The 3-masted barque Kaskelot. Built in 1948, she is one of the largest wooden vessels still sailing. She has featured in several film and television productions. Detail of her masts, yards and rigging.

The 3-masted barque Kaskelot. Built in 1948, she is one of the largest wooden vessels still sailing. She has featured in several film and television productions.

The 3-masted barque Kaskelot. Built in 1948, she is one of the largest wooden vessels still sailing. She has featured in several film and television productions. Detail of the foretop and rigging.

The 3-masted barque Kaskelot. Built in 1948, she is one of the largest wooden vessels still sailing. She has featured in several film and television productions. Detail of the masts, yards and rigging.

The 3-masted barque Kaskelot. Built in 1948, she is one of the largest wooden vessels still sailing. She has featured in several film and television productions.

Sea Cloud II, a 3-masted barque with 2 diesel engines. A cruise ship, launched in 1999, with accommodation for 96 passengers and 63 crew. The sails are set manually, in the traditional tall ships manner, with crew climbing the rigging and manning the yards for the square-rig sails.

Stavros S Niarchos. Ship Type: Sailing vessel Year Built: 2000 Length x Breadth: 59 m X 9 m Gross Tonnage: 493, DeadWeight: 60 t Speed recorded (Max / Average): 7.6 / 6.4 knots Flag: United Kingdom [UK] Call Sign: MZIU7 IMO: 9222314, MMSI: 232007330

Baldheaded barque Glenlee at an advanced stage of restoration, rainy Glasgow, 2003.

Three-masted barque 'Peru' (1876) by moonlight. Made & bottled by Len Wilson, Kirkwall, Orkney, 1997.

Polly Woodside has just this week been relocated back to her original berth alongside the Melbourne Convention Centre. A new museum complex is being built alongside, as well as some restorative maintenance on the ship.

Looking forward along the deck.

This steam launch was being built in the yards alongside the Polly Woodside. Old skills still in use. Steam launch now operates on the Yarra.

Polly Woodside (formerly Rona)at her present location in Melbourne before the high rise gentrification of nearby South Wharf, North Wharf and Victoria Dock. Rialto Towers in the background still being built.

Rona as a disused coal lighter at dockside on the Yarra River Melbourne. Later restored as Barque Polly Woodside. Photo taken 1966

The barque Statsraad Lehmkuhl in Bergen, Norway ca. 1981. She was built in 1914 as a school training ship.

barque Dimsdale west coast lumber trade 1904

west coat lumber trade 1900,s

four masted barque Australian West Coast lumber trade 1904

west coast timber trade