Rigging the Surprise

Looking up into the sail mast riggings on the HMS Surprise. Built in 1970, as a faithful replica of an 18th century British Royal Navy frigate, it was later used as a working set for the film Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World. It's now permanently docked at the Maritime Museum in San Diego, CA.

The 5th piece in my "Maritime" series, taking a brief look at the structures we humans build to interact with the sea, whether from dry land, at water's edge, or on the open ocean.