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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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This hurts my heart to post, as these are some of my small group of close friends, but read on...........LORD JIM Sunk; All are Safe
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ALL ARE SAFE.... This is a message as posted by Poison Qill from Tales of the Seven seas... Everyone, Bob just called me. ALL ABOARD ARE SAFE, but the Royaliste, with Gary, Kathy, Bob and one other crew member were going down one of the narrow channels and their depth changed from 14' to 4' very suddenly. Even with the depth finder, they were not able to avoid hitting the bottom and ran aground despite everyone's best efforts. Royaliste is underwater at this moment. Vessel assist rescued everyone including both parrots and the dog, but the ship is submerged to her scuppers at this time. (that means submerged to the openings in the deck rails that allow water to flow…
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My very first post here and I think I'm stretching the dates a little. But just wondering if anyone here would have any notion what a 50 tonne brig purpose built, apparently, for the transportation of emigrants to New England from Ireland in 1636 would look like. When I look up brig on the net they seem to be mostly 18th C. It's my understanding that most ships were built with cargo in mind and so would not have been the most salubrious of transport vessels. And apparently 50 tonnes is small... Passenger complement was 140 and they brought a lot of equipment for starting fisheries. I'd be most interested in any speculation regarding accomodations aboard ship.…
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Some time ago, a guy showed me some fairly large conical wooden "plugs". They were about maybe 12 inches in diameter at the large end, tapering to about 4-5 inches at the small end, where they were cut off flat. Total length was about 30 inches. He told me that they were intended as plugs to temporarily stop up cannon ball holes below the water line from battle damage. It didn't seem reasonable to me, as I can't imagine a neat round hole being made in a wooden ship by cannon fire. I know about heavy canvas being hung over the side and fastened in place on the outside to slow down the leak, but never heard of using plugs. Any thoughts on this ? Bl…
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Rigging gear
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A - Large fids B - Small fids C - Marlin spikes D - Fid hammer E - 2 large and 1 small serving mallet F - Tarred whipping twine and hemp whipping twine G - Codline for serving H - Beeswax block
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Here's a sad one for the day... Overboard on Picton Castle
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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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Wrecks to riches: Siren song of treasure hunt A Bucks salvage firm went public after a big find, but investors in sea hunts shouldn't be holding their breath. By Thomas Ginsberg Inquirer Staff Writer Taking a company public is risky. Searching for buried treasure is chancier. Staking a claim on government artifacts may be plain lunacy. Put them together, however, and you have the makings of a viable treasure-hunting business. Or so hopes a group of Bucks County entrepreneurs, who took their shipwreck salvage business public last year and now have an international fracas on their hands. Sovereign Exploration Associates International Inc., of Newtown, believes it has …
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I've been reading "Sail Tall Ships - A Directory of Sail Training and Adventures at Sea" comparing the various rigging configurations of schooners. Ransom's ship, the Rakehell is a gaf-rigged schooner with raked masts, mainly because I like the look of it. In this book it gives specs for the various ships, such as length, LAWL, beam, draft, total sail yardage, minimum crew, maxumum day passengers, etc. But it does not make a distinction between raked masts or straight. The choice doesn't seem to be tied to sail configuration, as gaf-rigged, gaf topsail, or square topsail can have either type of mast. So, besides the obvious, what is the difference between raked vs stra…
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During the course of it's sailing life a ship would no doubt need replacements of rigging and sail.. is there one or more areas where these were produced and purchased or traded for? Where did one go for the materials?
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Have illustrations and instructions for reproducing a sample sail... BUT curious to know if anyone knows the actual stitch length...how many stitches to the inch?? Any ideas?
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Sloop, Barque, ENGLISH Galleon, schooner, man o war, Frigate,Brigantine ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Which was fastest, which was the best choice? I am assuming the sloop and schooner for speed and manueverability and the Brigantine for sheer firepower.. Thoughts? Facts?
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BEAUFORT, North Carolina (Reuters) -- Nearly three centuries ago, the notorious pirate Blackbeard ran aground in his ship, the Queen Anne's Revenge, off what is now a North Carolina beach town. This month, a crew of 13 heads out to sea each day, hoping for clear-enough weather to dive the 20 to 25 feet to the ocean bottom to excavate what they believe is Blackbeard's ship. The team has found cannons, a bell, lead shot of all sizes, gold dust, pewter cups and medical devices, like a urethral syringe used to treat syphilis with mercury. "A saying at the time was 'a night with Venus and a month with mercury.' And mercury doesn't even cure you," lead archeologist Chris Sou…
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http://www.gotheborg.se/engelska/inenglish...db97fff408.html Too cool, but no published plans to visit the US (yet).
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I searched and only found a few old posts on views below decks. I am looking for photos or realistic drawings/paintings which show the Captain and Crew quarters as they would have looked. Also the galley and gun decks etc thanks!
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Early..1606 replica but great detailed pics inside (click the pic)
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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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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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I was up in Alberta, Canada recently on a business trip and stumbled pretty outstanding at the West Edmonton Mall (at 87th Avenue and 170th Street in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada). A huge chunk of the mall is built with a general underwater theme complete with water park), complete with a fairly accurate and nearly life size Spanish Nao floating in a huge saltwater lake right in the middle of the place. The ship floating above it was built at False Creek, in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, where it was hand carved and painted before being transported in flat-bed trucks across the Rocky Mountains to Edmonton. Apparently they do weddings, receptions and special func…
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When it came to venturing into the blue pirates used more or less whatever was available to them from galley to frigate. However, was there a particular type of ship which gets the most historical references? Also, as an unrelated question - When were bomb ketch's brought into common usage?
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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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As a pirate, I find myself to be somewhat underqualified. My sole sailing experience was in the summer of 1980. I was attending Tech School at Keesler AFB in Biloxi, Mississippi. One of my fellow students owned an 18-foot fiberglass sailboat. In the afternoons and on weekends, weather permitting, we would sail the back bay and he taught me and several others the basics of sailing. This was all good fun, but a year later, a friend introduced me to the Horatio Hornblower series of books. Reading these novels, I learned there were such things as mainmasts, foremasts, mizzenmasts, sprits, and possibly many more bits of lumber from which one might spread sail. The boat I lear…
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Found this article on the web this morning while searching for another one. Thought you you history buffs might be interested Blackbeard dive site still posing questions April 25,2006 PATRICIA SMITH DAILY NEWS STAFF BEAUFORT — State archaeologists don’t know why there are nine cannons in a cluster in the main ballast area at the center of the shipwreck believed to be Blackbeard’s Queen Anne’s Revenge. It is not normally where the experts would expect to find armament on a pirate ship, said QAR Project Director Mark Wilde-Ramsing. “Something pushed all these things together,” Wilde-Ramsing said. It may be that the cannons were not part of the armament, but were…
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http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/view.php?Stor...15-021750-8406r 4 more historic ships found off R.I. PROVIDENCE, R.I., May 15 (UPI) -- With four more hulks spotted, Rhode Island can boast it has the world's "largest fleet of Revolutionary shipwrecks," a maritime expert says. A recent find brings to six the number of historic sea wrecks dating back to the Revolutionary War found by the Rhode Island Marine Archaeology Project in its search for relics in Newport Harbor. Project director D.K. Abbass told the Providence Journal the ships are believed to be part of a private fleet of 13 British transports sunk during the war for independence. Abbas said among the wrecks still…
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