Merhaba,
Yesterday morning I walked to the Arts and Culture Center. An exhibit of model ships was in the process of being installed. Randal was excited about seeing it (and needed a break from his boat chores) so this morning Randal, our friend Collin and I went off to see it. Before we left our boat Randal asked if I had my camera and I said yes. I’d taken it out and put it down on the chart table to put it in my pack. But somehow I managed to leave the camera on the chart table. Luckily Collin had his camera and loaned it to me to take some photos. I didn’t do justice to either his camera, or the exhibit. But at least there are some photos to share with you. And because “no good deed goes unpunished,” Collin had to hunt up his camera cable because his camera card wouldn’t fit in my computer. He first had to find the cable and then he kindly transferred the photos from his camera card to a stick for me. Thanks Collin!
Because the exhibition was model ships and we have a marina full of cruisers, I announced the exhibit on the morning NET. While we were there several other cruisers stopped in to see the exhibit as well.
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Model Ship Exhibit at the Culture and Art Center
http://www.gemimodelcileridernegi.org/
is the website of the organization whose members built the models on display in Marmaris.
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Model Ship Association exhibit poster
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Collin |
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Collin patiently posing for me. I think it helps to have someone in the photo so you get an idea of the size of the model |
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Randal and Collin conferring |
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Future sailors or boat builders? |
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Future sailors or boat builders? |
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A model of Pearl Harbor |
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Model Boat Builders with Randal and Collin I’m not sure if the women are boat builders or Center Staff, but the men insisted they be included so they are important to the exhibit. The group had come from Istanbul; I believe we were told the exhibit is traveling around Turkey.
They also insisted on a second photo with me included this time. |
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Model of a ship being built. The calendar by the door has a portrait of the Titanic Captain! The figure in the blue shirt by the boat plans is carrying a pail. We watched for at least a minute as the pail swung back and forth. Nothing else moved. That fascinated Randal as we weren’t sure why it was happening. I did accidentally kick one of the table legs and that made the pail swing faster but nothing else moved…so it’s a mystery.
Plans for the “boat under construction.” |
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Blue Nose http://www.tourcanada.com/bluenose.htm tells the story of this racing fishing vessel and the International Fishermen’s Race. Below is the introductory paragraph. “In the early part of the 20th century, the fishing fleets in the Maritime provinces and the New England states operated under sail. The Banks were the favored fishing grounds of both Canadian and American fishermen. Their vessels were strongly constructed to weather the rigorous challenges of the North Atlantic fishing grounds but were also built for speed and holding capacity. During this era, a popular topic of discussion in the few free time hours that these fishermen had was the America’s Cup races. These had started in 1851 and were a test of seamanship between the best British and United States racing schooners. In 1919, after years of domination by the Americans, a race was cancelled because of 25 knot winds and this created much distain among the rugged Banks fishermen. They suggested that the racing schooners had become too fragile and a better test of seamanship would be a competition involving the sailing ships and men who fished the Grand Banks.” |
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Such minute detail on each of the models. |
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Those huge oars remind me of my Outward Bound days at Hurricane Island. |
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In the hallway of the center was a small replica that kids could climb on. This is such a cool place! |
