Pardon my ignorance, but I don’t know what the woman at the front of the ship is called.  In any case, we were all really saddened to see them removing her from the front of the Falls of Clyde today.  According to my security department, she will be stored as a museum piece, so all is not lost.

p.s. just a note to Kristi & Amy: I promise I’ll post your tours here! I got busy.

About a month ago, the Maritime Museum started to dismantle the historic Falls of Clyde. It didn’t seem real at the time, even though we can see it happening every day right outside our window.  Here’s what it looked like as of yesterday.

In yesterday’s and today’s Honolulu Advertiser, the final fate of the historic Falls of Clyde seems uncertain, but one thing is for sure: the pieces that make it truly unique are being dismantled. When the time comes to finally move it from Honolulu Harbor, it will be without four spars, topmasts and other riggings, yards, jib booms and main side supports.

That’s kinda sad, when you think about it–this is the world’s only surviving fully rigged, four-masted sailing ship, hailing all the way from Scotland. At 130 years old, you would think people would have more interest in this piece of history.  But alas, here it sits, sometimes teetering perilously toward our offices.

I know the media has photos of the ship head-on, but I wanted to show you what it looks like from our windows, with all of its masts & riggings in place before they’re taken down.

At one time, Bob Krauss and I were interested in doing some ghost hunting on the ship. A Holland America passenger swore that he saw a ghost on the ship, definitely a businessman and definitely in old-time attire. The passenger says he was sober and never believed in ghosts till he saw that one. When I asked the Maritime Museum personnel, however, they didn’t know about anyone who might be haunting the Falls of Clyde.  If any of you have seen the ghost or can think of who it might be, let me know!