Shipwright
Of Wooden Ships & Sailing, Construction, Maintenance, Repair & Rescue.
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Now... for some of you who do much more research than I... may be a wee bit clearer on this subject... I've a couple books and looked about on the web.. asked a couple people... however I'm still rather unclear on the titles and ranks of those aboard ship. I know some have multiple titles and some titles have the same meaning. Is someone out there willing to assist in clearing up what is what and who is who? Example... what the captain does and why they are there. Is the Quartermaster and First Mate the same rank? What is the difference between Master Gunner and Master at Arms? All these and many other titles and ranks have not been clearly defined to me. Help! …
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Ever heard of Port fees/ tariffs/ harbor taxes on ships and cargo?
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OK all... Coastie kinda was the bug starter here, so Coastie gets some credit here. With her talk of wanting a certain vessel but not enough funds to obtain it, purchase it, commandeer it, etc.... she's looking for donations. Now... again, she was the bug.. got me looking at vessels... looking at just any type of sailing vessels led to looking at wood vessels. Finally that led me to look for pirate ships for sail. Yes... I admit it.. I'm a fool at the moment... following a dream that may never come true.. but, hell! Who knows! Oh, I found this lovely little pirate vessel for such a lovely price! But there is NO way I could buy her all by m'self. Let alone her upkee…
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This is a list of the tallships that I have visited so far. Mayflower Zodiac R. Tucker Thompson Nina Europa Bat'kivshchyna Constitution Wolf Compass Rose
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Enjoyed a visit to the Nina today. Well worth the $5 tour cost. I had not realized the ships of this time frame and size were still steered with a tiller. Awesome to think of an Atlantic crossing when steering the ship in this way. Great food and margaritas at LuLu"s also. Steven St'ar Nina to dock Wednesday in Gulf Shores Reproduction of Columbus vessel to have 5-day stay Tuesday, March 21, 2006 By GUY BUSBY Staff Reporter Boats plying the waters around Gulf Shores range from small outboard models to yachts to tugs and barges, but visitors in the coming week will have a chance …
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Throughout the 17th and early 18th centuries, a huge number of the vessels I see are lateen-rigged on the mizzenmast. Long after square sails were routine on all other masts, lateen sails stayed on the mizzenmast. Not only were plain barques very popular, but even full-rigged ships with square mizzen topsails or mizzen topgallant sails still very often had a lateen mizzen sail (or "crossjack") below. Why was this such a popular design? On a barque, I can see some logic to having a fore-and-aft-sail on the mizzen, because it would be less prone to steal the mainsail's wind when running before the wind. But the same logic would seemingly apply on a full-rigged ship to …
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Tonight on History Channel... Deep Sea Detectives Blackbeard's QAR 10pm... Followed by Ghost Ship see link for upcoming Deep Sea Detective Shows. http://www.lonewolfdg.com/ Best regards to ye all
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Back in the 17th and 18th centuries were there really such things on sailing vessels? In Defoe's History of the Pyrates, he talks about prisoners being held in the gunroom of one vessel. I've never seen a "brig" (as in jail or holding cell) being mentioned in any of my reading. So is it a modern day naval term that Hollywood hi-jacked for period movies?
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Take a look at what this fellow did for his summer campers. Looks like it would be great for calm waters or as a parade float. Mini Pirate Ship KP
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here is a link to my soon to be lauched boat! http://www.northbayboatworks.com/Boats/Claire.html Ed
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I am still readin "Under the Black Flag" / I'm a slow reader.. Anyways I came across the term 5th rate ship, 3rd rate, ect. I don't understand the classification. I suppose size is one but which is bigger and so on. are there any other distictions like weight ?
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Anyone got a internet source fer tall ship photos that show life and layout belowdeck? I'm not so much interested in drawings, though that may suffice.
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Read it here.
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http://www.jdnews.com/SiteProcessor.cfm?Te...90&Section=News Shipwreck reveals surgeon's link October 21,2005 BY PATRICIA SMITH DAILY NEWS STAFF ATLANTIC BEACH - It was an apothecary mortar - like the ones on pharmacy logos - used with a pestle to ground medicine. It's not exactly an item most would expect to find on a shipwreck site, unless, of course, it was found on the wreckage believed to be that of the pirate Blackbeard's flagship Queen Anne's Revenge. "It wouldn't be surprising if there were one or more surgeons aboard," said Chris Southerly, project archaeologist for the Queen Anne's Revenge Shipwreck Project. Historical records show three surgeons f…
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The row boats won! This is pretty freakin cool! I have posted this link before (to the group) but they are good. http://www.petrobrigada.ru/peter/gallery/b.../board05_en.htm
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Modern Marvels HMS Victory. Tune In: Friday, September 2 @ 9pm ET/PT The HMS Victory would play a crucial role in the foremost naval engagement in 19th century maritime history, the battle of Trafalgar. This victory was so decisive that no fleet challenged Britain's Royal Navy for more than one hundred years. Built with enough wood to cover the Empire State Building one and a half times, propelled by wind and firing solid shots from smooth bored muzzle-loading canons, ships like HMS Victory ruled the waves for over two centuries. Manned by a crew of 850 and capable of firing one and a half tons of iron shot in a single devastating broadside, these eighteenth…
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This story has fascinated me for nigh on 9 years, and I still to this day am fascinated by it, now don't ask me why, I just am. I suppose I could give you a topic but Ive not got anything at the moment. Why not alternative ways inwhich the ship could have been saved? or what you think of the "grave robbers" taking Items for showcase? Why not even A discussion of its discovery in the late 80s? And if this was the wrong place for its discussion I apologize...
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The Benjamin Noble, a steamer loaded with iron rails, was lost with all hands in April 1914. It had long been condidered a sort of "holy grail" for wreck divers, and was recently discovered by accident. Full story here. and here. Here's a side-scan sonar image of the wreck:
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Article here.
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I saw a promo for the tonight's (5-25) ABC Evening News and they are doing a piece on the QAR. FYI. Fire up those Tivos!
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Talks about raising another cannon http://newsobserver.com/news/story/2439854...p-8844309c.html Discusses a wine bottle found in the bilges http://www.jdnews.com/SiteProcessor.cfm?Te...63&Section=News
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Greetings, all! Just wanted t' take the time to alert those of ye who hadn't heard about the cutlass and boarding weapons classes being taught this year at ISMAC (International Swordplay and Martial Arts Convention) in Lansing Michigan. There be a class on Cutlass, as well as hand axe (tomahawk) and knife fighting. There will also be an as-yet un named special event for all you interested in boarding actions with steel. You can find out more about the classes at Artofcombat.org; simply click on the upcoming events page. Also fer those interested, there be a yahoogroup on historic maritime combat ye can join that will coincide with the discussions in the class. Hope t'…
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Tall Ships of San Fransico® are a collection of 1,500 glass plate negative photographs not seen in over 130 years! In 2003 a discovery of historic proportions was made when 17 old wooden crates were opened for the first time in a century, and inside was the biggest story in west coast maritime history. None of these images have appeared in print until now. As we assemble the full history of this magnificent fleet of west coast built tall ships for an upcoming book, we are making a small number of prints available to the public. Ideal for home, office or on board decoration. Perfect art work for seafood restaurants! See our web site or full details: http://tallshipsofsanfr…
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I'm a 3d artist and for my next project I'd love to model a pirate ship. However, I'm having a real hard time finding good reference material. What I need are drawings and pictures of all angles of a ship and ideally blueprints. If anyone happens across such a thing in their web explorations, I'd love to know about it. Thanks!
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It's amazing how many Tall Ships are coming to the Sail Amsterdam event! It will be my first time and it will be a grand one :) Take a look at the list of Tall ships alone, there's lots of other fine sailing ships, litterally hundreds but this list alone is making me drool.. Tall ships at Sail Amsterdam 2005
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