111 Feet Up – Climbing the Main Mast of a Fully-Rigged Tall Ship… at 9 Knots
[contextly_sidebar id=”L3OI7oSpk51om3zT4wRAWpfVZW5hJ2Dh”]Here’s a video posted by Norway’s Stiftelsen Fullriggeren Sørlandet academy exhibiting first-person view of a climb up the principle mast of the world’s oldest full-rigged tall ship Sørlandet.
The academy says the video was filmed by crewman Jannik Rathke whereas climbing the principle mast to the Main Royal Yard. At the time of filming, the tall ship was averaging about 9 knots on a voyage from Quebec to the Azores – masking the 1,106 nautical miles in simply 124 hours.
Built in 1927, the Sørlandet tall ship is oldest of three Norwegian tall ships and the oldest full-rigged tall ship on the earth. The predominant mast of the Sørlandet measures 34.2 in top, or about 111.5 ft.
Check out the heart-pounding video beneath:
But assume that is scary… take a look at this video of a somebody climbing a 58 meter mast.
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