!
AquaCraft Bristol Bay RC Fishing Boat for sale. Working searchlight and running lights!
Pro Boat Blackjack 55 RC Catamaran Boat Remote Control, speeds in excess of 35 mph!
The Great White shark scare in Chatham is over, or is it… and now theres an endangered Manatee Sea Cow on Cape Cod!
No siting of any sharks this rainy weekend in Chatham, MA. But an endangered Manatee Sea Cow has shown up in Dennis, near the same spot where one showed up last October. That one did not make it back south aboard a truck, there is a plaque in his memory at the harbor. Hopefully this guy or gal starts heading south soon. The full story can be read and seen at http://bit.ly/9wmb6 or Dennis hosts Florida manatee again.
The Chatham shark scare was viewed on nation wide news for days. There was some excellent video picture of a Great White shark lazily swimming along filmed from a helicopter by WCVB if you missed it here is a link to the uncut version. The shark is just cruising around taking his or her time, of course most of us are just waiting to see some action, which never happens. But it does!! Please take a look at a picture below from I believe 3 years ago, shot off of Chatham as a Great White Shark attacks a seal! This shot is not for the squemish and was borrowed from fellow blogger “the hairy beast”.
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Great White Shark devours a Grey Seal off of Chatham!!!
The last recorded shark attack on a human in Massachusetts waters was in 1936, so nothing to worry about. Below are some nation wide stats for Great White attacks.
Nation Wide Great White shark attack on human stats (1916-2008)
Just added a fully assembled KMS Bismarck German Battleship model warship and a Huge 56″ Titanic model ship wooden boat to Capt.JimsCar-go’s already extensive inventory of wooden model ships, boats, sailboats and nautical furniture.
KMS Bismarck German Battleship Wooden Model 30"
The German battleship Bismarck is one of the most famous warships of the Second World War. The lead ship of her class and named after the 19th century German Chancellor Otto von Bismarck.
Bismarck displaced more than 50,000 tonnes fully loaded and was the largest warship then commissioned. Bismarck only took part in one operation during her brief career. She and the heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen left Gotenhafen (Gdynia) on the morning of 19 May, 1941 for Operation Rheinübung, during which she was to have attempted to intercept and destroy convoys in transit between North America and Great Britain.
When Bismarck and Prinz Eugen attempted to break out into the Atlantic, the two ships were discovered by the Royal Navy and brought to battle in the Denmark Strait. During the short engagement, the British battlecruiser HMS Hood, flagship of the Home Fleet and pride of the Royal Navy, was sunk after several minutes of firing.
In response, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill issued the order to “Sink the Bismarck”, spurring a relentless pursuit by the Royal Navy. Two days later, with Bismarck almost in reach of safer waters, Fleet Air Arm aircraft launched from the carrier HMS Ark Royal torpedoed the ship and jammed her rudder, allowing heavy British units to catch up with her. In the ensuing battle on the morning of 27 May, 1941, Bismarck was heavily attacked for nearly three hours before sinking
XL Titanic Model Ship Wooden Ocean Liner 56" Boat
The Titanic named by J.BRUCE ISMAY, was built in March 1909. In May 1911, she was launched, which was a heavily publicized spectacle.
Titanic was designed to be a marvel of modern safety technology and her accommodations were the most modern and luxurious on any ocean. She was 883 feet long (1/6 of a mile), 92 feet wide and weighed 46,328 tons. She was 104 feet tall from keel to bridge, almost 35 feet of which were below the waterline. She was capable of carrying over 3500 people (passengers & crew).
Unfortunately, at 11:40 p.m on the 14th April 1912, the greatest maritime disaster in history began. During that night of heroism, terror and tragedy, 705 lives were saved, 1502 lives were lost, and many legends were born.
Shamrock V America's Cup Model Sailboat 39"
Ferrari Hydroplane Wooden Speed Boat Model 32"
Affordable Japanese Kaiwo Maru Model Tall Ship 32"
With Hurricane Bill headed towards Cape Cod, past hurricanes that we have survived come to mind, Hurricane Hugo, Bertha, Lenny…
Since it looks like all Chatham will see from Hurricane Bill hopefully is large waves in the range of 14 feet onto the beach, 24 feet offshore with gusts to 40 mph, I will not be frantically hauling the 2 boats ( Crusty & the Crusty Too ) that I have moored in Stage Harbor and will be just adding a few extra lines & Chaff gear. So this gives me some time to reflect on past hurricanes that have come our way in the past years and share some of the adventure(s) with you.
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My wife & I lived in St. Thomas, USVI for 18 years aboard the “TriWorld” a 59′ Trimaran, running her in the charter yacht business as a dive live aboard. She was a lot of boat, a 4 bedroom 4 bath, 28 foot wide wind-age machine. So when any storm was heading our way with those scary words Tropical Storm Force Winds, it got our attention. We had basically 3 choices, you could sail away (if there was enough time to get out in front & below the oncoming storm), you could find a protected cove & put out your storm anchors (with the TriWorld this was safe up to 70 mph winds), or you could head as deep into the mangroves (trees) as possible and tie up with every line you had onboard and hang on. Hauling out was not an option as hauling out was an all day event with the Tri and with a Hurricane coming the few boat yards that could haul us did not want to see us heading their way.
This post involves the last choice tying into the mangroves on Culebra (a small island on the east side of Puerto Rico) and riding out a direct hit from Hurricane Hugo!
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We arrived late (with the boats already anchored or tied up glaring at us) to Ensenada Honda, Culebra with less than 48 hrs left to prepare for a major hurricane. Ensenada Honda was considered the best Hurricane Hole in the Caribbean before hurricane Hugo showed up. The Bay is large deep & protected and for centuries has provided shelter for pirates & sailors.
Ensenada Honda, Culebra
When we sailed from St. Thomas I had only one thought in my mind, get deep into the mangroves of Ensenada Honda. About a month before we had come to this bay for shelter from a much lesser storm and had anchored with a storm anchor (175 lb Danforth). I did not feel comfortable at all swinging on a hook waiting for the big blow which luckily never happened. That storm veered away and afterwards we explored the many mangrove coves, so I had an idea of where I wanted to go for Hugo.
The bay and mangroves were very crowded with 100s of boats anchored and tied into the trees when we arrived, but I kept heading up into the harbor hoping to get the spot I had seen before, Cemetery Cove.
There were sailboats tied up to the mangroves all way up the East side of Cemetery Cove, it looked full, except for a spot all the way up in the head of the cove. Most of the boats that were tied up had lines running clear across to the other side of the cove, blocking my way. These sailors had been securing their boats for hours and were still tying more lines off. So they were not too pleased to see a yacht as wide as TriWorld trying to squeeze up past them into the cove. But I managed to persuade all of them to lower their lines and we crept past them. I figured the head of the cove was shallow (one reason nobody was there), it was high tide and TriWorld only drew 4.5′ so with full ahead we pushed through the mud all the way up into the end of the cove right into the mangrove trees . The relief from reaching this spot was immense but short lived as we heard next that Culebra was going to receive a direct hit from Hurricane Hugo a category 4 storm.
We didn’t waste any time and started tying into the trees, removing everything from the top decks, wrapping up the main & mizzen sails, the genoa had already been dropped, setting the storm anchor as a stern anchor, wrapped every line where ever it might chaff both on the boat & through the mangroves, duct taped ports (windows) & every known leak, removed the awnings and finally secured the whaler (our tender) into the trees off the bow. When we were done we had 18 lines tied off to the trees.
The next day Sept 17 1989 was spent finishing up small details and helping our neighbors in Cemetery Cove and keeping an ear glued to the weather forecasts. It did not look good for us, Hugo was approaching St. Croix as a category 4 hurricane with sustained winds of 140 mph and it’s track was forecast to go right over us. There were 300 boats in Ensenada Honda by this time, most of them anchored and a lot of them had just showed up having been brought over from St. Thomas without their owners by hurriedly hired skippers. Most of these Captains just threw a single anchor and headed back to St. Thomas.
The Culebra police & harbor patrol had been going around to all the boats warning them that this was going to be a killer storm and to get off their boats and head to the shelter on the mainland. A good many people did so, most of us tied up in the mangroves stayed aboard as did a fair amount out on anchors. One captain was almost forcibly removed from his large 55′ trimaran the “Carousel” because he showed up so late that the only place he could anchor was at the opening of the harbor and would be exposed to the full force of the wind. In the end he opted to head for the shelter, the fate of his Tri will be told a little later.
Hurricane Hugo approaches St. Croix
By afternoon the wind started to blow, first 30 to 40 mph then 50,60 then it hit 70 and things started to happen. The visibility was still good with no rain, some of our neighbors were up on deck still making preparations, we had been listening to this horrible woca woca woca noise for awhile now. The noise was from a large steel building on top of a hill to the NE of our cove and when the wind hit 70 mph the building started to let loose entire steel panels which flew over our heads around 200 feet up in the air! I yelled to our neighbors to warn them but the noise level had increased so much that they could not hear me. Since the panels were so high up I did not worry about them…too much, I did do a lot of ducking at that point in the storm.
We had been monitoring the VHF radio for days now, exchanging forecasts and reassuring each other. Some of the boats had anemometers (wind speed indicators) so we were getting accurate wind reports for awhile. Even before the wind hit 70 mph there were mayday distress calls going out on the radio, mostly from boats that were being hit by other dragging boats that had not been anchored properly. This problem escalated as the wind continued to increase, it is known as the domino effect, once another boat or 2 drags onto your boat your anchor can’t hold and it breaks loose and all the boats are forced up onto the shore usually in a tangled mess snagging other boats along the way.
That night was a horribly noisy, wet and scary night. The noise level was deafening at times sounding like a train was going by on top of us and the TriWorld was shaking uncontrollably the whole time. The wind blew out of the East and North all night long which was good for us as the boats that were dragging anchor or breaking loose were getting blown up onto the west and south shores away from us and we were not getting any waves.
The wind and maydays seemed to come in increments, when the wind speed was 70 to 80 mph boats were dragging for awhile, then the radio would be quiet for awhile. Then the wind would increase again to 90 to 100 mph and the mayday calls would start up again. The mayday calls were not for a cry out for help but just to let others know of their fate. At the peak of the storm before the eye passed, the radio was very quiet as everyone who was going to drag or break loose had already done so.
The next morning the wind let up and the sky cleared and we could see some of the destruction in the harbor, which seemed to be empty of anchored boats behind us. This did not last long and just as the wind swung around to the south and started to increase, we watched along with some of our neighbors a 90′ motor yacht (the Night Cap) steaming into Cemetery Cove dragging her anchors behind. We all started jumping up & down, waving our arms hoping to get the motor yacht to go else where. Which he did just as the wind and visibility increased, the yacht careened off of a house boat that was at the entrance to the cove and disappeared into the storm. Later we found that motor yacht south west off us up on a beach 50 feet from the waters edge.
The wind came back fast and this time it was blowing straight into the cove. During the worst of it with our stern facing the wind our main cabin doors blew in on us, so for the last half of the storm we had to hold the doors closed against the wind & rain. At this time too the waves were coming straight into the cove, although not that big, you have to remember that we were sitting deep in the mud and now the boat was bouncing on the bottom, still shaking uncontrollably, and occasionally snapping & jerking on her lines.
A little later I watched a Westsail 32 sailboat break loose of the mangroves just behind us and swing perpendicular to the wind. I thought dam we made it this far without any damage and now it looked like a very heavy boat was going to crash onto the most vulnerable section of TriWorld, her aft wings. But the Westsail stopped and rode out the rest of the storm in that position, sometimes in the higher gusts of wind healing over so far that her spreaders were touching the water. Later we discovered that when she broke free a line had snapped and recoiled onto a neighbors boat and tied itself onto one of their lines thus saving us a lot of damage.
Westsail Sailboat still perpendicular to the wind after the storm
Around 2 o’clock in the afternoon the worst was over, the wind subsided enough that a few people were venturing out in their dingies if they still had one. There was no communications coming out of St. Thomas or St. Croix. From our sanctuary we could see the masts of a huge 7o’ ketch laying over way up in the mangroves to our SE and to the SW a couple of sports-fishing boats ashore. We did not know the true extent of the devastating damage till we dug the whaler out of the mangroves the next day.
TriWorld in Cemetery Cove the day after Hugo
Our first trip off of the TriWorld left us speechless for awhile as we absorbed what we were seeing, there were 100s of boats up on the shore and not just private yachts many were star spangled charter boats that we knew very well. Where houses used to be there was nothing but debris trails leading away from foundations, reminding me of the nuclear destruction I had seen from the pictures of Japan in WWII.
Devastated houses on Culebra
It turns out that of the 300 yachts & boats that seek-ed refuge in what was considered one of the best hurricane holes in the Caribbean. 250 of them were either up on the beach or sunk, pretty much destroyed. A good many of them major charter boats for the USVI & BVI. Of the 50 boats that survived, almost all of them up in the mangroves, still required a lot of repair. Seven people died on Culebra during Hugo, four of them in Ensenada Honda. 80% of the homes on Culebra & Vieques were destroyed. A government weather station on Culebra that night recorded sustained winds for a little while at 185 mph!!
This post continues with some hurricane Hugo pictures of the damage to boats, the shoreline and the fate of the trimaran “Carousel”.
Star Spangled Charter Yacht Ranga on top of Marks Way
Boats smashed into the sides of buildings in Dewey
Still more destruction note hull split in two
Boats downtown on the cement shore of Dewey some sucked under the draw bridge!
Boats sucked under the draw bridge by the out going storm surge in Dewey
September Morn was repaired and went on to charter for a few more years! Well we untangled the Triworld the next day and anchored off of Dewey and went ashore to check up on some of our friends and to announce that the following day we would be sailing back to St. Thomas (we really did not have any help to offer otherwise) and anybody that wanted a ride back was welcome. The arrival back in St. Thomas to a harbor empty of boats is another story.
Oh yes the “Carousel”, the trimaran that anchored at the entrance to Ensenada Honda and luckily the skipper got off the boat after a lot of coaxing by the local officials. During the heat of the storm the Tri took off like an airplane and clearing it’s mast landed upside down, then it took off again and flipped over bow to stern, and again and again and again finally ending up upside down on top of a bunch of unfortunate boats already wrecked ashore. Later she was righted in Ensenada Honda, rewired, repaired and went onto charter again!
Next storm post Hurricane Bertha on the mooring in St. Thomas…
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For the first time ever a painted HMS Victory model tall ship will be available at Capt-JimsCar-go!
The painted fully assembled HMS Victory model tall ship has not been available for a long time, but come August 31, 2009, Capt.JimsCargo will have them back in stock!! This Victory model ship is painted in the colors of the actual oldest commissioned navy war ship in the world.
The HMS Victory was towed to the dockyard at Portsmouth, UK in January 1928, was embedded in cement and restored to her original condition. King George V crowned the restoration by unveiling a plaque that honored her 175 years of service.
The H.M.S. VICTORY was launched on 7th May 1765. The Victory’s fame was due to the fact that as dawn drew near on October 21, 1805, under the British flag, she took part in the momentous Battle of Trafalgar (where Horatio Nelson flew his famous signal “England expects that every man will do his duty”) against Spain and completely defeated the Franco-Spanish fleet with her powerful cannons that can fire half a ton of iron shot more than a mile.
The painted HMS Victory model tall ship is 37″ Long x 12″ wide x 36″ tall and is handcrafted of woods like teak, rosewood & mahogany. The ship model is constructed by the plank on frame method.
This Victory model has been unavailable for some time so it will probably be in demand…
View 23 more pictures of this beautiful painted HMS Victory model ship
To read more history about the HMS Victory & Portsmouth, UK click here
Also of intrest is a 3D Model Turntable & Fly-through of another HMS Victory model, take a look
