Not many pics of this cos the boat wasn't there, but the local community at Chestertown recently built a replica of the Schooner (this is something you sail rather than drink from)Sultana which was originally commissioned by the British inthe 1760s. They now use it as an educational platform for youngsters who take short voyages literally learning the ropes, and living as they did in times of the colonisation of N. America. I have bought an ace book about how the schooner was built, which you will have to wait till I get back to look at. in the meantime try http://www.sultanaprojects.org/ For an idea of the undertaking. Bad timing on our part. On Aiug 5th we could have sailed on her. The really spooky thing is that the master boatswain (John Swain) responsible for the concept of the project and the building of the vessel showed us round his boat building yard 20 years ago when he was building a nice cedar 22ft
yacht. He was a really great guy, very skilled, and passionate about his work.
Anyhow, tonight we move back up to Moorestown(Momma Mazzas) so it is a short hop to the airport tomorrow when we take to the skies for Memphis. If you are following this Si we arrive at Gate C14 Terminal B
It is getting hot again we put washing on the line half an hour ago and I think it will be about an hour or so to get it dry.
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