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11 Sep 08 - 09:33 AM (#2437280) Subject: BS: Sighting of Flying Dutchman From: Charley Noble Here's a link to some of our digital images from our fun with our Flying Dutchman kite on the beach at Chatham last weekend when Roll & Go was there for a sea music festival: Click here for a good time! Enjoy! Cheerily, Charley Noble |
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11 Sep 08 - 09:35 AM (#2437282) Subject: RE: BS: Sighting of Flying Dutchman From: SINSULL Neat! Great kite, Charley. |
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11 Sep 08 - 10:20 PM (#2437945) Subject: RE: BS: Sighting of Flying Dutchman From: The Fooles Troupe Love to get one of those kites - or the pattern to make it... |
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11 Sep 08 - 10:45 PM (#2437961) Subject: RE: BS: Sighting of Flying Dutchman From: katlaughing That's a great kite, Charley! Wow and the beach is gorgeous! Thanks! (My brother used Flying Dutchman tobacco in his pipe when he used to smoke. I've always had a soft spot for the story etc.) |
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11 Sep 08 - 11:47 PM (#2437992) Subject: RE: BS: Sighting of Flying Dutchman From: GUEST,leeneia Thanks, Charley. I've never seen a kite shaped like a ship before. I have often thought that it would make a nice afternoon to combine kite flying and traditional music. Nice beach. No wires. |
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12 Sep 08 - 08:49 AM (#2438254) Subject: RE: BS: Sighting of Flying Dutchman From: Charley Noble I never believed this ship-kite would get off the ground but it did with ease and grace, and it was perfectly balanced. Everything aboard is friction fit; we actually put it together that morning. The shop that Nor bought it from has since gone out of business, but not because of their aeronautic engineering skills! By the time we were through the spool had come apart and we were left with an incredible tangle of kite line, but the kite was fine! Cheerily, Charley Noble |
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12 Sep 08 - 08:55 PM (#2438880) Subject: RE: BS: Sighting of Flying Dutchman From: frogprince Mama, buy me one... |
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13 Sep 08 - 09:07 AM (#2439126) Subject: RE: BS: Sighting of Flying Dutchman From: Charley Noble Can anyone find a link where Mama can buy one for Frogprince? Cheerily, Charley Noble, hard aground |
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13 Sep 08 - 10:37 AM (#2439169) Subject: RE: BS: Sighting of Flying Dutchman From: jeffp This looks like a good place to start. |
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13 Sep 08 - 11:58 AM (#2439206) Subject: RE: BS: Sighting of Flying Dutchman From: ClaireBear How about a Viking ship? |
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13 Sep 08 - 12:46 PM (#2439252) Subject: RE: BS: Sighting of Flying Dutchman From: Charley Noble Thanks Jeff and Claire- The "Rainbow Ship" likes as if it's in the same family. The one we have actually has its masts and yards made of wood. Cheerily, Charley Noble |
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13 Sep 08 - 03:09 PM (#2439358) Subject: RE: BS: Sighting of Flying Dutchman From: Bee Gorgeous kite, Charley! I want one too! |
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13 Sep 08 - 06:40 PM (#2439505) Subject: RE: BS: Sighting of Flying Dutchman From: sapper82 I know Chatham had a Dockyard, but never saw the beach before!! Or is this a different Chatham???? |
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13 Sep 08 - 07:28 PM (#2439528) Subject: RE: BS: Sighting of Flying Dutchman From: EBarnacle Der Fliegunder Hollander rides again. That viking ship looks more like a cog than a sierauber, as viking ships only had a mainsail rather than a main and topsail. [I know, I know marine artists call it rivet counting.] |
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14 Sep 08 - 12:59 PM (#2440063) Subject: RE: BS: Sighting of Flying Dutchman From: Charley Noble Sapper82- This is Chatham on the elbow of Cape Cod in Massachusetts. There is a small harbor around the corner protected by a barrier beach. The beach we were on was below a Coast Guard station and lighthouse, which you can see in the background of the photo in which Eli is launching the ship-kite. Your Chatham is probably the famous Royal Navy shipbuilding harbor, now moldering away in all its past glory. Cheerily, Charley Noble |
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14 Sep 08 - 05:38 PM (#2440312) Subject: RE: BS: Sighting of Flying Dutchman From: AllisonA(Animaterra) Beautiful, Charley! |
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15 Sep 08 - 03:42 PM (#2441289) Subject: RE: BS: Sighting of Flying Dutchman From: Donuel Charley We have the exact same kite but have hung it outdoors for the last 5 years. It now looks like the Black Pearl. |