Jul22
Mike Goodwin’s video of the building of the magnificent schooner Virginia
Speaking of schooners, as we were in a recent post about the type’s origins, my friend Mike Goodwin worked on the building of the schooner Virginia, which completed in 2007, and was lucky enough to be a member of her crew when she won the Gloucester Schooner Race the same year.
Here’s his animated photo-record of her from the beginning the building to the finishing line of the race. The baulks of timber involved are awesome, but then it gets better…
The music comes from artist and composer Michael Shantz.
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