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Three - masted Dutch Topsail Schooner Osterschelde in Falmouth Bay 19 July 2025
After completing the final leg of her circumnavigation from the Azores, and 2 years hosting the Darwin200 conservation project, Oosterschelde emerged from her overnight anchorage in Helford Passage and sailed to her final destination in Falmouth. (Charles Darwin disembarked the HMS Beagle in Falmouth on 2 October 1836 and headed home to Shrewsbury after his epic 4 year voyage around the world). Having found a suitable viewpoint below the castle on Pendennis Point, I captured several dozen images as she criss-crossed the bay for the assembled media and the flotilla of small boats that turned out to welcome her. These half dozen images sum up the beauty of this 107 year old vessel, still sailing, still giving pleasure at the end of what was her third circumnavigation since her rescue and restoration was completed in 1992. This was my first opportunity to photograph the Oosterschelde in full sail from shore. It has taken 13 years for this opportunity to arise. Invariably, when I arrive at a port she is already alongside and when I disembark I am heading straight for the airport with my camera full of images of life from the deck. (Click on the thumbnail to see a bigger image)
After completing the final leg of her circumnavigation from the Azores, and 2 years hosting the Darwin200 conservation project, Oosterschelde emerged from her overnight anchorage in Helford Passage and sailed to her final destination in Falmouth. (Charles Darwin disembarked the HMS Beagle in Falmouth on 2 October 1836 and headed home to Shrewsbury after his epic 4 year voyage around the world). Having found a suitable viewpoint below the castle on Pendennis Point, I captured several dozen images as she criss-crossed the bay for the assembled media and the flotilla of small boats that turned out to welcome her. These half dozen images sum up the beauty of this 107 year old vessel, still sailing, still giving pleasure at the end of what was her third circumnavigation since her rescue and restoration was completed in 1992. This was my first opportunity to photograph the Oosterschelde in full sail from shore. It has taken 13 years for this opportunity to arise. Invariably, when I arrive at a port she is already alongside and when I disembark I am heading straight for the airport with my camera full of images of life from the deck. (Click on the thumbnail to see a bigger image)