... More from my sister's and brother-in-law's visit, here in San Diego.
We dedicated much of one day to visit San Diego's Maritime Museum. While all three of us sail at least occasionally, my brother-in-law sails more than I do (by "sail" I mean wind-powered sailboats). So we were all pretty excited to re-visit the museum (they have actually already been to the museum before on a different visit, but the
H.M.S. Surprise wasn't there for their first time).
Figure 1. Type IV PFD (Personal Flotation Device), sometimes called a
lifebuoy or
life ring. In the background is the
San Salvador.
Figure 2. Narrow passageway within the
USS Dolphin. The thing on the right is the "eye wash station" where you put your eyeballs in the green things to flush them out, just in case the need arises. Safety first! I like the door at the end of the passageway; the whole thing's very liminal looking.
Figure 3. Onboard the
USS Dolphin. I presume this is the power distribution station (fuse station).
Figure 4. Windlass, aboard the
Medea.
Figure 5.
H.M.S. Surprise to the left, and
Star of India to the right.
Figure 6. Stern of the
H.M.S. Surprise. Originally the
H.M.S. Rose, built as a fully functioning, (nearly) true-to-life replica of the original
Rose, the ship underwent extensive modifications and renamed to the
H.M.S. Surprise for the filming of
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World.
Figure 7. Wheel of the
H.M.S. Surprise. (The view here is facing aft.)
Figure 8. A broadside cannon aboard the
H.M.S. Surprise. (I don't know if it's functional or not.)
Figure 9. Another broadside cannon on the
H.M.S. Surprise. This one is pointing in the general direction of a neighboring restaurant, presumably to keep the chefs on their toes.
At this point we were getting a little hungry, so we decided to forgo touring the
Star of India again (we did that for their last trip) and get some lunch instead at Little Italy (which is within walking distance). I plan on revisiting the
Star of India again on my own in the future. I'll bring my camera, of course.
More to come later with different San Diego locations. ...