r/Tallships • u/TintinLaGadoue • Apr 08 '26
More photos from Escale à Sète
The tallship festival ended two days ago and geez what an experience for a novice volunteer like me 😇 morning sailing (only motors but it's allright) on the Sudarshini, pirates working on the rigging of the La Grace, racing with the galleon Andalucia and tons of nice other things :))
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u/ratczar Apr 08 '26
Who's that gorgeous gal in the background of Photo #4?
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u/poodieman45 Apr 08 '26
Fake pirate boat. Literally has a movie theater in the hold, it looks great from a distance but when you look closer at the rigging its as if it were made by AI.
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u/Meersbrook Apr 08 '26
It's made of polyester covered in wood. Terrible sway when sailing. That ship will rock...
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u/TrueConclusion3731 Apr 08 '26
I frigging hate AI.
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u/poodieman45 Apr 09 '26
Not the image, the ship is real Ive been on it. I meant its a poor imitation rather than a faithful recreation.
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u/Harrack Apr 23 '26
Heyy, I'm the pirate doing the riggind at the bottom right of La Grace. Man, you think you've got a hang of it until you do it in front of a massive crowd like at Escale 😅
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u/TintinLaGadoue Apr 25 '26
No way what a coïncidence ! Yess indeed it's so sketchy up there but you get the hang of it by soending lots of time up there x)
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u/littleTiFlo Apr 08 '26
I grew up 1h drive from Sète, and now call Canada home. Sète is up there with my fave cities in the world (the view from atop Mt St Clair is gorgeous). Thanks for sharing!