Elena

The wooden figureheads on the tall ships... how were they mounted/ taken out? Was it anything to screw them in, or what?

Commodore Swab, I guess this helps a lot more with the access to port problem

Thank you very much! My character used ash transformed into lye too And yes, I have read about what washerwomen did that time...

Thank you very much!

The saints are specific to Spanish places, (the patron saints of several cities) so I think not being Catholic was the main issue, and not being Spanish the second. (And yes, for Catholics, the protestants were heretics )

I mean, nowadays a woolen coat would be dry-cleaned and not merely washed. But how would one wash a coat in that time? What would they use, soap or lye wash, or anything else?

Thank you very much! You all helped me!

Yes, but is the information from the 18-th century? What google gave me was modern methods. (But yes, I googled shipwrecks, not shipwreckers), so I will do this too.

Yes, I have another question... that my English vocabulary (neither technical knowledges in general) doesn't help enough to formulate it. We are in the early 1700s... and a damaged ship has sunk in the harbour. It happens sometimes... (especially if somebody "helped" it ) Now, what technology do the authorities have in order to drag the shipwreck out, because half of the harbour would be blocked otherwise?

And I found a link about Jamaica sloops too. So I guess my smugglers will have a Jamaica sloop of 40 tons... This is enough to gain some money from selling goods from a colony to another... like French brandy to the Spaniards, silk from the Manila ships to the French fashionistas and so on

Thank you, Mission! Our pirate ship, the "Rising Sun" is a strong and swift Bermuda sloop with three masts, 16 12-lber cannons (8 on port battery, 8 on starboard) and four 4 "long-nine" 9-lb chasers (2 abow, 2 astern). Before being a pirate vessel, it had been a merchantman from Martinique, named "Odelette". (The model photo being "Spirit of Bermuda) and the previous pirate ship, which got sunk by the allied Navy ships, was a pinnace. The smugglers' ship "La Guajira" is a one-masted Bermuda sloop,with a stiff deep hull, made of cedar, which gives it superior seaworthiness. The fore-and-aft rig is particularly useful in manoeuvring upwind, to escape from larger men-of-war, which, with their square rigs, could not sail as closely to windward. Such ships are renowned for their speed, maneuverability, and the expert seamanship of the highly skilled smugglers. It carries little fixed ballast, allowing for large cargo capacity, useful both for merchant ships and smugglers. What I saw about Tortola sloops show them too little... as in no room for a cabin and for a hold for smuggled goods. (But if I look better, apparently this sloop used for "La Guajira" doesn't show it either... and it doesn't mean there was none). The shallop involves oars... So yes, I might look for a Jamaica sloop, a Tortola sloop or a small fishing schooner, 40 tons or something. Schooners were two masted, weren't they? And I didn;t say I wanted it for pirates; I wanted it for smugglers, who might be of ...smaller caliber, and not willing many crewmates to share the profit with, if it makes sense. Only enough to be able to sail the ship.

Thank you all, very much! I like all of them, I have downloaded pictures of a Tortola sloop, a shallop and a schooner, and I am trying to choose between them...

No, it wasn't to just transfer the load. It was for going between, let's say, Jamaica, Hispaniola and Cuba (or other islands around) because you know there were trade monopolies and even at peace time the neighbouring islands colonies of different countries couldn't trade among themselves. So the trips might have been about one week go-one week return in average (with shorter trips 3-4 days possible too). In this case... how little the ship could be to be still navigable and how many (ie how few, my question is for the smaller side, but still safe) crewmen needed?

Please tell me which kind of a ship (and about which approximative dimensions/ tonnage) could have been a little smugglers' ship (in early 1700s) which could be sailed in 2-3 men? 50 tons? more? less? and what kind? One-masted sloop? Pinnace? Something else?

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This is the Thames girl song that I mentioned above: http://www.aboutnelson.co.uk/30janetars.htm

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Well, I'll start getting worried about not receiving anything only after the month of January ends, because I know sometimes the customs are overcrowded on holidays and with having only one work day between Christmas and New Year, they couldn't cover all.