Shipwright
Of Wooden Ships & Sailing, Construction, Maintenance, Repair & Rescue.
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We are building a full scale replica of the Rotter Lowe may be done next summer, anyone interested. Bloody Jack Flint
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I be on the look out for the gems out there that be available but not as well known. Do ye know of one and would like to share ye experiences about it? I especially be looking for someone with experience on the Elissa out of Galveston. Anyone, Anyone?
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Now here's an interesting question for you history buffs. Is there a reason why some ships had red sails? (There are some tall ships here on the west coast that do also) RumbaRue **I've hoisted that, I've hoisted this, but the best hoist is above the waterline**
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OK, I was scolded at FTPI last year for calling rope 'rope' and not 'line.' Now I find this in Alexander Hamilton's A New Account of the East Indies (17th - 18th Centuries): "...every Thing in the Ship fast, our Yards lowered as low as conveniently they could be, and our Sails made fast with Coils of small Ropes, besides their usual furling Lines." (Hamilton, p. 485) I take it rope may have been called 'line' when it was attached to the masts and sails (or It may not have been. In fact, I have no idea.) However, he also calls the stuff rope in the same sentence. So I am thinking I was wronged at FTPI, when looking for what was small coils of whatever-you-want-to-call-it…
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I searched and only found a few old posts on views below decks. I am looking for photos or realistic drawings/paintings which show the Captain and Crew quarters as they would have looked. Also the galley and gun decks etc thanks!
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Ahoy, there mates. I figure a spot is needed to talk about wooden ships, a key ingredient for a pirates life. Facts, myths, experienced or not. But skip the fiberglass,ferrocement,composite, or metal imitations. Quite a few other threads will weave thru this, properly done. Buildin', sailin', terminology, and jargon all will work here. Comments???
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Forgive my ingorance, please. But any help is appreciated. These questions are related to tall ships with wooden hulls...without the power of an engine. I'll have a lot more questions just as stupid as these. Sure, I could find an instruction manual somewhere, maybe, but I'd prefer to here it from a pirate. How does a ship approach the dock? Sails down, I presume. But what prevents it from slamming into the dock? How does a ship leave the dock? Sails still down, or half mast? Is that the correct term? Must have wind to do either, right? Or do these ships just drop anchor and use a small rowboat to get to the dock?
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Really? Seriously? It this for real? I thought it was under some trust or some volunteer organization or something else, receiving donations, etc? Apparently someone had pointed out to me that the HMS Bounty was up for sale for just under $5 million. Here's the URL: http://easternyachts.com/bounty/index.htm Is someone pulling our peg legs or is this the real deal? ~Lady B
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The brig Astrid ran aground near Cork and sank shortly after leaving port. The reports state that an engine failure, combined with strong wind and current were the culprits. All 30 crew and trainees were evacuated safely, and now she is holding fast to the rocks with little movement. surveyors and divers are apparently going to consider possible salvage of the nearly 100 year old vessel, but it's too soon to make any real predictions along that front. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2376754/Major-air-sea-rescue-plucks-thirty-volunteers-tall-ship-Astrid-runs-aground-rough-weather.html http://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/divers-and-surveyor-to-con…
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I found a great web site for FREE boat plans. http://www.svensons.com/boat/?p=SailBoats/Falcon This is the one I am looking at. Now my problem it time and money :) Any advice on what I might want to watch out for before I start?
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I know there was a thread about shipwrecks being found, so here's a new one.... http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090201/ap_on_...wreck_discovery "TAMPA, Fla. – Florida deep-sea explorers who found $500 million in sunken treasure two years ago say they have discovered another prized shipwreck: A legendary British man-of-war that sank in the English Channel 264 years ago. Odyssey Marine Exploration hasn't found any gold this time, but it's looking for an even bigger jackpot. The company's research indicates the HMS Victory was carrying 4 tons of gold coins that could be worth considerably more than the treasure that Odyssey raised from a sunken Spanish galleon in 2007, co-fo…
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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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Ahoy scoundrels, I was channel surfing the other day and happened upon an episode of the reality show "real world" which required the housemastes to spend a day crewing aboard an Americas Cup sail boat. One girl was so petrified with fear that she had to be lead to the boat by two of her roomies shading her eyes so that she could not see the boats. They got her on the boat and she had to spend the entire time on the water with her head lowered between her knees, shading her eyes so that she could not see where she was. The funny thing was that she could swim and didn't require or desire a life jacket, but her phobia was apparently associated with the ships more so …
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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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Sloop, Barque, ENGLISH Galleon, schooner, man o war, Frigate,Brigantine ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Which was fastest, which was the best choice? I am assuming the sloop and schooner for speed and manueverability and the Brigantine for sheer firepower.. Thoughts? Facts?
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I am going to begin a project to create a careening camp that is as realistic as I can make it - sail tied to trees, contents of ship under it.... Well, the sail will probably be canvas. This would be the camp of sailors careening their sloop. I would like to see any references that you might have on this type. I am particularly interested in what would have been taken off the ship (I have heard everything that wasn't nailed down) and what sorts of items would have been found under the sail cloth. Any references are appreciated. I am also interested on the size and shape of one of the smaller sails on a sloop. Captain Lowther's Careening Camp
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Found out today that the replicas of the Nina and Pinta are in my home port o' Pittsburgh, PA for the next week! I walked down from work and took a couple pictures...
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I thought it would be nice to have a collected list of historically accurate wooden ships and their websites for reference purposes. I am thinking of historically accurate ships here, not partially historically accurate ships (for example, those with motors and such that travel to festivals.) I am also not talking about museums that are about ships, unless they are a part of the ship itself like the Vasa museum. I'm focusing on ships you can actually tour and see inside the whole of the ship, set up as it might have been during its actual sailing days. I restricted the list to ships from 1600 - 1750. The early 17th century ships are a stretch, but I've not been real …
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As a pirate, I find myself to be somewhat underqualified. My sole sailing experience was in the summer of 1980. I was attending Tech School at Keesler AFB in Biloxi, Mississippi. One of my fellow students owned an 18-foot fiberglass sailboat. In the afternoons and on weekends, weather permitting, we would sail the back bay and he taught me and several others the basics of sailing. This was all good fun, but a year later, a friend introduced me to the Horatio Hornblower series of books. Reading these novels, I learned there were such things as mainmasts, foremasts, mizzenmasts, sprits, and possibly many more bits of lumber from which one might spread sail. The boat I lear…
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After many interuptions, especially from making ships in bottles for Dreamworks Production of Alice Seabold's novel The Lovely Bones, the QAR model of the museum at Teach's Hole on Ocracoke is in the standing rigging phase. Thought you'd enjoy viewing the Admiralty Version (without masts). Research on constructing the model included long discussions with David Moore and folks with the QAR Project. Model completion deadline is mid-late February. 1) A drawing from Smithsonian magazine QAR article: http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g276/2go...se/100_2381.jpg Photo 2: Admiralty Style—Port View: http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g276/2go...se/…
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Fire on shore - good. Fire onboard a wooden ship - bad. How was fire for cooking dealt with aboard the ships? What sources of info is out there for info on what was prepared and how. I expect lots of boiled salt pork and some type of bread. If any have some valid information please share or point me in the direction of resources that may have that information. thanks mates, Willie the rumrunner
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Ok so where on board was the head? or was there one, did they just relieve themselves by going over the side or climbing out on the bow sprit, whats the deal? why do i want to know this? i have no idea. Aaron
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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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Mates: On other topics, the subject has come up that the sea climate is especially inimical to ferrous metals: i.e. they rust like a bugger. There are some remedies for this: for one, use brass as much as possible. For another, paint iron heavily. But some iron things were left bright: sword blades and musket barrels most notably. My question is, what did they use for rust prevention besides crew elbow grease? They had whale oil, but that was hellishly expensive and was used mainly for lubricating delicate instruments ike watches. In the Med. they had olive oil, but it gets rancid in the heat. Animal fat gets disgusting, not that they were squeamish. So what were they li…
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