Adventure! Fedora Lounge Folks in Action!

[PADDY]

Where the term "Mad as a Hatter" originates from.

 

[L'Onset]

Long, long ago, when I was in my twenties. Sailing for dolphin research in the Mediterranean Sea on board of an old gaff ketch, norwegian built round 1890 and restored by owners in the late 1980's.


A few months later, working during Christmas on the fishing grounds of the great banks off Newfoundland


On board of Brig Maria Asumpta (build in Barcelona 1850, lost off Penzance, Cornwall 1995. The oldest ship still sailing at the time) three lives lost in wreckage.


At the wheel of Maria Asumpta

 

[PADDY]

Wow! What an amazing ship!!

 

[PADDY]

Another 1930s adventure graphic!

 

[DesertDan]

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Long, long ago, when I was in my twenties. Sailing for dolphin research in the Mediterranean Sea on board of an old gaff ketch, norwegian built round 1890 and restored by owners in the late 1980's.

Epic pic L'Onset! You had a real Douglas Fairbanks Jr. thing going on there.

 

[L'Onset]

Thank you sir.
I'll post more pictures as soon as I recover and scan them. It is going to be a little bit of a "treasure quest" because they haven't seen light for at least a decade.

 

[L'Onset]

A few more pictures of Maria Asumpta, (not the same ship as the first colour picture)

At the dock in Vilagarcia de Arosa, Galicia Spain.


The galley. I am the bearded one on the left


Speaking with the bosun. The people you see behind are on the dock, waiting to board the ship for a visit. The bosun and me, as many others were working on the rigging to have the old lady ready to set sail from Spain to England. We did, but with strong northern winds we sailed for two weeks drifting westward before we could regain a true northern movement (not just compass bearing), meanwhile we enjoyed the waves, the rain, some gastric diseases among the crew and a great deal of whale- and bird-watching.
Those photographs were taken by a local photo-journalist whose name was "X. Ameneiro" and thus must be credited for them. I've tried to find him through the years, but whithout success (even on internet days). I'd like to thank him for those pictures.

 

[L'Onset]

Sorry for the unintended attached thumbnail

:eusa_doh:I didn't want to post that last picture, but couldn manage to take it out[huh], it stuck as an attached thumbnail.
Is a partial view of the Aga used for cooking all our meals on board. I am the author of that last pic.

 

[GJ nord]

local little jolly out, Cronkley scar, the short way up.

only a few miles away, so rude not to go....

 

[Mr. Godfrey]

Another 1930s adventure graphic!
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So Stewart Granger!

Keep posting young man, I know your a busy chap but there's a thread for you 'Boys Own' and all your scanned books, will keep me quite for a while ;-)

 

[Renault]

A shameless selfie on the "veldt" of Deep South Texas, chasing the elusive nilgai. One was taken by my close friend this particular weekend!!



Evening meal at the cabin! Forum member Niv on far left. My favorite part of the hunt. Fellowship with my friends and family!! I think we cooked up a nice loin of pork on the fire this evening. Details are still sketchy!

 

[PADDY]

I'm assuming Colonel Roosevelt was 'behind' the camera chum! What a marvelous gathering of kindred souls. Now 'that' is a selfie!!

 

[Renault]

LOL! Paddy! I could never be as cool as Colonel Roosevelt!

 

[Texfield]

Damaraland, Namibia

There is a wooden crate sitting in the hold of the slowest tramp steamer plying it's trade across the southern Atlantic making it's way to Texas. Soon I will by strong arming a crowbar to rediscover some trophies I left behind. While the good lady wife has a "No Eyeballs in the House" rule, that does not apply to the gun room. The Lagavulin and a couple of Cohiba cigars are waiting to christen the mounts upon the wall.

The Kalahari Ferrari donkey cart is not a trophy, of course, but I thought it might amuse!

 

[DesertDan]

Very nice Henry, What are the firearms shown in your pics?

 

[MattieA65]

Wow, great Kudu. Congratulations!

 

[Renault]

Gemsbok ain't too shabby either.

 

[Texfield]

Very nice Henry, What are the firearms shown in your pics?

Kudu and warthog were taken with Mauser M03 in 375 H&H. Great rifle. It is a switch barrel and you only loosen two captured screws (cant lose 'em!) to break down. Goes back to zero every time. Ostrich and Gemsbok were taken with 7mm mag. Namibia tends toward long, longer and looooonggg range shooting. The 375 hand load I brought were fantastic in the Mopane but just did not have the legs for the open desert. I borrowed the 7mm from the outfitter. Last animal taken on that safari was a very old cull zebra for the local's pot at 365 meters. I love 375 but it would never had made that shot (my loads, not the rifles fault.)

I have since traded up that Mauser for another Mauser M03 in 416 Rem. There is a joint horned infidel, the old Cape Buff, in my future ;-)

 

[Mr. Godfrey]

Great set of photo's, thanks for sharing your adventure. Love the warthog!

 

[Mojave Jack]

Renault and Henry, great pics, both of you! Especially love the ostrich shot!

Henry, I have to say, too, I'm jealous of your whiskers. Those are exactly what I intended to grow as soon as I retired from the military, which I finally did last month. Within two weeks I had a four-day weekend, and thought, "Now's my chance!" Wouldn't you know it, my beard is patchy in all the wrong spots! I think if I grew it out I'd look like Che Guevara or Johnny Depp. Not the look I was going for!