jollyjacktar Posted December 14, 2010 Share Posted December 14, 2010 So, I don't really know where to start. I used to really really really like sea chests...or boxes on boats or whatever. I even built a few to haul all my dunnage around in for living history events etc. Then all of sudden I thought about the sporadiac and on again off again career of a merchant seaman of the late 17th century. I soon realized that lugging around a sea chest was just too damn cumbersome. Besides dragging this chest all around whatever town you happened to be in, New York, Charles Towne, Bridgetown you still had to get it to the orlop or foc'sle deck of the next ship you got a job with. So I experimented with taking what I kept in my sea chest and packing it up a little differently what follows is as of now the best way I've figured out how to do it. Any questions, comments, concerns or snide remarks about this process please pass on, I'm always trying to make this even better. Without further ado. At the bottom of hatch to the foc'sle ( you can see my pack here slung over my shoulder) Arising from afore-mentioned hatch (See how easily me and all my stuff fits through such a tight space? :-) Off of the boat and on to the Ordinary ( or in my case today the museum) On the Floor of the Museum Now I've taken the strap off (It's just a piece of small hemp rope) and started to unroll the oilcloth exterior The Bulkiest part of the whole kit is my Barbadian Redware bowl/cup and it sits snuggly in the top of the hammock roll Unrolling the hammock, and some close up shots of the parcels that are packed up inside of it Those same parcels unwrapped A twist of tobacco in linen bag / draughts board and deck of cards/ Knit purse with 1610 crown and reale pieces and silk ribbon / small wool bag with flint, striker, slowmatch, dice, small knife, pipe, broken pipe to talk about archeology / 1635 Broadside "Neptunes Raging Fury with my wax, and sail twine folded inside Small Deerskin case with lead, snips, and sail needles Go Check out Part 2! Yours & co C.OHlandt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Smythe Posted October 5, 2012 Share Posted October 5, 2012 This is a great idea. I am currently working on a ditty bag for myself. Keeps all the tools in one area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matty Bottles Posted October 15, 2012 Share Posted October 15, 2012 What happened to the images? I was all set to start my own little project and I hoped to rip them off use them for reference... "The time was when ships passing one another at sea backed their topsails and had a 'gam,' and on parting fired guns; but those good old days have gone. People have hardly time nowadays to speak even on the broad ocean, where news is news, and as for a salute of guns, they cannot afford the powder. There are no poetry-enshrined freighters on the sea now; it is a prosy life when we have no time to bid one another good morning." - Capt. Joshua Slocum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dutchman Posted October 15, 2012 Share Posted October 15, 2012 well you see matty, when the user CENSORED the computer and the CENSORED is CENSORED, CENSORED results and the images are BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING! ...... hope that helped :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Jim Posted October 15, 2012 Share Posted October 15, 2012 I demand...er...request a repost! I'll remember to steal borrow them before they disappear this time. My occupational hazard bein' my occupation's just not around... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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