Seattlest: Backwards Boat, Forwards Town

steve lindsey

Tue, 27 Jun 2006 12:49:02 -0800

This is a world-wide problem. In Boston, the last steel steamship, the S S Nobska, is being cutup by the National Parks Service. Other doomed ships include the stmr Catalina and the Stmr Ste Claire. In Scotland, the last clipper ship Carrack is to be broken up...As is/was the last Isl of Mann ferry, the S S Manamax....There is no interest in our past, in this age of terrorism and perpetual warfare. SWL

Jason

Wed, 21 Jun 2006 15:56:08 -0800

Glad you found it then. A couple of years ago when Pirates came out they were doing 3 hour cruises out ports up and down Puget Sound. We took one out of Anacortes that was a great time. If you get a chance it's well worth it. The crewmembers have a love for their boat and its not hard to get them talking.

Dan

Wed, 21 Jun 2006 14:17:48 -0800

Wow, I did not know of that one, Jason. Here's their site and here's their summer schedule. Looks like it'll be in Seattle in August.

Jason

Wed, 21 Jun 2006 13:17:36 -0800

As far as tall ships in Seattle's history, you forgot the Lady Washington that sails the Puget Sound in the summer, when it's not being seen in the first Pirates of the Caribbean movie

Brian

Wed, 21 Jun 2006 10:29:43 -0800

I'll join the chorus of 'darn that is a shame'. It is a shame that nothing can be done - maritime history is unique and difficult and it should be prerved when possible. I hope someone takes good measurements of what's left of her when she's demolished.

MvB

Wed, 21 Jun 2006 10:12:40 -0800

It does seem like it's time to pull the plug though -- it's not like they haven't had time or media coverage to fundraise with over the years. My impression is that the ship is just too far gone to justify the amount needed for restoration, a victim of the Seattle penchant for dithering past the time when something could be done.

K

Wed, 21 Jun 2006 10:07:43 -0800

It's one thing that Seattle has no history -- or no history that it wants to admit to -- it's another thing that every time a chance at having some history pops up, Seattle disowns it immediately. When you have no history, you have no culture, and when you have no culture, you have no meaning. That's Seattle. Wholly and utterly in denial and therefore depression and therefore forever stagnant. No wonder why it feels like an island; it's too wrapped up in its own denial to realize that not only does it have a past, but it also has a burgeoning metropolitan area.