The PEKING is a fabulous 5-master from the German "Flying P-Liner" sailing ships built by the F. Laeisz Company, founded in 1839; still of Hamburg today. Laeisz built some of the largest and fastest vessels of their kind, nearly all of which carried names beginning with the letter P. The Padua sails today out of Kaliningrad on the Russian Baltic (--formerly Köngistadt, Germany, between Poland and Lithuania). She serves now as a training ship re-named KRUSENSTERN (after a German Admiral who explored Russia), and occasionally graces Newport during exceptional Tall Ships celebrations.
Amazing sailor, story-teller, Irving Johnson, of Hadley, Massachusetts, sailed around the world aboard the PEKING, as well as several other vessels, with students aboard in a floating school, which took 18 months for each circumnavigation. What a world they saw! His film, Around Cape Horn, from a 1929 voyage is legendary. The following clip isn't narrated, nor does it feature any personalities. Still I show it here, since it's all I could find, and it certainly shows the challenges of the sea.
--> Walking aboard this ship could be part of our NYC itinerary, should we choose to eat lunch at Pier 17, since she now resides on shore at South Street Seaport. Your vote?
That must be awesome to sail a ship like that I would love to be apart of that crew
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