Word: passats
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Dates: during 1957-1957
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...great, square-rigged cargo carriers was the annual "grain race" from Australia to England. Some 20 windjammers hauled anchor down under at the start of that race in 1932, but by 1949 only two were left to make the run: the Pamir and her sister ship, the Passat. One by one, the others had fallen foul of wind and wave and the economic pressures of their own huffing and puffing competitors. But even though the world of commerce chose to bypass the windjammers, there were many, particularly among the hornyhanded sailormen of northern Europe, who cherished the brave tradition they...
Last year some 40 West German steamship companies got together to underwrite the costs of operating the veteran windjammers Passat and Pamir as training ships for future officers. So many youths crowded the offices to apply for berths that four out of five were turned away...
...that greeted the news of the Pamir's loss, there were many to complain of a needless sacrifice of the nation's youth, but many more to defend the tradition they died by. There still were eager cadets aplenty to sign for the next voyage of the Passat...