Joan McAlpine: Tall ships put wind in Greenock regeneration sails
A triumph of craftsmanship, sailing ships have an ethereal quality that suggests something more than human skill must have played a part in their creation.
But while they look as if they were fashioned by angels, these ships were build by men - talented, ingenious, skilled and hardworking men. And perhaps we love them because they remind us what men are capable of - or were capable of before the great de-skilling of the West began several decades ago.
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