joevan wrote:

From an email via tall ships group. One of the people who man the
sailing ships.

All---
the fire of the Cutty Sark have given us the opportunity to start a
fund (non-profit) to help rebuild her so she may sail again not as she
is now as a pier bound museum but as a true alive sailing ship manned
by a crew of volunteers from all over the world that sail and train on
her for the once a year chance of truely sailing the 1860 ship to make
her alive as she was in the 1860's using the Texas seaport museum a
model---
suggested by Kennon Smith 2007 Elissa crewperson
and with the hope that we maybe invited to sail on her at such time as
crew!

Joevan,
At the risk of sounding pessimistic, that is a pretty tall order. When I
was in the DC area, I joined a group that wanted to build a replica of an
early American warship. At that time the goal was to raise $4 million to
get the thing started. That was back in 2000, today they are still trying
to get the monies together to lay the keel. In the meantime, they are
having all sorts of activities related to tall ships, including community
outreach, sailing classes for young kids, but the ship is still on the
drawing board.

Ray
Austin, TX
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