No footy what's everyone up to?

[CTMilller]

Where is it based CT?

I think it’s in the Australian Maritime Museum either in Sydney or Fremantle. Chris Blake sailed it round the world twice in the 90s. Great bloke.

[crashbang]

at the moment, sanding 5 upstairs doors down . fkn pain in the arse.

[Brin]

at the moment, sanding 5 upstairs doors down . fkn pain in the arse.

Bloody good luck with that one pal. Might be cheaper to buy 5 new ones....it's not as though you're brassic

[Grist_To_The_Mill]

I think it’s in the Australian Maritime Museum either in Sydney or Fremantle. Chris Blake sailed it round the world twice in the 90s. Great bloke.

It’s in Sydney, to be more accurate it’s in Darling harbour. It went from Whitby to Fremantle then finally to Sydney

I’ve seen it “at both ends”, first in Whitby ( in 2000 ) and Sydney ( In 2017)

As mentioned earlier it’s small, I wouldn’t have been happy crossing the channel in it let alone sailing to Australia

Perhaps of the way we teach topics in schools Capt Cook gets all of the publicity but the life of Matthew Flinders deserves a look. There’s a plaque on the sea wall behind Sydney opera house marking the point where Flinders started mapping the coast of Australia

Silent heroics

It’s thought that Flinders was the first person to call that big hunk of land “Australia”

[WanChaiMiller]

I think it’s in the Australian Maritime Museum either in Sydney or Fremantle. Chris Blake sailed it round the world twice in the 90s. Great bloke.

Thanks CT.

Is this the one your brother in law captained?

[Brin]

CT, there are rumours that there were two replica HMS Endeavours built. One was sold to a private collector for £110,000 at the time of construction. I find this hard to believe as so much money was invested by massive investments from very large companies.

If someone bought it so cheap you would have thought they would have made the noise about it by now or, seeing how the 'sister' replica made so much great news, they kept it all quiet.

[Grist_To_The_Mill]

It used to be an air fix kit. I built it, even had cotton as rigging. The dog destroyed it by laying on it.

If there are two replicas then I might have seen both

[Brin]

I was into motorbikes as a young t.eenager. Making my kits up, I hated when I put too much glue on the joints and they use to kind of melt and fuse...grrrrr.

All my kits were from Coopers toy shop, but not under 5 minutes travel I may add.

I built a beautiful replica of a Harley Davidson in 76. My Brother smashed it so I smashed him!

[CTMilller]

Thanks CT.

Is this the one your brother in law captained?

That’s right, Wanch. Chris Blake is the brother of my brother-in-law, Nick Blake. I’ve had several boozy dinners with him including one at our house in Connecticut more than twenty years ago now. The Endeavour made a stop in Norwalk Harbour just up the road from where we were living and Chris gave us the full tour and, after he’d done all the formal meet and greet stuff, came over to ours to eat. He is great company. Now retired to the West country after stints in Fremantle and Bermuda.

[CTMilller]

CT, there are rumours that there were two replica HMS Endeavours built. One was sold to a private collector for £110,000 at the time of construction. I find this hard to believe as so much money was invested by massive investments from very large companies.

If someone bought it so cheap you would have thought they would have made the noise about it by now or, seeing how the 'sister' replica made so much great news, they kept it all quiet.

Yes, I read that when I was looking into the background. There isn’t much about it on the web. The one that is recognised is the one I’m talk about and that Grist and I have had some involvement with. It was used as a sail training school during the round the world trips. Chris Blake is a great teacher. While the vessel is powered for the most part by wind, as it was in Cook’s day, it does have a diesel motor and satnav equipment (and a bloody great big fridge for keeping fresh food and cold beer!