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'Steer's commission as designer was simply to create the fastest yacht afloat, and in the 22 August 1851 Royal Yacht Squadron Cup race round the Isle of Wright, America certainly proved she could beat a fleet of British cracks handsomely in their own waters.'Ĭross,Roy-Magic-v-Cambria-1870 - oil on canvas Here she is leaving the Boston wharves with the Capitol building silhouetted on the skyline.'Ĭross,Roy-The First America's Cup Race - oil on canvas Briggs for launch in 1851, destined for the East Coast to San Francisco route. Baker & Morrill, Boston shipping owners, ordered the SouthernCross from builders E. 'The medium clipper Southern Cross leaving Boston in the 1850's. 'Dusk on the East River, New York City highlights the sails of the Atlantic packet Ocean Monarch as she takes on last-minute passengers for Liverpool.' The boom years of the sailing whalers were from the 1830s until the late 1860s after which steam whalers began to dominate the industry.'Ĭross,Roy-Dusk On The East River NYC - oil on canvas
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'Even before the thirteenth century the Franco-Spanish Basqueswere expert European whalers, and their example was followed by the first Dutch, British, Scandinavian and other continental fleets.Nantucket and then New Bedford south of Boston were early participants in the whaling industry and rapidly opened up the Pacific whaling grounds pioneered by the British. 'The Nantucket whaler Atlas in southern waters' Mounts Baffie and Megunticook can be seen overlooking the harbour.'Ĭross,Roy-The Nantucket Whaler Atlas - oil on canvas She was built in Camden in 1855 and owned in Boston. Readying to slip her moorings is the barque Aurelia bound for the Mediterranean. 'A view of the old harbour of Camden, Maine, as it would have appeared in the mid-nineteenth century. Lynx was among the paintings which earned the artist membership of the Royal Society of Marine Artists in 1976. 'A fine naval frigate drives along before the wind in the glow from the setting sun, accompanied by a small cutter as her tender.' The 450-ton Wasp was rated 18 guns and the 384-ton Frolic, of the famous Royal Navy 'Cruizer' class, was similarly armed an even match and a hard fight.'Ĭross,Roy-The Ocean Sentinel - gouache on board War of 1812 between the United States and Great Britain. '.a British brig, the Frolic, battles to protect her convoy from a marauding American cruiser, the Wasp, during the naval She was well armed with eighteen or more long guns for defence against the notorious Barbary piratesand other seafaring marauders.'Ĭross,Roy-Frolic And Wasp - oil on canvas 'A fine little merchantman in the Mediterranean trade, Margaret was built in her home port of Salem, Massachusetts, in 1800, grossing 295 tons.
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'Fletcher Christian rows across to the rugged island destined to be the permanent home of all but one of the white men aboard.'Ĭross,Roy-Salem Harbour - gouache on board What? “The Faroe Islands Project”? That’s a HUGE step down from “Whale Wars.” I could think of titles for “Whale Wars” spin-offs all day and never come up with something as dull as “The Faroe Islands Project.” Like “Man Vs Dolphin.” Or “Whale Hunting With the Stars.” “Project Blowhole.” “Jersey Shorca.” “So You Think You Can Echolocate.” “Big Blubber.” “America’s Next Top Narwhal.” “The Real Housewhales of Monterey Bay.” “License to Krill.” All these and more, this fall on the Whale Channel.Cross,Roy-The Bounty Off Pitcairn Island - oil on canvas Paul Watson and Peter Hammarstedt) charting a course to the Danish Protectorate of the Faroe Islands, where there’s an annual hunt for pilot whales titled “The Grind.” In a practice going back to the first Norse settlements on the islands, an estimated 1,000 whales are corralled by local residents into the shallow coves to be killed. Tentatively titled The Faroe Islands Project, the show has the Sea Shepherds (including Capt. Except now that Japan has suspended its whaling efforts, Animal Planet needs a new premise to film those ocean-faring hippies. “Whale Wars” detailed the efforts of a group of sea-hippies toothlessly trying to stop Japanese whaling efforts.