Coming Aboard

The crew had finished breakfast and while some were cleaning up the sleeping areas, others were reading sails. There was an attempt to sail into Portsmouth, but the wind shifted, forcing key sails to be lowered and required the replica to be motored in.

This carved head is located by a nest of ropes that snake across the deck. Endeavour has a small permanent crew, but everyone on board works, including students, paid travelers, even journalists.

A view from inside Endeavour looking out the window of the Great Room where Captain Cook and his botanist studied specimens of animals and plants from around the world in the late 1700s.

The Endeavour captain poses with Kathy Salisbury, a representative of the Portsmouth Port Authority who arrived on the VIP visit. TV, radio and newspaper photographers swarmed across the decks.

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