Tuesday, Mar. 30: Much of today was consumed with a trip to the Fiberglass Coatings store for a resupply of epoxy and all the fixings, so the only thing I got done was removing the sheer clamps and permanently refastening them with screws and epoxy. I did such a neat job of it they look just like they did yesterday, so no photo op.
But Mrs. Strongback did snap a picture worth showing. I was not home, but this was the second of two strange vessels which came by the house:
The other was smaller, and had four masts: lateen rigged on the two after masts and square on the forward two. I can't recall ever seeing a picture of a ship and rig like this. It looks somewhat like an arab dhow. Note that there are no footropes on the main yard. The large square sail must be furled with brailing lines from the deck. Or maybe the sail is never set at all. Maybe a movie prop?
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