Ship Garthsnaid, ca 1920s

Wow, look at the men up there...

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Ship Garthsnaid, ca 1920s by National Library NZ on The Commons.

Photographer: David De Maus
Ship Garthsnaid, ca 1920s
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rmcarrier1 says:

Wow. What a phenomenal photograph.
Posted 13 months ago. ( permalink )

'Lulu' says:

wonderful
Posted 13 months ago. ( permalink )

pleroma says:

Often those young lads fell from the yards, either into the sea or onto the deck. They hoped for the latter as that way death would be more immediate. If they fell into the sea there was zero chance of rescue. The ship sailed on.
Posted 13 months ago. ( permalink )

cltan47 [deleted] says:

best shot
Posted 13 months ago. ( permalink )

pleroma says:

Imagine that ship pitching and yawing . . . . they'd experience being lifted and dropped dozens of feet: it would be hard to stay on!

A very good account of what that life was like is written in autobiographical form by Eric Newby in "The Last Grain Race."
Posted 13 months ago. ( permalink )

froghammer says:

Balls o' steel.

For better or worse, that's really the first thing that came to mind.
Posted 13 months ago. ( permalink )

BrianForbes37 says:

These ships were exciting but dangerous to serve on. They sorted out the men from the boys, sadly. Well taken on the rigging considering the primitive cameras available in the 1920s.
Posted 12 months ago. ( permalink )

daveinnola2003 says:

it was very hard to fall out of the rigging unless somthing broke you done somthing stupid or you got casual
Posted 12 months ago. ( permalink )

PhotoAnkrum.com says:

It's the photographer I thought of when I saw this photo. He had to be on the forward mast, handling his camera, for this shot..
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

pleroma says:

Cameras in the 1920s were not the compact jobs that we have now either. I guess he was hauling a big box full of plates up the mast with him. And trying to hang on.
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

leomad2931 says:

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called OneOfMyPics * post one - comment two *, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

Roshi8 says:

I know who the original photographer is. His name was Alexander Harper Turner and he is my great-grandfather. We have a copy in our home and we also have a photocopied version from a book- I don't know the name of it at this exact moment. It also states that my great-grandfather took the picture and on our copy his name has been written on it. Thank you for all of your wonderful comments
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

russwxyz, formerly russ2243 says:

He seems to have taken it from the yard of another mast. I would have died of fright before I ever got that high! Amazing shot, especially when you consider the camera equipment they had at that time. If he used both hands to hold the camera and take the shot - what was he holding on to or did he do a balancing act? Did he tie himself to the yard or mast? There is a lot of courage behind this shot!
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

daveinnola2003 says:

think about it the rig is designed to climb and hold people it looks wild if you never worked in it , , thats why the term land lubbers is used , look to the right and above of the jacks working the yard , theres a big platform called the crosstrees big enough for the whole watch to stand if the situation is to dangerours for them to go out on the yard , big enough fof ansell adams to set up a tripod , , then theres a working line called the gant , it runs to the top of the mast or tuck , that you can pull up gear from the deck , whole yard arms if need be , the fact that there were very few cameras on the sailing shipps makes it great, the mechanics is very ho hum , now if the guy had sat on the outer end of the yard and took the picture of the watch fisting canvas at eye level that would make me spill my beer ,
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

daveinnola2003 says:

think about it the rig is designed to climb and hold people it looks wild if you never worked in it , , thats why the term land lubbers is used , look to the right and above of the jacks working the yard , theres a big platform called the crosstrees big enough for the whole watch to stand if the situation is to dangerours for them to go out on the yard , big enough for ansell adams to set up a tripod , , then theres a working line called the gant , it runs to the top of the mast or tuck , that you can pull up gear from the deck , whole yard arms if need be , the fact that there were very few cameras on the sailing ships makes it great, the mechanics is very ho hum , now if the guy had sat on the outer end of the yard and took the picture of the watch fisting canvas at eye level that would make me spill my beer ,
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

National Library NZ on The Commons says:

Hi Roshi8 - it would be great if you could leave another comment with the name of the book you refer to, or more information about your great-grandfather's photographs.

-- Courtney
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

marumaru70 says:

wow.wow.wow.wow.wow.
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

jwcallahan says:

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called the selected best, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

jwcallahan says:

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Symbols of Our Past, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

CB 357 says:

Your remarkable image was seen in: Symbols of Our Past!

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Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

mei chan mei says:

if i could swim, id love to shoot at sea, amzing documentary shot
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

Jesús S. García says:

Magnífica.

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Posted 9 months ago. ( permalink )

Lucien j. Novak says:

i like this!!!!
Posted 9 months ago. ( permalink )

Christian Davies says:

that looks like fun great image !
Posted 9 months ago. ( permalink )

johnalanhall says:

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Descriptions, Depictions, & Historical sites / artifacts, and we'd love to have this added to the group!

Wooden ships and iron men! A great piece of history.
Posted 8 months ago. ( permalink )

truskawa000222 says:

wow!
Posted 8 months ago. ( permalink )

myxangel says:

Le gasp!
Posted 7 months ago. ( permalink )

Jean Knowles says:

Small wonder that the men who had worked on ships like this one made the most fearless of high steel workers when the skyscrapers in cities like New York were being built. The solid, flat surface of a steel I-beam hundreds of feet above the ground would have seemed a cakewalk after working in rigging like this.
Posted 7 months ago. ( permalink )

angelgear says:

To add to what daveinnola2003 said: they were safer up in the rigging with all those handholds, than down on the deck. Look at the water sloshing around there! It wouldn't have been warm water, either.

Also bear in mind that a ship that size doesn't exactly bounce around like a dinghy: the masts alone weighed many tonnes, and changed direction in their own good time. Still not my idea of a fun job!
Posted 7 months ago. ( permalink )

Mary Elizabeth... says:

Stunning shot!
Posted 7 months ago. ( permalink )

Copper Kettle says:

Upped to wikipedia
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ship_Garthsna id,_ca_1920s...
Posted 6 months ago. ( permalink )

mikestuf says:

This is a cool shot. It looks so adventurous in the high seas.
Posted 6 months ago. ( permalink )

Luis Siabala Valer says:

Esta es una foto destinada a mis favoritas: encierra el dinamismo, la fuerza de la naturaleza y el ingenio del hombre para enfrentarla. Bella foto
Posted 6 months ago. ( permalink )

hexagonsun says:

the photographer was obviously extremely dedicated to capturing this. it's havoc at it's finest.
Posted 6 months ago. ( permalink )

emi fujimoto says:

Very cool!
Posted 6 months ago. ( permalink )

msokal says:

Excellent!.
Posted 6 months ago. ( permalink )

Marine Guardian .. ♫ says:

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called BeautifuL Gallery ( Post 1 / Award 1 ), and we'd love to have this added to the group!
Posted 5 months ago. ( permalink )

spike1944 says:

Always Read the small print in cruis brochure, Bril shot.
Posted 5 months ago. ( permalink )

The Psychedelic Illusionist says:

Fantastic
Posted 5 months ago. ( permalink )

anonymous forever says:

what a rare photo
Posted 5 months ago. ( permalink )

SPAUDO2007 says:

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called AQUELLOS MAGNÍFICOS NAVIOS, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
Posted 4 months ago. ( permalink )

Crater Lake Institute says:

Yes, thank you for posting. Very nice.
Posted 4 months ago. ( permalink )

julio(.) says:

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called "SPARTACUS" Eyes without chains, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
la vela en su esplendor!!

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Posted 4 months ago. ( permalink )

Crônicas Digitais says:

Excellent!
Posted 4 months ago. ( permalink )

JBnauta says:

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Mar y Barcos / Sea & Boats (P1 - C2), and we'd love to have this added to the group!
Posted 3 months ago. ( permalink )

hendongirl says:

wow amazing shot!
Posted 3 months ago. ( permalink )

DanUneken says:

Imagine looking through a viewfinder. I get seasick just looking at the picture. Amazing shot!!
Posted 3 months ago. ( permalink )

.Mz. says:

Priceless moment !!!
Posted 3 months ago. ( permalink )

andre farrugia says:

nice
Posted 2 months ago. ( permalink )

W10 says:

The photographer deserves a gold medal for effort...!!!
Posted 2 months ago. ( permalink )

DrunkenMadVampire says:

W O W
Posted 2 months ago. ( permalink )

Breno Brito says:

FODA
Posted 2 months ago. ( permalink )

韋小飽 says:

挑战自然的人们！
Posted 2 months ago. ( permalink )

kropka2 says:

Unbelievable!!!!
Posted 2 months ago. ( permalink )

johncurtisrea says:

A very nice capture of the moment! Once the crew unfurls this sail, they get to scurry up the rat lines and unfurl the next one.
This brings to mind Frank Hurley, when he photographed HMS Endurance a few years earlier.
Posted 2 months ago. ( permalink )

National Library NZ on The Commons says:

@johncurtisrea 'rat lines' is such an evocative - and apt! - phrase! I'm a big fan of Frank Hurley's work too.

-- Courtney
Posted 6 weeks ago. ( permalink )

johncurtisrea says:

You certainly have an amazing collection here documenting so much history. Thanks for sharing.
Posted 6 weeks ago. ( permalink )

daveinnola2003 says:

is any middle class burk going to comment on the working class hero.s or does every body miss the point of the photo? , these are labourers going about their daily work , the same kind of people that dig ditches today , when you sit in your air conditioned volos at a road works those people sweating outside of your window are the same working class people , dont let the majestic beauty of the sailing ships confuse you , its fooking hard work being a manual worker
Posted 6 weeks ago. ( permalink )

chris'seyes says:

woaw if only i shoud this one time in my life, i will be the most happy on the world, very great photo, i just want to be with the seamens in the mast...
Emmenez moi, au bout de la terre...Charles Aznavour
Posted 2 weeks ago. ( permalink )

pine tar says:

daveinnola2003 has it right hauling gear aloft is no big deal to sailors of these ships.He is right too about falling, the only close calls I had aloft was from sky larking and day dreaming.I say that keeping his equipment dry and reasonably free of crud was the real trick.Dave is also correct about these workers (almost slaves) who have no choice in the matter.Is it so romantic at 03:30 with cracked ribs and bleeding hands and fingers? I'm reasonably sure she was a grain ship some times loaded with coal or guano ,these ships were large fast and under manned , crewed by poorly fed under paid young men and boys. I would not be suprised that excepting the capt., a couple of mates,cook, and the ships dog ,that those numbered on deck were no greater than those aloft.What is hard about taking photos at sea is captureing the sense of motion and the hight of the waves as this image does so well, If he had taken this at the top of her roll the photo would have less impact and drama.Pass the beer.
Posted 8 days ago. ( permalink )

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