http://feeds.tripsailor.com/rss/621-sailing en-US Sun, 02 Dec 2007 05:00:00 +0100 http://www.tripsailor.com/blogs/521-fun-torn-2-testing/posts/2481-bits_of_a_boat http://www.tripsailor.com/blogs/521-fun-torn-2-testing/posts/2481-bits_of_a_boat Jan - Mike D. <div class="maincontent"><p>Here are some photos of Sirocco before she was assembled. She arrived from Bremerhaven, Germany onboard a vehicle carrier called the ‘Pearl Ace’ – a journey which took about 12 weeks. I must admit I did not see her arrival as we were in Europe at the time, but when I first saw her, she was already masted and instrumented. I’ve marked Bremerhaven on the map.</p></div>