Under Sail : A Boy’s Voyage Around Cape Horn by Felix Reisenberg – A Review
Under Sail is a remarkable account of sixteen year old Felix Riesenberg’s first voyage on a square rigger from South Street Seaport in New York, to Honolulu and back. He sailed on the A.J. Fuller, a...
View ArticleFalls of Clyde, Last Four-Masted Full-Rigged Iron Ship, Needs Volunteers & Funds
Falls of Clyde is the last four-masted full-rigged iron ship and the only surviving sailing oil tanker. The ship was launched in 1878 in Port Glasgow, Scotland, for the Fall Line. She became a museum...
View ArticleAs Deadline Nears, Fears that Falls of Clyde May be Sold
The Hawaii State Department of Transportation Harbors division has given the caretaker group, Friends of the Falls of Clyde, until February 6th to move the 1878 built, four-masted iron windjammer out...
View ArticleHistoric Tall Ship Falls of Clyde Almost Sinks at Dock
More bad news for the Falls of Clyde. The 1878 built windjammer, the last surviving iron-hulled, four-masted full-rigged ship, recently came close to sinking at the dock in Honolulu, Hawaii. On...
View ArticlePublic Auction in Hawaii Fails — No Successful Bids on Falls of Clyde
Earlier this month we posted that the State of Hawaii Department of Transportation (HDOT) Harbors Division had filed a public notification that the historic windjammer, Falls of Clyde, was being...
View ArticleLast Ditch Appeal to Save the Tall Ship Falls of Clyde from Scrapping or...
Supporters in Scotland are mounting a last-ditch effort to save the Falls of Clyde from scrapping or scuttling in Hawaii. The Falls of Clyde, launched in 1878 in Port Glasgow, Scotland, is the only...
View ArticleRowing Records Shattered in the Great Pacific Race
The fourth rowing of the Great Pacific Race has shattered transPacific records. The race departed from the Golden Gate Bridge on May 30, bound for Honolulu. The teams are competing in identical boats,...
View ArticleHawaii Accepts Falls of Clyde International’s Bid to Remove Historic Ship...
Great news! David O’Neill, director of the Falls of Clyde International, announced yesterday on Facebook that their bid to remove the historic tall ship Falls of Clyde, from Honolulu harbor, has been...
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