"Mundo" wrote
I have been through the maritime museum in paris. Great displays. I love
Napoleons Yacht. It is good to be emperor.

I bet so... I don't recall that one but I do remember Louis XIV's
galley... it was in pretty good shape for a wooden boat it's age... I
guess since he was the "Sun King" he had to have a power (rowing) boat,
otherwise he'd have been the Wind King.

Also they had a couple of very large models (30' or so... looked big
enough to climb inside & sail) of ships-of-the-line. While they did not
win at Trafalgar, they did win at the entrance to Chesapeake Bay
(Admiral de Grasse, Battle of The Capes, look it up).

Another thing I liked about that museum is both the tremendous span of
time covered, literally over a thousand years... and the wide range of
maritime interests. It's the only maritime museum I've been too that
covered the history of port improvements as well as ships.

... Another really good one is the
one we have in Newport News Virginia.

Darn right! That's a great place, been there many times and volunteered
some too.

http://www.mariner.org/exhibitions/o...hib/index.php?

gonefishiing wrote:
may be interested in the maritime museum in barcelona
http://www.ihes.com/bcn/spanish/barc...me_museum.html

just incredible.

Thanks for the link. Looks like a very cool place to visit. Since all
the improvements to the waterfront for the Olympics, I'm kind of
surprised Barcelona wasn't higher in the running for the next America's
Cup venue. But then Marseille is closer to Switzerland

Fresh Breezes- Doug King