Shipwright
Of Wooden Ships & Sailing, Construction, Maintenance, Repair & Rescue.
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Ooh, I wanna be the first to post the news! Captain Kidd's SHip Found The Quedah Merchant!!
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Anything pertaining to the ship most likely to be QAR and her recovery or research
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The subject of 'tall ships' comes up from time to time, along with such questions as 'Where is it docked now?" and "Is it open to the public?" or even "What became of that one replica ship?". To that end we're starting this comprehensive list. This is a place holder for the links and information for any and all tall ships that we can find. Feel free to share facts about some of your favorites and we'll add them here. Ships in Service (Active): Devil's Gauntlet (Sultana) - British Brigantine Home Port:San Diego, California Links: https://www.facebook.com/piratesofthedevilsguantlet/ HMS Surprise (HMS Rose) - English Sixth-Rate Post Ship,…
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Would it be possible to pin or sticky this ship with the others/ The freeze-dry thread brought this to my attention, and as it sank in the gulf in the 1687, it is of interest to the pyrate community. here is the link to the story and amazing articact collection: http://www.texasbeyondhistory.net/belle/index.html My favorite piece: http://www.texasbeyondhistory.net/belle/images/art-polearm.html Enjoy... Bo
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ahoy all, odorleseye posted this link in twill. I've copied it here in hopes that folks will add to this list. as more crews seem to be on the water with pulling boats, this may be a good repositry for us all to be able to learn each others commands and help out at events if needed. I'm not intending on making a definitive set of commands but make options available. http://www.shelburnelongboats.com/rowingcommands.html
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Ship types used by Pirates: List of known Pirate ship names- https://pyracy.com/index.php?showtopic=16728 Privateer ship names- https://pyracy.com/index.php?showtopic=7863 General: https://pyracy.com/index.php?showtopic=724 https://pyracy.com/index.php?showtopic=1410 Good books- https://pyracy.com/index.php?showtopic=1781 Rigging: General explanation of types: https://pyracy.com/index.php?showtopic=7168 Jibs and Foresails- https://pyracy.com/index.php?showtopic=16377 Gaff rigging- https://pyracy.com/index.php?showtopic=735 and https://pyracy.com/index.php?showtopic=12019 Plans: Dingy- https://pyracy.com/index.php?showtopic=612 Longboats- https://pyracy.com/i…
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I'm pinning this thread for any Whydah related conversations. -Dutch
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ALL ARE SAFE.... This is a message as posted by Poison Qill from Tales of the Seven seas... Everyone, Bob just called me. ALL ABOARD ARE SAFE, but the Royaliste, with Gary, Kathy, Bob and one other crew member were going down one of the narrow channels and their depth changed from 14' to 4' very suddenly. Even with the depth finder, they were not able to avoid hitting the bottom and ran aground despite everyone's best efforts. Royaliste is underwater at this moment. Vessel assist rescued everyone including both parrots and the dog, but the ship is submerged to her scuppers at this time. (that means submerged to the openings in the deck rails that allow water to flow…
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Since we decided wot we be wantin' in a ship a few posts down, now ye gets ta name it. Why be yer namin' 'er that though? 'Tis yer vessel, NOW NAME 'er . . .
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Women on Ships 1 2 3
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In the "Whips" thread Lady Seahawke posted this: ...which sparked off a revival of another thread... Both of which got me thinking about the fact that I don't recall a decent discussion about women on ships during the GAoP. So, we've got Anne Bonny and Mary Read obviously, and I recall the story of Anne Chamberlayne who was aboard her brother's ship during one of the battles in the English Channel in the 1690s - a story attested to by contemporary monument to her. How many other verifiable examples (ie, supported by evidence) of women working aboard ships (as opposed to passengers, which is a whole different thing) are there between, say, 1600 and 1750. How many were…
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Hi has anybody made calculations of pirates ship types? (like 45% gaop vessels were sloops, 15 slavers....etc.) my investigation leads me to point that there were most of small sloops, plenty of brigantines and some early schooner in gaop but few bigger slavers like the "Whydah" or QAR. Some pirates in gaop used even warships like Black Bart.
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It's a sad day for us all. Not just because a ship is gone that so many of us have come to love and play Pyrates on, but that two of her crew have gone missing in the storm while trying to keep this bit of history a live. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bounty_%281960_ship%29
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Hi, Can anyone help me out with some info on ships and sailing times in 1721? For a writing project I'm working on, I'm trying to figure out the best choice of ships to give a main character, a pirate turned pirate hunter, and to make sure I get the details right. I had the idea that the ship he uses was a warship he'd captured and commandeered for his own uses a few years back (so it could be something from the late 1710s). Whatever model or nationality it needs to be, it needs to have a balance between firepower and speed, and provoke a sense of "Oh f***, we've gotta go up against THAT?" I know sloops were more commonly used by pirates and navies alike, and pirate enga…
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Anyone have proper building specs for a period correct longboat? GAoP time frame. IF so please post. The Archangel crewe is ready to build. Thanks.
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I have acquired a wooden sailing vessel after all my wishing; (be careful what you wish for...etc.), and I now have an 18ft boat built in 1972 by the (then) master shipwright at Mystic Seaport. She needs overhauled but she ain't rotten, just dry and needs some scraping, caulking and paint. It will be a lot of labor but it was given to me trailer and all, so the initial cost is not setting me back any. Cannot recall the style or period right off the top of my head, but she has lovely lines and will be a beauty when she sails again. Pictures to follow as soon as I can get to it! Bo
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I never poste a photo before. Let see if it works! Cheers Bully MacGraw
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Ship of choice 1 2
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My curiosity is runnin wild Whats you're favorite if other please post.
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Article here.
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I have seen one wooden framed fire box aboard a replica vessel in Deltaville, Va this last August. I don't remeber the name of the ship but do remember the firebox. I have been looking for designs and documentation on fireboxes and their use. I did find a reference - Galley of the Avondster - which gave a discription of the construction but no sketch. The drawings in the article only showed open firepits. From what I can gather the fireboxes were the in between stage preceding the iron pits or stoves around 1728. The larger vessels had the giant masonary / stone firepits. Smaller ones would have probably used the fireboxes. I am trying to verify the period they…
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How many of you own your own ships,or have wanted to own one? After watching the PotC movie series and taking note on how obsessed Captain Jack Sparrow acted with The Black Pearl,I too been wanting to have a ship of my own. I feel that for me,the easiest way to get my own ship,is to ask the Navy,to let me have one of their decomissioned ships. What say you,on this matter?
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Too funny -- even hundreds of years after the GAOP, Spain still can't stand to see anyone else with their gold! Apparently everyone got the "Finders Keepers" memo except them.... BBC News -- Spain To Sue Over Treasure Find
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There was a ship named the Golden Hind. I know nothing of her only the name and it seems familiar for some odd reason. Anyone?
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Biting the bullet, dipping into the retirement account, and buying a traditionally-built wooden sailing dinghy. The type is known as a "Catspaw" and here's a pic of one: It is 13' long, lapstrake construction, and has a spritsail rig. Just the thing to mess about in at 18th C. events and Pirate Fests...!
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My reading suggests that when most people talk about a "pilot" on a ship, they mean a guy who lives in a port and, for a fee, will go out to your ship in a small boat, guide you out of (or into) the harbor, avoiding all the shoals and reefs and other dangers you don't know about, and then goes back to shore again in a small boat. He does not seem to be a member of any one ship's crew at all, but just helps any ship that needs him and is ready to pay, and doesn't normally voyage far from the harbor whose safe channels he knows. However, in James Clavell's novel Shogun, a rather different picture of the "pilot" is painted. It "was the pilot who commanded at sea; it was h…
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In side views of the early galleon type ships with the high stern castles, they appear to have quite a severe forward slope to the upper decks, and possibly all of the rear decks. This looks like it would be very uncomfortable to stand on for any length of time, for instance standing at the helm. Did the decks actually slope like that, or is it an illusion caused by the slope of the rail ? I have never been up close to a real one, so I thought I would pose the question. The other question is, if they actually slope in that fashion, what is the purpose ? Later style ships don't have that steep sloped appearance …
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