Shipwright
Of Wooden Ships & Sailing, Construction, Maintenance, Repair & Rescue.
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Does anyone have a good resource for information on how ships in the late 17th/early 18th century signaled each other? Much obliged, mates.
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Boy Scouts to auction 101-yr old tall ship
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Enjoyed a visit to the Nina today. Well worth the $5 tour cost. I had not realized the ships of this time frame and size were still steered with a tiller. Awesome to think of an Atlantic crossing when steering the ship in this way. Great food and margaritas at LuLu"s also. Steven St'ar Nina to dock Wednesday in Gulf Shores Reproduction of Columbus vessel to have 5-day stay Tuesday, March 21, 2006 By GUY BUSBY Staff Reporter Boats plying the waters around Gulf Shores range from small outboard models to yachts to tugs and barges, but visitors in the coming week will have a chance …
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http://www.jdnews.com/SiteProcessor.cfm?Te...90&Section=News Shipwreck reveals surgeon's link October 21,2005 BY PATRICIA SMITH DAILY NEWS STAFF ATLANTIC BEACH - It was an apothecary mortar - like the ones on pharmacy logos - used with a pestle to ground medicine. It's not exactly an item most would expect to find on a shipwreck site, unless, of course, it was found on the wreckage believed to be that of the pirate Blackbeard's flagship Queen Anne's Revenge. "It wouldn't be surprising if there were one or more surgeons aboard," said Chris Southerly, project archaeologist for the Queen Anne's Revenge Shipwreck Project. Historical records show three surgeons f…
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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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""Historians believe they have raised England's only surviving 'state pirate ship' from the bottom of the Thames estuary after 400 years. Most of the time the Cherabin led an honest existence, trading between England and Turkey for the Levant Company before it sank fully-laden in a storm in 1603. But behind this peaceful image lay a sinister double life - plundering other nations' traders in 'terrorist' raids which were signed and sealed by the High Court of Admiralty."" Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2724651/The-Queen-s-pirates-Ship-plundered-thousands-treasure-Renaissance-England-Thames-400-years.html#ixzz3BA0ePz4W
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Someone in the Northeast should jump on this: http://maine.craigslist.org/boa/5180689302.html
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Any recommendations on the best book that discusses daily life at sea during the great age of sail? Capt. William
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Well I have finally started the sailboat and as I promised I was going to share pictures. So I am going to try this and see.
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Ahoy all, The Colonial Seaport Foundation is in search of wooden spars to complete the rigging of Luna, our reproduction 18th century Bermuda sloop. In light of recent weather events there may be destroyed boats with wooden masts and booms remaining. We are also looking for stainless steel rigging. The spars we are looking for are a boom 35 feet long- most likely this will be a mast refitted, and a 27 foot bowsprit, again most likely a mast refitted. We can arrange for shipping anywhere on the east coast. If anyone has any leads please let me know. Thanks, Dutch www.colonialseaport.org
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Especially any sailor who've been on racing boats might want to check this out. Racing Brigs Coastie
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Several years ago I toured St. Joseph Cathedral in downtown San Jose CA during it's restoration. It is a very beautiful Catholic church as you can see in these photos On the tour, they showed us how the statuary had been carved from the masts of old ships. I think at least one had the name of the ship carved on the back. There was a reason for using the wood of a ship's mast- that not only was the wood better quality, but they were believed to be blessed if I remember correctly- Does anyone know about this or where other statues are that were carved from the masts of ships?
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Storm provides a rare glimpse of a 112-year-old shipwreck Marnie Hunter, CNN Mon, January 15, 2024 at 8:06 PM MST·4 min read 102 Vicious winter storms have pummeled much of the US in recent days, bringing bitter cold and hazardous conditions. In Maine, where record-breaking storm surges have caused severe flooding, the weather also brought a rare glimpse of a 112-year-old shipwreck at Acadia National Park. The two-masted schooner Tay ran aground on Mount Desert…
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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 row boats won! This is pretty freakin cool! I have posted this link before (to the group) but they are good. http://www.petrobrigada.ru/peter/gallery/b.../board05_en.htm
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I ran across this animation that shows how to tie onto a cleat and thought that it might be helpful...
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The Benjamin Noble, a steamer loaded with iron rails, was lost with all hands in April 1914. It had long been condidered a sort of "holy grail" for wreck divers, and was recently discovered by accident. Full story here. and here. Here's a side-scan sonar image of the wreck:
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I am trying to find approximate, route times for typical merchant ship through the years 1790-1810. How long would it take a ship traveling from England to Jamaica and Jamaica to New Orleans? Any help would be greatly appreciated. I have found a schedule but New Orleans nor Jamaica are listed. John Seacutter
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I'm interested in recommendations for books about wooden sailing ships and their different styles of rigging. Any recommendations? Capt. William
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God Bless them http://m.usatoday.com/article/news/1665339
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Expedition Aims to Find Lost Slave Ship Sat Aug 21, 7:34 AM ET By IAN JAMES, Associated Press Writer SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - Archaeologists are set to begin an expedition this month in hopes of finding a Spanish ship that wrecked along the jagged reefs off the Turks and Caicos Islands in 1841 carrying a cargo of African slaves. The story of the Trouvadore is unusual because all 193 slaves made it to shore, and all but one survived to see their freedom granted by a British government that had just outlawed slavery. Most settled in the arid, low-lying islands and began new lives working its salt ponds and raising families. The shipwreck holds particular signifi…
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BEFORE the Pirates go out to sea, they give notice to every one that goes upon the voyage, of the day on which they ought precisley to embark, intimating also to them their obligation of bringing each man in particular so many pounds of powder and bullets as they think necessary for that expedition. Being all come on board, they join together in council, concerning what place they ought first to go to wherein to get provisions - especially of flesh, seeing they scarce eat anything else. And of this the most common sort among them is pork. The next food is tor- toises, which they are accustomed to salt a little. Sometimes they reso…
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https://www.foxnews.com/us/florida-road-crew-unearths-unusual-find-1800s-highway Florida road crew unearths unusual find from 1800s in highway The shipwreck was so well preserved that archaeologists reportedly found leather shoes, coins and coconut halves likely used as cups By Chris Eberhart Fox News Published October 20, 2023 1:14pm EDT Marine archeologists have discovered the shipwreck of the S.S. Pacific, which sank in 1875. It is believed to be incredibly well preserved and could contain priceless artifacts. (Northwest Shipwreck…
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Interesting article ship dates 1660 https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/17/world/dutch-palmwood-shipwreck-finds-scn/index.html looks like they found the Viceroys's robe! (first image)
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