TALL SHIPS BRING HISTORY, POOP DECKS TO VENTURA HARBOR : VESSELS, CREWS CONJURE IMAGES OF 18TH CENTURY.Byline: Christopher Noxon Daily News Staff Writer When kids climb aboard the Lady Washington The original Lady Washington was a 90-ton trading vessel built in Massachusetts around 1750. She sailed around Cape Horn and participated in the fur and pelt trade with the coastal Native Americans in the Pacific Northwest and in tea and porcelain across the Pacific in China. , a 170-ton tall ship modeled after a trade vessel launched in 1788, they frequently ask one of three questions. Where's the plank? Does the crew really sleep on board? And why do you call it a poop Poop A slang term often used to describe people with insider information. Notes: Not the most illustrious name. See also: Insider Information deck? These are the burning questions that Capt. Christopher Welton has learned to expect in a line of work that is as exciting as it is unusual. Along with addressing the curiosities of young visitors, Welton guides and maintains a vessel that operates with few modifications over ships 200 years ago. ``When we sail, it is pretty much exactly how it was,'' he said. ``It's a lot of work, but you can't believe how much fun it is.'' Welton sailed the 112-foot reproduction into Ventura Harbor on Monday for a two-week stay. The Lady Washington and its companion tall ship Hawaiian Chieftain are open for school tours, chartered sails and dockside tours. The ships attract an enormous amount of attention. A large crowd gathered around the hull Wednesday morning for a look. Some visitors came with dozens of questions on the history of the craft and the techniques used to sail it. But most onlookers stood silent, mouths agape agape In the New Testament, the fatherly love of God for humans and their reciprocal love for God. The term extends to the love of one's fellow humans. The Church Fathers used the Greek term to designate both a rite using bread and wine and a meal of fellowship that included at the spectacle of six miles of crisscrossing rope and thousands of pounds of canvas sail tended by a dozen deckhands in tar-stained costumes. Wearing a tricorn hat and a frilly frill n. 1. A ruffled, gathered, or pleated border or projection, such as a fabric edge used to trim clothing or a curled paper strip for decorating the end of the bone of a piece of meat. 2. stock around his neck, Welton introduced visitors to the language and practice of 18th century sailing. His first priority in teaching about the ship, he said, is clearing up common misperceptions that come up in questions most often asked by children. First of all, planks are props of historical fiction - you don't need a wooden board to toss a mutinous mu·ti·nous adj. 1. Of, relating to, engaged in, disposed to, or constituting mutiny. See Synonyms at insubordinate. 2. Unruly; disaffected: a mutinous child. 3. crew member overboard, he said. Secondly, the crew does indeed sleep below deck just as they did on the original ship. Finally, the poop deck originates from a Latin word used to refer to the stern of a ship where ancient Venetians commonly placed statues, Welton said. A native of Long Beach, Welton started working on period boats at the age of 23, when he joined the crew of a private Canadian vessel. Other members of the crew have joined with backgrounds in the Navy, but some come with little or no previous nautical nau·ti·cal adj. Of, relating to, or characteristic of ships, shipping, sailors, or navigation on a body of water. [From Latin nauticus, from Greek nautikos, from experience. The Grays Harbor Grays Harbor is an estuarine bay located 45 miles north of the mouth of the Columbia River, on the southwest Pacific coast of Washington State, in the United States of America. The bay is 15 miles long and 11 miles wide. Historical Seaport offers a two-week apprenticeship program for newcomers to learn the basics. ``I had been sailing for 20 years, but when I came on board I had to learn a whole new language,'' said first mate Gary Stugard. ``It's not glamorous work, but it's great. I'm getting paid to sail - not much, but I am getting paid. And that's worth it.'' The Lady Washington is a reproduction of the first American First American may refer to:
Chile, Republic of Chile - a republic in southern South America on the western slopes of the Andes on the south Pacific coast and land in the Pacific Northwest. Built in 1989 as part of centennial celebrations in Washington state, the ship keeps a home port in Grays Harbor, Washington. On the current trip, the ship is retracing the route taken by European explorers that traveled the California coast looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. natural resources and terrain to claim. The Lady Washington went up and down the coast several times, said Welton, as well as completing several trips to China. The reproduction differs slightly from the original, he said, with the hull divided into watertight sections and a Coast Guard-mandated motor installed below decks. The 20th century mechanics actually create more problems than the more arcane ar·cane adj. Known or understood by only a few: arcane economic theories. See Synonyms at mysterious. [Latin arc technology, Stugard said. ``The worst part is dealing with mechanical problems from the 20th century,'' he said. ``The rest is just hard work and ingenuity.'' The appeal of the ships extends far beyond sailors, said Randy Bozarth, who brought his two children for a look Wednesday. ``For people who sail, it's like looking at a great old car,'' he said. ``For nonsailors, it's like seeing something spectacular on TV.'' CAPTION(S): 6 Photos Photo: (1--ran in SAC, SIMI SIMI Sea Ice Mechanics Initiative SIMI Search for Intelligent Monkeys on the Internet SIMI Students Islamic Movement in India SIMI Society of Irish Motor Industry SIMI Smallholder Irrigation Markets Initiative and CONEJO--color in SIMI and CONEJO) The Lady Washington, left, and the Hawaiian Chieftain attract attention while docked at Ventura Harbor Village. (2--ran in SAC, SIMI and CONEJO--color in SIMI and CONEJO) Christopher Welton, the Lady Washington's captain, mans the tiller in period costume. (3--ran in SAC, SIMI and CONEJO--color in SIMI and CONEJO) Deckhand Ute Kuenstler keeps busy by chipping rust off the anchor. (4--ran in SAC, SIMI and CONEJO) First mate Derek Esibill ties down one of the small cannons on the Hawaiian Chieftain. Blank charges are used in mock battles. (5--ran in SIMI and CONEJO only) Ian McIntyre, captain of the Hawaiian Chieftain, dons his 18th century-style costume. (6--ran in SAC, SIMI and CONEJO) Deckhand Chris Davis Chris Davis is the name of a couple of people:
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