As I have decided to become a pirate the question arose how I could get myself a ship.
Unfortunately I live far away from any sea, so only a boat would be suitable, because I have to somehow transport it over land.
As you can't - at least in the middle of south Germany - just walk to the next pirate boat seller around the corner, I have to build such a boat by myself.
To still get it on a trailer such a boat should not be to big, so I made a design (all the members of the "Mercury" will recognise the design, because Mr. Brands "Gullah" was the inspiration for my longboat) with a hull length of about 26' (ca. 8 meters) - this is somehow about the maximum length allowed to transport on German streets.
The designing process is still in progress, but somehow I got stuck in making the plans. So I begun to make a 1:10 model.
While building I got some whole different measures at the model than I have detected within the plans. But I can see this happen in real. But only according to my boat building abilities.
The boat is still very silent future music. Money, a place to build and the whole pirate project is still in limbo. But playing with that in my head makes really fun
Unfortunately I live far away from any sea, so only a boat would be suitable, because I have to somehow transport it over land.
As you can't - at least in the middle of south Germany - just walk to the next pirate boat seller around the corner, I have to build such a boat by myself.
To still get it on a trailer such a boat should not be to big, so I made a design (all the members of the "Mercury" will recognise the design, because Mr. Brands "Gullah" was the inspiration for my longboat) with a hull length of about 26' (ca. 8 meters) - this is somehow about the maximum length allowed to transport on German streets.
The designing process is still in progress, but somehow I got stuck in making the plans. So I begun to make a 1:10 model.
While building I got some whole different measures at the model than I have detected within the plans. But I can see this happen in real. But only according to my boat building abilities.
The boat is still very silent future music. Money, a place to build and the whole pirate project is still in limbo. But playing with that in my head makes really fun
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