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Wrak żaglowca Glenesslin u wybrzeży Oregonu, 1913. Długa historia fotografii po angielsku.

"The Glenesslin clipper, wrecked on the rocks at the base of Neahkahnie Mountain, Oregon, October 1913. The Glenesslin was the world's fastest windjammer. She still holds the record. All steel hull, 260 feet long, 1,818 tons. But by 1913 she (and all commercial sailing ships) was obsolete. The popular opinions of the day were the wreck was either insurance fraud or plain drunkenness. In either case, the sails would plausibly still be up. There was a third, less popular opinion concerning the fact of a sizable 'wind shadow' below Point Falcon into which many ships had simply lost way and drifted toward the rocks, sometimes going aground. Here again, in such circumstances, looking for a breath of air, the crew would have maintained a full suit of sails to the bitter end. The Glenesslin was bound for the Columbia River to load wheat. Witnesses say the crew or most of the crew were drunk as they scrambled ashore from a life line shot from the ship's prow. There were no serious injuries. After a lengthy board of inquiry, insurance was paid and the wreck sold for scrap. The Captain had his license suspended for six months, the Second Officer (22 years old!) for a year. Salvage never actually happened. Even today rusting scraps can be had for the looking.

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