Lowestoft: waiting for wind from the right direction

The Sea Stallion has been in Lowestoft since late Thursday 17 july. The ship was waiting for new hands; now it's…

Photo: Werner Karrasch

Hard and wonderful at the same time

What is a good life? Two young hands agree at least about one thing: that six weeks on board the Sea Stallion is…

The rising sun of Lowestoft

Erik still in Lowestoft

Dear Diary, we are still in Lowestoft. It has been a very long week though Carsten has tried to keep us occupied.We…

Extract from logbook, 24 July 2008

Lowestoft harbour

8.00 Breakfast

9.00 Bus departs on all-day excursion

A fresh breeze from north north-east is…

The famous Red Arrows of the Royal Air Force were flying at incredible speeds, at times just 50 metres above the harbour – captured here with the Sea Stallion’s weather vane in the foreground.

The Sea Stallion under air attack

There were up to half a million spectators on Thursday and Friday at England’s largest air show, in Lowestoft, with…

Extract from logbook, 23 July 2008

Lowestoft harbour

9.00 Breakfast

9.45 Skipper’s briefing:

There is a moderate breeze from the east. There are…

Without the rigging the mast weighs 450 kg. Photo: Werner Karrasch

850 kg of mast and rigging down in 12 minutes

Another waiting day in Lowestoft owing to easterly winds was spent training the crew in lowering and raising the…

The children's inquisitiveness was boundless. Photo: Werner Karrasch

The children of the Kirkley and Pakefield Football Club

The Sea Stallion has it own ways of thanking for hospitality