Quote Originally Posted by Brin View Post
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!