Christmastreeships at Stadsgården

©bartowian, on August 7, 2007, said:

interesting HDR work, David Thyberg

as reference, here a (Swedish?) --->forest of masts in natural lighting (which I found starting out at the site of Briggen Gerda I happened to find tied up in the harbour of Hudiksvall 2 weeks ago ...--->Brigg Gerda_ ...(I might upload more photos I took of her at a later time)...

Ben Steiner, on April 16, 2008, said:

Very nice shot of this majestic ship! I saw this same boat in another corner of the world as well! Excellent work. -Ben

Roggs, on April 26, 2008, said:

The Ship´s Name is Cuauhtemoc, from Mexican Navy, I´m not sure about but I belive this picture was taked on 2000, I was on board of that tallship as a cadet, beautiful city.

David Thyberg, on April 27, 2008, said:

Thanks for identifying this beautiful ship. The picture was taken during the Tall Ships Race stopover in Stockholm 27th of July 2007.

©bartowian, on April 27, 2008, said:

(note that there are two ships in this photo, the larger one in the back is the CUAUHTEMOC)

...a webpage celebrating a reception given on board the CUAUHTEMOC in Stockholm harbour --->

CUAUHTEMOC, sail-training barque from Mexico. Trains junior officers for Mexican Navy.

Type: Three masted barque Hull: Steel Homeport: Acapulco, Mexico Shipyard: Astilleros Celaya S.A., Bilbao, Spain Crew: 276 including 90 trainees Height:* m (* ft) Sparred Length: 90.5m (296.9 ft) Length waterline: 67.2 m (220 ft 4 in) Beam: 12 m (39 ft 4 in) Draft: 5,4 m ( 17.7 ft) Displacement: 1,800 tons Sail Area: 2,368 m² (25,489 sq ft) 23 sails Engines: 1 x 1,125 hp (diesel) Maximun speed: 18 kt (* km/h) under sails, 8 knots under engines

about the 2007 Tall Ships Race stopover in Stockholm and Rostock

Cuauhtémoc pronounced [kʷaːwˈtemoːk] (1502–1525), "Falling Eagle" in English, was the Aztec ruler of Tenochtitlan 1520 to 1521.