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Of Wooden Ships & Sailing, Construction, Maintenance, Repair & Rescue.
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Dutch in New York, who woulda thunk? Painting says: Kaaterskill Ketch, Hudson River 1645
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I don't understand either of these two routes. I understand that you take the trade winds to the West Indies, but aren't the Azores way too far north for the trade winds? I thought the trade winds blew about between 10 and 30 degrees, with the horse latitudes about 30 to 35 degrees, and the prevailing westerlies between 35 degrees and the poles. The Azores are at about 38 degrees North. Shouldn't they be in the westerlies? The detour to Brazil when en route to the Cape of Good Hope also matches with my memory. But the southern trade winds blow from the east and southeast, don't they? Wouldn't they be dead foul for a ship trying to reach the Cape of Good Hope from B…
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Wonder if they'll try to raise it like the Wasa. Hopefully they do, it sounds interesting. Mystery Snow Brig Coastie
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When you go up onto a mast-head or yard you "lay aloft"; when you're going below decks you "lay below," and when you're coming up from below deck onto the upper deck you "lay topside." But what is the correct phrase for coming down from the yard or mast-head onto the upper deck? I've seen the phrase "lay down from aloft" in Harland, but that phrase seems unduly cumbersome compared to the others. Was it generally used?
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Anyone out there know where I can find good blueprints fer a small, wooden, dinghy?
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A shipwreck
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Yes, I have another question... that my English vocabulary (neither technical knowledges in general) doesn't help enough to formulate it. We are in the early 1700s... and a damaged ship has sunk in the harbour. It happens sometimes... (especially if somebody "helped" it ) Now, what technology do the authorities have in order to drag the shipwreck out, because half of the harbour would be blocked otherwise?
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I say we get a crew together and buy it! (drool!!): http://www.woodenboat.com/65-loa-wooden-%E2%80%98pinky%E2%80%99-schooner
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Once again, i am struggling with the design for my personal flagship. I tried drawing it again tonight, only to realize, that as far as the decks go, what i wanted to do with her design is very difficult to achieve the 'sweet spot' as far as where one of the aft decks end, and another begins, and the bulwarks and rails. I also remembered if would have made the ship a 3rd rate, this sweet spot woul've been achieved... any thoughts? I also don't know if any of you serious re-enacters/festival goers command large ship of the line flagship. i have only ever met two people who do. I'd be fine with commanding one if it's not that uncommon, but if it is, I'm going to have 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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Now I know this isn't exactly piratical, but, it is nautical.... Has anyone ever heard of any information on the lost ship The Wasp. It was a Ship used very effectively during the war, taking over 15 prizes. One day she set out and simply dissappeard. There are various theories on what happen to her, but, I never heard anything difinitive. Has anyone ever heard of any research or wreckage etc..... Let me know.... The Capt.
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Read this via AOL and what a find! Not exactly pristine, but... WOW! The images were something else to look at. This would be rather interesting to keep watch over and see what more they find. ~Lady B 18th-Century Ship Found at Trade Center Site By DAVID W. DUNLAP In the middle of tomorrow, a great ribbed ghost has emerged from a distant yesterday. On Tuesday morning, workers excavating the site of the underground vehicle security center for the future World Trade Center hit a row of sturdy, upright wood timbers, regularly spaced, sticking out of a briny gray muck flecked with oyster shells. Obviously, these were more than just remnants of the wooden cribbing used i…
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I haven't seen it mentioned here yet, so I figured that I'd let everyone here know. The historic schooner Adventuress (1903) had her wheel stolen while she was in port in Olympia, WA on October 7th. She was able to borrow and retrofit a new wheel to continue on her educational sailing schedule. Obviously, for historical reasons, she wants her wheel back and Sound Experience, the non profit organization that runs her, is offering a $100 reward and the promise of no criminal charges filed. This theft hits home a bit for me, as Adventuress was the first boat I ever sailed WAY back in middle school, which led me to volunteering on board her and other tall ships and eventu…
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The poop: that odd little cabin or compartment at the extreme top and back of the ship that sits immediately above the captain's cabin, and whose roof forms the poop deck. In Falconer's diagram of a 1st-rate ship of the line, there is a large poop that is actually divided into three compartments; a room for the trumpeters, the "Captain Lieutenant's" cabin and the "cuddy," which is for "the Master and secretaries officers." All very well, but you also see poops on large East Indiamen and other merchant ships. It seems unlikely that merchants would have had trumpeters or "captain lieutenants," which would have been a military rank. I suppose they might have put the sail…
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http://www.sailtraining.org/documents/ASTAFlyer.pdf?PHPSESSID=d419658c63c1956ba44704831e1b5cce
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Ever heard of Port fees/ tariffs/ harbor taxes on ships and cargo?
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Check out this website it details the history and current conditions of hundreds of shipwrecks. Site even has a list of TREASURE WRECKS http://www.aquaexplorers.com/shipwrecks.htm
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Ye lovers of ships (aint we all? ), here be an event not to miss: Sail Amsterdam 2005! Me's posting just a few bits of info here: And: Here be a flyer about the event: Flyer Sail Amsterdam 2005 Ye can't miss it lasses and gents, it be the event no ship lover WANTS te miss ... Come and have fun in Amsterdam
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i plan on trying to do some woolding on a small mast, i have found some instruction on how go about it. there is one or two things i'm not sure of. the first is the instuctions say to put a leather button under the head of each nail, is the button a washer in shape to keep the rope from working up the nail and freeing itself, or something else? the other is the nailing method as you progress along, my instuctions say "every turn when hoved tight is fastened with a leather button and nail, each nail being regularly below the other to the middle turn, and then above." can anyone break this down for me. thanks, also i don't have an illustration, one would be great.
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Yes, it's me and my lack of English technical vocabulary, so I'd google... if I knew what. Therefore, I am asking you instead, please tell me some metal pieces (or fittings, or how they are called) which a tall ship might need after being damaged by a storm... I don;t want elaborate, complicated metal things they would need a chandler's shop for... but rather small, albeit necessary ones which a blacksmith can make. Thank you in advance!
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Greetings, I am new to the site. For a lecture on family history research I am seeking two images. Line drawings will work fine. I need one of an old sailing ship / ship of the line becalmed on a flat sea, and one of a smiliar ship being pulled by a longboat. Any advice on where to look? I have tried doing google image searches but have not found anything appropriate. Thanks in advance for any assistance Paul
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I've been reading "Sail Tall Ships - A Directory of Sail Training and Adventures at Sea" comparing the various rigging configurations of schooners. Ransom's ship, the Rakehell is a gaf-rigged schooner with raked masts, mainly because I like the look of it. In this book it gives specs for the various ships, such as length, LAWL, beam, draft, total sail yardage, minimum crew, maxumum day passengers, etc. But it does not make a distinction between raked masts or straight. The choice doesn't seem to be tied to sail configuration, as gaf-rigged, gaf topsail, or square topsail can have either type of mast. So, besides the obvious, what is the difference between raked vs stra…
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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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I was thinking yesterday about indicator lights, particularly after running through a staging yard. There was one other driver (from another company), and he was pulling out as I was pulling in. We both braked, made hand signals through the windshields (Oh no, after you, Alphonse!), and manuevered around each other. We just understood where and what the other was doing and going, and what we were going to do. Now, since modern-day hauling is still called SHIPPING, I come to my point (finally). I'm going to do my own research anyway, but what arrangement was there in period shipping for agreement of right-of-way, or directional signalling? In modern shipping, which is e…
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I've got some questions about this. If you were anchored in a roadstead and getting ready to get under way, was the anchor broken out of the seabed just by the brute force of the crew turning the capstan? Or was there some special trick to breaking the anchor out? Did you have to be in some special position relative to the anchor and/or the wind? Are there any cases of the anchor being so firmly dug in that putting tension on the anchor cable just pulled the ship down instead of pulling the anchor up? Also, when dropping anchor, were there any tricks to getting it to dig in? Is a special kind of seabed ideal for this? I ought to be able to answer this question by r…
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