Posts Tagged ‘Clipper Ships’
Good Jibes #147: Sea of Cortez, ‘Stad Amsterdam’, and 30th Baja Ha-Ha (Latitude 38 Verbatim)
In this week's episode of 'Good Jibes', host Ryan Foland reads three more articles from the June issue of 'Latitude 38'.
- Working Waterfront
- General Sailing
- Repair & Maintenance
- Current News
- Maritime History
- Environmental News
Tall Ship ‘Stad Amsterdam’ Hosts the Blue Tech Future
The clipper ships of the late 1800s were the most technically advanced use of wind for power in their era. A new generation of technology leaders met aboard the 'Stad Amsterdam' as they create a blue wave, developing the sustainable systems of the future.
‘Stad Amsterdam’ Coming to a Bridge Near You on March 6
Bay Area sailors are invited to greet 'Stad Amsterdam' as she sails in under the Golden Gate Bridge on March 6 after a 3400-mile sail from Panama.
Captain Mary Patten of ‘Neptune’s Car’
No history of women in sailing is complete without the story of 19-year-old Mary Patten, who captained a 216-ft clipper from somewhere near Cape Horn to San Francisco in 1856.
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