Shipwright
Of Wooden Ships & Sailing, Construction, Maintenance, Repair & Rescue.
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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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http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25145600/
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Hey I have one of these in my yard! During the age of sail, the White Pine’s high quality wood was valued for masts, many trees were marked in colonial times with the broad arrow, reserving them for the British Royal Navy. An unusual large, lone, white pine was found, in coastal South Carolina along the Black River (far from where they normally grow) and the king's mark was put upon this particular tree, giving rise to the town of Kingstree. The wood was often squared immediately after felling to fit in the holds of ships better The British soon built special barge-like vessels which could carry up to 50 pine trunks destined to be ship masts. A 100’ mast was about 3’X3…
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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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Three photos here http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/05/01...k.ap/index.html WINDHOEK, Namibia (AP) -- Geologists searching for diamonds have stumbled upon a shipwreck loaded with gold and silver coins, ivory and cannons to fend off pirates. An archaelogist told The Associated Press on Thursday that the ship dates back some 500 years -- around the time Vasco de Gama and Columbus were plying the waters of the New World. The Namdeb Diamond Corp. had reported Wednesday that geologists discovered the shipwreck on April 1 during a search for diamonds off Namibia's southwest coast. Astrolabes and other period navigational tools were discovered. * Spanish gold coins, P…
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After many interuptions, especially from making ships in bottles for Dreamworks Production of Alice Seabold's novel The Lovely Bones, the QAR model of the museum at Teach's Hole on Ocracoke is in the standing rigging phase. Thought you'd enjoy viewing the Admiralty Version (without masts). Research on constructing the model included long discussions with David Moore and folks with the QAR Project. Model completion deadline is mid-late February. 1) A drawing from Smithsonian magazine QAR article: http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g276/2go...se/100_2381.jpg Photo 2: Admiralty Style—Port View: http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g276/2go...se/…
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While at the Wayne public library, I was looking for cd's to burn, and this book was at an end display, so I picked it up. it covers a lot in detail of the ships, crew, battles, attack techniques, weapons, repairing, diet, etc. Typical British seaman, c. 1770 The Weather Gauge...as quoted in master & Commander a couple of times Two types of melee Rations So on & so forth
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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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Ahoy mates. I be “in the market, as it were,” for blueprints of ships from the age of Piracy; specifically, a Spanish Galleon, Brigantine, Sloop or Schooner, and possibly a Ketch or Pinnace. While reviewing a book on Geoff Hunt’s phenomenal maritime paintings, I ran across several examples of projecting a three-view of a ship from the blueprints. This is right down my alley, with my background as a technical illustrator. These could be of actual ships that existed in history, or of contemporary replicas, or even ships from Hollywood movies (not limited to POTC.) For each type of ship, I would need a plan view (eye level) and an overhead view, with a front- or rear-v…
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Ever wonder about the abilities of the old tall ships? We just finished up the Harvest Moon Regatta here on the Texas Gulf coast. For those who aren't familiar with it, this is a 150 mile offshore race from Galveston to Port Aransas. Somewhere in the neighborhood of 260 boats competed this year - everything from the ultra modern to the interestingly old. Tall ship old. The old girl from 1877 wasn't handicapped and wasn't scored but it's just as well as I'm sure she'd through off the curve. Of the 260 or so boats to start she physically hit the finish line noon friday fifth, beat only by three trimarans and a J-144. To put this in perspective, we sailed in some seve…
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PENSACOLA, Fla. - Navy construction crews have unearthed a rare Spanish ship that was buried for centuries under sand on Pensacola's Naval Air Station, archaeologist confirmed Thursday. ADVERTISEMENT The vessel could date to the mid-1500s, when the first Spanish settlement in what is now the United States was founded here, the archaeologists said. But the exposed portion looks more like ships from a later period because of its iron bolts, said Elizabeth Benchley, director of the Archaeology Institute at the University of West Florida. "There are Spanish shipwrecks in Pensacola Bay," Benchley said. "We have worked on two — one from 1559 and another from 1705. But no o…
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I wonder if any of you mates know where I can get drawings or plans of various ships of old. I've seen a couple at some nautical type resturants and bars but no one can tell me where they got them. I would like to get one of the Rattlesnake and HMS Victory
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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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A new replica of one of the three ships that carried Jamestown's founders will set sail May 22 for a tour of six East Coast ports to begin commemorating the 400th anniversary of America's first permanent English settlement. GODSPEED: The replica of the Godspeed ship will depart from the Jamestown Settlement on May 22 for a tour of Northeast ports, visiting the Alexandria Old Town Waterfront from May 27-June 3; Baltimore's Inner Harbor from June 9-12; The Great Plaza at Penns Landing in Philadelphia from June 16-19; South Street Seaport Museum in New York City from June 27-July 6; the John Joseph Moakley U.S. Courthouse and Fan Pier in Boston from July 14-19; and the Ne…
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Just in case you would ever want to know what ships were named, FYI, I found this handy site: Pirate Ship names
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Unfortunately, I've been away from the pub for quite a while, with moving and organizing a 7-boat (not pirate related) event. However, I've been following this story closely since I first heard that the schooner Robertson II ran aground and capsized. She's a pretty schooner from the 1940s, and was the last Canadian fishing schooner actually fishing. Later, she was moved to the west coast and became a sail training vessel for a Canadian organization called SALTS. Eventually, she was sold and became a yacht. THEN TRAGEDY STRUCK... Luckily, all onboard were rescued safely. She ran aground on a charted reef while attempting to anchor. As the tide went out, she c…
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The Edmund Fitzgerald went down with all hands 30 years ago tonight. The iron ore tanker lost its race against one of the November storms that Lake Superior is famous for. All 29 crew members went with her to the bottom. I"m sure most people know the story from the Gordon Lightfoot song. There's a new book by Michael Schumacher about the event. Here's a link to a show that aired this morning on Minnesota Public Radio (though this link may not work after today)
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Ahoy! I once saw a link to a site mentioned on the Pub somewhere about diagrams and deck plans for historical ships, but the link that was posted is now dead. I am looking for schematic diagrams and deck plans for an armed sloop of the 1700's. Can anyone help me find such a thing? I am looking in particular for a single masted sloop such as a Bermuda, Virginia, or Jamaica sloop. Any help would be so greatly appreciated!
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When pirates used to careen the hull of a ship to clean off the sea life that tended to grow upon it was such trouble limited to salt water or did the worms and creatures also thrive in fresh water? What I'm thinking is that fresh water, such as a river, might be used to hinder the growth of marine life if the ship was docked in it for a time. It also might be useful to help kill off the marine life and make the job of careening easier. Any knowledge?
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For ten friggin' dollars!!! ($10) I was at B&N last night, and the sale area up front had The Great Sailing Ships by Franco Giorgetti (VMB Publishers). Great details, including mechanical drawings, illustrations, and of course, some great detailed photos form the salvaged Swedish 17th century ship Vasa, which I swear the Dsiney people referenced for the Black Pearl and the Flying Dutchman. I posted some links to the Vasa on another post (Black Pearl) in the Pyracy Pop forum, this is one of the links:Vasa Here's the Book:
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Can anyone please tell me if they can identify this ship? It looks here like it was dressed up for a movie..but I am curious about it. If anyone else has a mystery ship they need help with.post here :)
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http://www.bruzelius.info/nautica/Shipbuil...717b)_p185.html
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I never poste a photo before. Let see if it works! Cheers Bully MacGraw
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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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No, I don't have an update, but I was hoping somebody would. Since its no longer under water, and the post was getting lost, I thought I would start a new one (topic) and see if there was any new news. Anyone? GoF
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