Balclutha

This is the square-rigged ship "Balclutha" built in Glasgow, Scotland in 1886.    It was built to haul California wheat to Europe, and in order to get there, it had to round Cape Horn, one of the most dangerous passages in the world.  She did that 17 times.  She is the only square rigged ship left in the San Francisco Bay area and is a U.S. National Historic Landmark and is currently preserved at the San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park in San Francisco.  I have been photographing her for several days now, and finally got the shot I want - late in the afternoon, the fog moved in through the Golden Gate, and nearly completely obscured the hills in the distance - it is the perfect background for my photograph.