Shipwright
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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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Their is a good article on the Time Bandit, a !/2 scale Manila class Galleon available in Mutiny Magazine pg 52-54 http://mutinymagazine.com/ezine/issue5/ Enjoy mates ~
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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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While not strictly piratical nonetheless let's remember that pirates were sailors and that as such knowledge of all things maritime would behoove everyone one of us. This book just came into the library and it seemed a good one to read for all of us. "To Harness the Wind: A Short History of the Development of Sails" by Leo Block Naval Institute press, 2003 ISBN 1557502099 Cover the History of sails from the first depiction of one (Egyptian vase 6000 B.C.E,) to modern racing sails. The book also touches on Chinese & South Pacific sails. I am going to have it charged out to me after it's cataloged. Looks like a interesting read.
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http://www.sailtraining.org/documents/ASTAFlyer.pdf?PHPSESSID=d419658c63c1956ba44704831e1b5cce
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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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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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The Coast Guard's Eagle The Eagle is a three-masted sailing Barque with 21,350 square feet of sail. It is homeported at the CG Academy, New London, Connecticut. It is the only active (operational) commissioned sailing vessel in the U.S. maritime services. (One of five such Training Barques in world. Sister ships include: MIRCEA of Romania, SAGRES II of Portugal, GORCH FOCK of Germany, and TOVARICH of Russia.) The Eagle bears a name that goes back to the early history of the United States' oldest contiunous seagoing service. The first Eagle was commissioned in 1792, just two years after the formation of the Revenue Marine, the forerunner of today's Coast Guard. Today'…
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hey, I need to know some places that have ship that are available for the public to go on, i've looked at the golden hinde but i am not sure how to navigate the site. I just need to know if the ship is accessible on the 28th. I am going to london this wednesday so if you could name any spots in london especially that would be great as well as anywere other ships around the uk u have visited.
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Just found this on my server newspage- http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/merseys...ide/6986986.stm Funny how things get covered up in the name of "progress" as they call it. Bo
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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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There really isn't a forum dedicated to just watercraft, so I thought I'd try asking here, as well as in the thread in Crowsnest. I have a feller wants to trade a boat for some welding. I really don't need anymore projects right now, but this looks like a solid craft. It is a McKenzie Drift Boat, these were developed in the 1940's for drift-fishing the whitewater of the McKenzie river. They're getting more popular here in Missouri among the trout anglers on our swift rivers. I don't know enough about hull design to decide if I can make her sail without some massive leeboards. I don't have a photo, but did some search on-line and found the general history and specifi…
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Ok, I know that WDW and the POTC ride are not exactly a textbook on authenticity, but on the ride there are a number of floating boats that looked interesting to me. Starting with the left side Q, just before you get on the ride boats, there is a boat being built on the ways, mostly just the keel and ribs in place, it is similar to the boat that is floating just to the left of the loading area. The boat seems to have a wide beam for it's length. Anyone have an idea as to what period and what kind of boat it is trying to represent? Also another similar boat is docked a little bit after the Mayor being dunked in the well, on the right side of the channel. Again, to my…
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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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On tall ships in the movies, there's always a door at the back of the main deck, in the bulkhead that forms the break of the quarterdeck, that leads back either directly into the captain's cabin or into other compartments. What is the name for that door? I know that doors are traditionally called "hatches" on ships, but calling the door at the back of the main deck the "aft hatch" would probably risk confusion with the cargo hatches cut into the deck itself.
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I was searching the net (and the Whydah site) to see if there was any more information or pictures of the artifacts available. I read where their were 73? buckles found, a bunch of Grenades, and other neat objects.... Are they posting any info on this or am I being teased into going to the Museum or buying a book? GoF
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Please tell me which kind of a ship (and about which approximative dimensions/ tonnage) could have been a little smugglers' ship (in early 1700s) which could be sailed in 2-3 men? 50 tons? more? less? and what kind? One-masted sloop? Pinnace? Something else?
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Yes, where is the cook's empire on a sailing ship? I would be interested both on a ship with two decks (a frigate, for example) and on one with one deck (a sloop). Thank you in advance!
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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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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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Greetings, The Whydah (Captain Sam Bellamy) is the first pirate shipwreck ever discovered and authenticated. It was discovered in 1984 by underwater explorer Barry Clifford. [see www.whydah.com for more information] To date, an estimated 200,000 objects have been recovered. While most of these are coins and shot, there are many artifacts which cast light on 18th century life in general, as well as the lives of pirates in particular. A updated edition of the project artifact catalog has been stalled for a number of years due to cost/benefit issues. [FYI: The per-copy COST of the first edition Artifact Catalog--not including shipping--was recently quoted as in excess …
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the inlaws called and mentioned that in today's paper, there is an article stating that the whydah exhibit will be coming to the st. louis science center in may.... coooooooooooool !!
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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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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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