The Cutty Sark returns after a makeover

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12 жыл бұрын

The Cutty Sark - a 143-year-old sailing ship - was formally reopened five years after it was devastated by a fire and just in time for Queen Elizabeth's Diamond Jubilee. CBS News correspondent Leigh Kiniry reports.

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@caroldocherty6810 2 жыл бұрын

I visited the Cutty Sark almost every year before the tragedy. I moved abroad when I heard about the fire and the news was upsetting. I am very glad it got restored and who cares if it is a replica. This ship is an important historic heritage and a beautiful one at that.

@DESHolden 3 жыл бұрын

Perhaps they used salvageable bits that survived the fire but, still, sadly it's only a replica. I stood upon her decks in Dec 96 in awe (I'd have stayed longer but it was bone chilling cold & my mates were having beers in the nearby pub....).

@Anth230 2 жыл бұрын

You are wrong. Most old sailing ships were taken apart and put back together many times over their lives. Is the victory or constitution replicas?? They are symbols now and most of the woods has been replaced. The cutty sark while have less original wood than before the fire, still most likely retains more original wood than the aforementioned...

@DESHolden 2 жыл бұрын

@@Anth230 Nah mate, replacement to maintain a thing is exactly that - replacing something in part that's otherwise still there as a whole & identity. It's not replacement when there's no longer anything to replace because in this case it was destroyed. Her original hull, decks, masts, rigging etc were in whole a tangible link to that past technology & as such a symbol of a now intangible cultural & economic history. Her provenance was intrinsically defined by her being original in manifest, i.e. 'as it is' of that time & as a whole. After all, say 50% of the Mona Lisa was destroyed & the Louvre replicated that lost 50% - would the 'restored' painting still be the Mona Lisa as we understand it to be today? I think not (same as Deckard rejected the new Rachael in Blade Runner 2049). At 1:02 it's quite obvious that she was more than just a 'fixer upper' after the fire; but, accepting on face value that there's some original content I'm ok with modifying my original comment from "it's only a replica" to "it's a replica built on salvaged original frames".

@DoyleHargraves Жыл бұрын

I need to visit the UK simply to see the museum ships

@the-bt6lc 3 жыл бұрын

If they basically completely rebuilt it then it’s not 140 years old.

@Ramon73 3 жыл бұрын

Castles, churches, train, ships. Everything that wears out is replaced over the years. Whether stones or wooden planks. The fact that not everything is original anymore does not make it a replica.

@mikebockey4125 3 жыл бұрын

@@Ramon73, -and it’s still not 140 years old

@benwilson6145 3 жыл бұрын

HMS Victory is the same, the only original is Unicorn at Dundee

@flyingdutchman810 2 жыл бұрын

Every ship of that nature was or is in the same situation. The keel was the first part of the ship laid and makes it the ship, since all other structures are built from it. If it had a new keel then yes it would be a replica. However, the keel is original to my knowledge so the ship you see, despite having been repaired extensively, is still Cutty Sark

@Anth230 Ай бұрын

@@benwilson6145The Cutty Sark was mostly original until the Fire. Now it's about what the Victory is...

@jeanhawken4482 3 жыл бұрын

The shame of this ship burning. Utter negligence. The rebuild is just that.

@mikecorleone6797 3 жыл бұрын

But is it really even the same ship anymore after the fire wiped it out? Isn’t it basically a replica now?

@Anth230 Ай бұрын

@@flyingdutchman810Baloney. Cutty Sark was a rare excellent example of a ship mostly original for it's time. Now it has maybe 20% original. If even that.... 😏

@nightlightabcd 4 жыл бұрын

So, I guess it's a replica now.

@astereux4519 4 жыл бұрын

nightlightabcd Not really, a lot of the original fittings and fixtures were removed before the fire, they did this so restoration work could progress without damaging them.

@flyingdutchman810 2 жыл бұрын

If it’s keel is still there it is the same ship no matter what you do, that was the first structure on the ship and it is what all the rest is built around. That is what makes it the ship.

@tamar5261 2 жыл бұрын

Nice to see it preserved. But I wish it was a seagoing enterprise. I know it's not possible due to costs

@Koala223 3 жыл бұрын

I was gona go see it in London and I felt bad about not seeing it. But now that I know it burned down I really don't care.. We have older boats in the harbour here..

@braised44 4 ай бұрын

No information about the cause of the fire?

@ipsissimus7378 4 жыл бұрын

I suppose one static exhibit for the price of ten actual working boats is considered a good deal nowadays.

@ryanphillips5688 3 жыл бұрын

If your gonna restore it to that extent after a fire you might as well put it back in the water and sail it. LOL only like 30% is orginal

@SimonElenor 3 жыл бұрын

Fully Agreed. A ship out of water is useless.

@southerneruk 3 жыл бұрын

Not even 30%, only the iron remains what wood was left was charred and had to replace, she is not seaworthy to be put back on water

@DoyleHargraves Жыл бұрын

Today, the USS Texas was moved from her moorings to begin a $35M overhaul. $75M for a wooden clipper ship.... yowza... they spared no expense. And also, consider that is $75M in 2012 dollars vs $35M in 2022 dollars.

@benwilson6145 3 жыл бұрын

@southerneruk 3 жыл бұрын

Sad it's not seaworthy any more after that fire there was very little left, only 2 other ships are left in the world now, you can no longer count the Cutty Sark, City of Adelaide that is now in Adelaide Australia and is being renovated and Ambassador which is beached at Estancia San Gregorio Southern Chile and just a skeleton.

@MeaHeaR 3 жыл бұрын

OMG I usto live at Kidbrooke and usto ridé my Chopper there to see this and the Gypsy Moth

@squigglesquaggle6553 2 жыл бұрын

She’s not called the Cuddy Sark actually

@nurlatifahmohdnor8939 5 ай бұрын

Page 205 It used to bring tea from China, on the other side of the world.

@nurlatifahmohdnor8939 5 ай бұрын

se-li-par = sandal Page 210 clipper = n 1 any fast sailing ship. 2 a person or thing that cuts or clips. i-par + du-ai = sister's husband or brother's wife