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bkfrogma: Here we are, OpSail and Fleet Week Memorial Day 2012
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bkfrogma: "Pirate ships! Pirate ships!"
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bkfrogma: Juan Sebastian de Elcano
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bkfrogma: French officer training schooners Belle Poule and Etoile
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bkfrogma: Approaching the CUAUHTEMOC
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bkfrogma: Hi Tugster!
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bkfrogma: Tugster in closeup
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bkfrogma: J.S. de Elcano and the JS Shirane
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bkfrogma: J.S. de Elcano's figurehead
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bkfrogma: Heading for the blessedly shorter line for the J.S. de Elcano.
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bkfrogma: Obligatory sun-in-the-rigging shot while we wait in line.
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bkfrogma: The bridge. Wow. That's a lot of polishing.
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bkfrogma: Ship's bell, some antique-looking firefighting equipment, and the ship's motto: "
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bkfrogma: One of I'm not sure HOW many helms.
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bkfrogma: "Nautilus" - each mast is named, and imposing in the manner of a redwood tree.
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bkfrogma: If I read Spanish, I might be able to tell you what these lines do.
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bkfrogma: Asturias
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bkfrogma: Nice and tidy -
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bkfrogma: The most beautiful cleat I've ever seen.
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bkfrogma: 2 mast counting from the bow -
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bkfrogma: Binnacle compass
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bkfrogma: Ship's telegraph
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bkfrogma: Capstan
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bkfrogma: On the foredeck
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bkfrogma: Another look aloft
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bkfrogma: Last stop on our visit to the Elcano - the galley!
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bkfrogma: Back on the dock - stern of the J.S. de Elcano.
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bkfrogma: Neatly folded helicopter aboard the JS Shirane
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bkfrogma: JS Shirane
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bkfrogma: JS Shirane, in Japanese