"The Masted" Regatta's visit to the Port of Veracruz

In late June Veracruz was one of the  host stops of a regatta
where large ships from various countries
sailed from port to port



Barque Eagle  America's Tallship

The Eagle began its existence as the Horst Wessel in Hamburg, Germany in 1936.   Her keel was laid on February 15, launched on June 13, completed on September 16, and commissioned on September 17. She was the second ship in the class to be built after the class namesake, Gorch Fock. Adolf Hilter and Rudolph Hess were present at the launch and christening. The name was given in tribute to Nazi party member Horst Wessel.

Segelschulschiff Horst Wessel

At the end of World War II she was given to the United States as a war reparation






It was very interesting being on the ship.  
The ship is operated year roundd by a permanent cew of 56.
Only a few of them from the United States, also a few were women 



Presidente applied for passage, but they turned him down



they said he needed more experience at the helm



and to overcome a fear of reaching the
greatest hights

                                                 

The Motto for a Seaman

is no different than

The Motto for a Saint

The highest compliment one can pay a sailor (a Saint) is to call him a "Seaman" ("A Servant of the Lord").  In that one word is expressed the whole mastery of his profession.  Seamanship (Sainthood) canot be learned in a day, a week, or even a year, for within its meaning lies the ability to handle a vessel (your temple, being your body) under any and every circumstance, fair weather or foul.  Nor can it be learned soley from books.  But as in every other profession, armed with the knowledge of what other men have found successful, the landsman in light of his own experience will learn the more readily and surely.