The Pallada – Flag: Russia Rig: Full-rigged ship Homeport: Vladivostok, Russia Normal cruising waters: Worldwide Sparred length: 356′ 4″ Draft: 22′ 4″ Beam: 45′ 9″ Hull: Steel Who sails: Marine-college cadets Program type: Sail training and sea education for marine-college cadets Season: Year-round Designer: Zygmunt Choren Built: 1989: Gdansk, Poland Crew: 56 Trainees-passengers: 143 Oh Yeah! They forget to tell you that this is a big ship and a work of art at sea. (photo taken in Port Townsend, Washington)
All I want to know is, how the hell do they keep track of which rope does what when???
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Ropes are color-coded like the little wires in a CAT5 cable. But they’re just for show anyway since everything is computer controlled from the forward command center, complete with 96″ wall-mounted displays and satellite telemetry.
Just take the romantic mystery out of it!