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Picture of the foremast of a tall ship with the upper yard Picture of a foremast with manned yardOne of the most exciting (and a wee bit scary) activities on a tall ship is "going aloft". First you climb up the shrouds which hold the mast until you reach the crows-nest (picture below left). From there you can reach the upper yard (below right). Normally you would also have the lower yard just below the crows-nest, unfortunately it had to be taken down due to an earlier damage.

When you enter a harbour you usually "man the yards", on the right you can see how it looked when we entered Oban. I'm one of the three on the left waving, unfortunately I don't remember which one...
Picture of the view down from a crowsnest on a tall ship Picture of the view down from the upper yard on a tall ship, crows nest in view as well
Picture of a man standing on the upper yard of a tall ships mast To the left you can see me on the upper yard. Standing and moving just on a steel rope is not exactly easy... Below a view over the Sound of Mull from the upper yard. Picture of a view through the Sound of Mull from the upper yard of a tall ship's mast
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