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Of Wooden Ships & Sailing, Construction, Maintenance, Repair & Rescue.
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The Germany based company SkySails installs the "Beluga Skysails 3" with a 160 square meter kite system to help save fuel. Read more here and here.
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After Hurricane "Wilma" tore through Fort Lauderdale some of the saddest wreckage I saw in her wake was the uprooting of these ancient Live Oaks that stood around the Memorial Park Cemetary. The huge Banyans remained due to their roots dropping from the branches as they spread wide from their trunks. weeks later I saw these huge sections being loaded on flatbeds and in curiosity inquired as to their destination. I was told they were headed for Connecticut, "Mystic?" I asked and the answer was yes! This is but one photo of the oak sawn for Futtocks, to make up Double Sawn Frames. I have posted a few others in my Gallery. The Schooner in the background is the "Amistad".
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here is a news article about a ship that was found off the coast of Namibia http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/namibiaportuga...aeologyshipping
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A sweet little craft, the 23' Syren, is for sale. Her current crew is moving up to a bigger boat. The price is right for a gang of five or six mateys who want to get afloat! Currently located at Port Henry, NY, on Lake Champlain. Here's her FB page with lots of photos: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Gunboat-Syren/465700675633?fref=pb&hc_location=profile_browser Contact me for the current owner's email address, if interested....
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https://nypost.com/2022/08/08/bahamas-treasure-found-in-iconic-17th-century-spanish-shipwreck/
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TIMBALIER ISLANDS, La. – Not just flora and fauna are getting caked in oil. So is the Gulf of Mexico's barnacled history of pirates, sea battles and World War II shipwrecks. The Gulf is lined with wooden shipwrecks, American-Indian shell midden mounds, World War II casualties, pirate colonies, historic hotels and old fishing villages. Researchers now fear this treasure seeker's dream is threatened by BP PLC's deepwater well blowout. Within 20 miles of the well, there are several significant shipwrecks — ironically, discovered by oil companies' underwater robots working the depths — and oil is most likely beginning to cascade on them. "People think of them as being los…
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This is an excerpt from Exquemelins The Buccaneers of America, describing the creation of a fire-ship by Morgan. What the heck are "out-works"? Cabins built on the main deck? "...they cut down many out-works of the ship, that the powder might exert its strength the better..." (Exquemelin, p. 120)
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News Article It's an interesting find. There is speculation that it's not just from an old fishing schooner, but an even older vessel due to the curve of the hull. However, that's obviously speculation at this point. It would be exciting if more information could be discovered, or if more parts would wash up nearby. From what I can see in this one photo, it could easily be part of a schooner. One thing that would definitely help age the wreck is whether those pegs on the ribs are metal or wood. I'm not sure if they used wood ones in the late 19th and early 20th Centuries, but if they're metal, then it's definitely not from the 16th Century. Coastie
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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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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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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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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 never poste a photo before. Let see if it works! Cheers Bully MacGraw
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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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Pirates of the New England Coast has commissioned the well known and respected shipwright Harold Burnham to build a pinky schooner. The project has a dual purpose: to help keep the Essex wooden boat building tradition alive, and to create a replica vessel of what many New England pirates actually sailed. As of now we have the oak for the ribs, keel, and hull cut, and the oak for the deck furniture is aready in plank form. We are raising funds all summer long, and true construction will begin this Fall. We estimate she'll launch in March 2014, and be ready for service by May! Please follow us through our website at http://pirateshipdefiance.com/, and on facebook at https…
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This is the first, rough and ready video. <iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/WqZGbXeMaZg" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> Visit our website at www.pirateshipdefiance.com Please follow us on Facebook. We'll be starting a Twitter account soon. Kickstarter campaign starts on July 15th, 2013!
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I love pirate ships and I want to know all about them,in fact I wish I had my very own pirate ship. What are common types of ships that the pirates used?
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I really want to find some sort of cross-section diagram of what the interior of an 18th century sloop would look like. The closest I've come so far was courtesy of another thread on this forum: https://pyracy.com/index.php?showtopic=12831 Unfortunately the scan is just small enough I can't make out any of the legend text, and there's no indication what book the image was pulled from. Does anyone know? And if not, does anyone know of an alternate source that might have something akin to this that I could browse or buy? You can find all sorts of cross-sections of the big ships, but there seems to be precious little detail available on what a Sloop was like below dec…
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For those of you who don't know, I build scale models. Built the first one at age 4 and been at it 38 years now. I build for museums, private collectors and technical companies. I really want to build a modle of a true pirate schoner or sloop but plans are like hens teeth. I found a third generation copy of a Schooner "three view" set in a book but the enlargement is grainy at best. None of my usual plan companies are of any help. Any help you could offer would be greatly appreciated.
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Ever heard of Port fees/ tariffs/ harbor taxes on ships and cargo?
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Deep-Sea Explorers Discover Possible Richest Shipwreck Treasure in History Friday , May 18, 2007 AP TAMPA, Fla. — Deep-sea explorers said Friday they have mined what could be the richest shipwreck treasure in history, bringing home 17 tons of colonial-era silver and gold coins from an undisclosed site in the Atlantic Ocean. Estimated value: $500 million. A jet chartered by Tampa-based Odyssey Marine Exploration landed in the United States recently with hundreds of plastic containers brimming with coins raised from the ocean floor, Odyssey co-chairman Greg Stemm said. The more than 500,000 pieces are expected to fetch an average of $1,000 each from collectors and inv…
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G'Day from the Land Downunder, Can anyone point me in the direction of a resource that has a list of Privateers ship names. I am looking for a historical list rather than "suggested name for a boat" list. Many Thanks Rabbitz Topman - Barque James Craig
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What is the opening and covering to cargo hold called? It often looks to be a grate or lattice of wood. I know these can be pulled up for access into the hold so that cargo can be lowered in on ropes. Curious about the historic name for these coverings.
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Simple question here. While standing rigging of this time was usually deadeye tackle, the tensioning devices used to set them up and to hoist cargo were block and tackle pulley combinations. The question is whether they were iron bound or rope bound in the late GAoP ca. 1720, or if both were being employed at that time. And yes, I know they are called blocks on a ship. Used pulley to help avoid confusion and interest the non-nautical. Planning to work some up for pyrate camp. Thanks in advance for your help and feedback, O Knowledgeable Ones.
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