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Tall Ships

Catherine is up in the rigging.

Catherine is the bosun's mate on the Lord Nelson, a ship with with the first all-female crew in a Tall Ships race.

En route to Norway, she is working up in the rigging, checking the ropes and admiring the view.

Posted by Catherine on 18 August 2008.

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