El Galeon Stern Lamp
by D Hackett
Title
El Galeon Stern Lamp
Artist
D Hackett
Medium
Photograph - Digital
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El Galeon Stern Lamp
Below the Stern Lamp is a painting of the Virgin Mary with the inscription �Hail, Queen Of The Sea�.
A huge lamp stands our on the poop deck. It would be lit at night to mark the position of each vessel in a fleet. Moreover, there was a code by which each galleon could communicate to others a change of course, a maneuver or an incident.
It took three years to research the main historical and maritime archives in Spain and compile all necessary information about galleons� shapes, details and measures so that this replica could be built. Essentially, this is a 500 ton galleon, with length overall reaching 160 feet and a beam of 32 feet. Four masts hold 6 sails which measure almost 11,000 square feet. Her average speed is 7 knots. Since her launching, a crew between 15 to 35 people have manned her across the seas and oceans around the world. She has navigated the Pacific and Indian oceans, crossed the Atlantic Ocean, and her wake has spread over the Mediterranean Sea, the Red Sea, the South and East China seas, the Aegean Sea, the Bosphorus strait, the Caribbean Sea and the whole East Coast of the US, covering thousands of nautical miles in an attempt to evoke her ancestors.
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December 2nd, 2015
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