Rabbitz

Many Thanks GOF... Although the Google solution seems obvious, I do not trust it or the internet to be accurate... "Just because it is on the internet it must be true" does not hold any truth for me. Rabz

Coastie, If we did this.... http://www.australianheritagefleet.com.au/...aig/JCraig.html Then it may be possible to realise the dream of Capt. Wyld. (Although it ain't cheap - But what dream worth following is?) Rabz

So some newbie sort of questions... 1. What does monmouth mean? 2. Where can I find a pattern? Rabz

Given the day to day life at sea I would that Boredom would also qualify as a disease!! Rabz

She is indeed a jacht, about 24 metres long (78ish feet) 140 tonnes (150? tons). A modern real estate might describe her as compact or cosy.... Rabz

I'm just a little ticked off I couldn't join her... I was just about all set, but I HAD to go and bust my shoulder .... (grumble grumble) Rabz

The website for the 1606-2006 recreation is at http://www.duyfken.com/ She is a sturdy little beastie...

Firstly, what use would a bull or stock whip be? Secondly, exactly where would you find enough room to swing six to 12 feet of leather on a rigged ship? I am just trying to understand the practicalities.... Rabz

SO I am guessing that the phrase "Shiver Me Timbers" was drawn from the act of using a "Shiver" to tension the timbers while bending them. This would be difficult & dangerous work, thus the exclamation of suprise... No source for this I am just speculating. Rabz

So would these players sit for hours waiting to catch up with a target? I mean other than virtually sailing the ship, thats what would have to be done to be historically correct....

I haven't played many (read that as any) RPG's (multi-player or otherwise) so could you explain how a computer game could maintain its historic correctness and be exciting. I just don't see a group of kids sitting down and waiting for the time it takes to spot and chase down a target ship... in reality it took hours and sometimes days. I am honestly curious... do they just speed up time? Or are the ships doing a little more than five or six knots? Rabz

As an "outsider" of sorts the analogy in a modern world I see is the "Pirate Crew" being now represented by "Crime Gangs" or "Colour Gangs". A group of people who believe they are disenfranchised, banding together to survive and ignoring the "laws of the land" or the "ideals of society". Modern Sea going pirates are really still doing the same thing anyway.... Rabz

As with all things archaeological we have to resist the natural urge to look at things through 21st Century eyes. The fact is that in times past there really were very few ISO type or enforceable industry standards. The local cooper would make different types of casks as he would see fit or to suit his available materials. I am sure that "market pressures" would mean he made a cask around the size of those that his peers were making and if he was a supplier to bigger industry (ie the Navy) they would be made to a size that was requested. The same would be true of all sorts of industries, clothing being a prime example. I am sure local influence was stronger than many other factors, so depending where a sailor got his clothes would determine the style, same with casks. Remember to look through the eyes of someone from the period you are thinking about. Rabz

The lines in the "On Deck" images intrigue me. A number are stowed touching the deck (at least that what it looks like) I'd get keel-hauled if I did that! Rabz

I am not so sure that tents wouldn't be used, for exactly the same reasons (strangely enough). Given that quantities of sailcloth and duck cloth would be available it would take a boatswain/sailmaker no time to run up some servicable ridge tents for extended stays. The cloth used for the tents wouldn't be first quality, I am sure that old sail suites would be turned to exactly this purpose. Rabz Topman Barque James Craig