Middle mast

Posted by dobbino (Cape Town, South Africa) on 23 August 2008 in Lifestyle & Culture and Portfolio.

This is the middle (of three, so I presume the "main") mast of the Portuguese training ship, the N.R.P. Sagres. The mast itself is a monster, and how anyone can sort out the maze of ropes and sails is absolutely beyond me. The ship itself, however, is magnificent, and it provokes strong emotions of days gone by. The same emotions I have when I listen to the emotion in the song written by my favourite songwriter, Chris de Burgh:

"And we sailed across the sea,
Till we found America,
'Round the Cape of Storms,
We set our sails for home,
And when the sea was roaring,
And the Lord I called,
To help my drowning men,
I saw the light, yes, the candle in your window..." Chris de Burgh (Discovery)

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