Dewaruci's long voyage home.(Arts and Lifestyle)

From: The Boston Herald | Date: July 12, 2000| Author: Cox, Christopher | Copyright information

There's no need to check a Tall Ships program to determine the identity of the barquentine with the elaborately carved woodwork and the scent of curry and clove cigarettes. It can only be the Dewaruci, the Indonesian navy's school ship, which has made the longest voyage of any Sail Boston 2000 tall ship.

The complement of 11 officers, 57 crew and 77 cadets left Djakarta aboard the three-master in early March.

"The ship trains us so we feel like an old sailor i...

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