Hard down! Hard down!. Captain Jack Isbester
href="#ulink_950ab89e-b2df-5398-9016-6cb769c38b8d">Figure 5.3 Cumeria before and after shortening sail
Figure 6.1 Olligarth House in 1916
Figure 6.2 Susie Irvine, about the time of her wedding to John Isbester
Figure 6.3 Magnus Irvine, on the left, ploughing with oxen
Figure 6.4 John Isbester in his early years in command
Figure 7.1 Barque Centaur at anchor with men working aloft
Figure 7.2 Captain Isbester, on steps, with crew of the barque Centaur
Figure 7.3 Magnus Irvine with granddaughter Kathleen
Figure 7.4 Margaret Irvine with grandson Arthur
Figure 9.1 San Francisco Harbour with Port Costa, Martinez and Mission 1
Figure 9.2 Susie, with the family who stayed in Olligarth
Figure 12.1 Sports Day programme
Figure 12.2 Tug of war, watch v. watch
Figure 12.3 Page 1 of a draft of Captain Isbester’s letter
Figure 12.4 The approach of the barque Rossdhu to Gatico on 7 September 1898
Figure 12.5 Gatico Cove, from BA chart 1301
Figure 12.6 Gatico Cove, from BA chart 1301
Figure 12.7 Rossdhu anchoring at Gatico Cove
Figure 13.1 Ship Dalgonar at anchor off Seattle in 1895
Figure 13.2 The forecastle, looking aft, with windlass and a rather dirty port anchor
Figure 13.3 The Dalgonar saloon: Captain and Mrs Isbester with friend
Figure 13.4 The steering position
Figure 13.5 Mrs Isbester knitting on the poop, the chartroom in the background
Figure 13.7 Dalgonar’s bows and bowsprit
Figure 13.8 A gathering in Sydney including Captain and Mrs Isbester
Figure 14.1 The Dalgonar’s ship’s company. San Francisco, August 1903
Figure 14.2 Kathleen and Arthur ready for the bush
Figure 14.3 Captain Isbester in Sydney with family and friends
Figure 14.4 Joe Chandler with Allan Isbester
Figure 14.5 Norman Isbester at sea
Figure 15. 1 Page 1 of Captain Isbester’s entry in the official log book
Figure 15. 2 Allan and Norman with their three older siblings
Figure 15. 3 At 24 Bengal Road, Susie with Allan and Norman both wearing the kilt
Figure 16.1 Leaving Brunswick Dock, Liverpool
Figure 16.6 Washing the decks, port side, abreast the main hatch
Figure 16.7 Dalgonar’s sails as labelled by Arnold Franz McJannet
Figure 16.8 The view from the poop, looking forward, the sails drawing nicely
Figure 16.9 Track from Liverpool to Martin Vass Rocks and the Greenwich Meridian
Figure 16.10 Running the easting down: track from the Greenwich Meridian
Figure 17.1 Water on deck – looking forward from near the entrance to the saloon
Figure 17.2 Dressed for the weather
Figure 17.3 Entering port after a stormy voyage
Figure 18.1 Alexandra Dock, Hull, from Susie’s postcard
Figure 18.2 The family about 1911.
Figure 18.3 Lewis Davies, first mate
Figure 18.4 Dalgonar, looking aft from a position on the foremast.
Figure 18.5 Looking forward from a position on the mizzen mast
Figure 18.6 Looking aft from the foremast
Figure 18.7 The storm-scarred Dalgonar in Seattle
Figure 18.8 Dalgonar at anchor, in process of unshipping topgallant masts