Rabbitz
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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
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So some newbie sort of questions...
1. What does monmouth mean?
2. Where can I find a pattern?
Rabz
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Given the day to day life at sea I would that Boredom would also qualify as a disease!!
Rabz
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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
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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
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The website for the 1606-2006 recreation is at
She is a sturdy little beastie...
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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
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The early name for a grooved wheel in a block was shiver which, after 1627, was contracted to shiv, the name that is used at present.
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
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Rabbitz, I think you'll find that kids are not necessarily the target audience. Most of the people I know who play online rpgs are older teens and adults, ...
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....
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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
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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
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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
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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
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A potential dumb question: Why would a ship bother with tents, when it is full of spare canvas and people who are veritable genii with rigging things with it, along with rope and lumber? I would think a sail and some spars rigged in a picturesque manner would say "pirate" more than a wedge tent would, any day.
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
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A better copy of the image is here:
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Although I have no historical evidence for this, it would suprise me if sailors wore wide cuffed trousers/slops/trews/pants while on watch. It is simply less than pratical to do so.
Even today's long shorts type pants are dangerous on a "Tall ship". There are many oppurtunities to snag these wide cuffs on belaying pins, shrouds, blocks, handy-billies etc etc. (I have learnt this from experience... It IS embarassing to go base over apex when alighting from the pin rail)
In addition it would make sense that as a lot of sailors started with a Navy that the tradition of self made clothes would be strong (all sailors could sew) and I think that the naval patterns with a band close around the knee would therefore have been popular.
Regards
Rabz
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Really ?????? That seems odd as if I recall correctly the United States signed the declaration of Paris after the Civil war ...
Apparently the US isn't a signatory:
http://www.icrc.org/ihl.nsf/WebSign?ReadFo...orm&id=105&ps=P
Enjoy
Rabz
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William Red Wake & Sir Henry Morgan
I am much indebted to you.
Your Most Obediant Servant
Rabbitz
Topman - Barque James Craig
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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
How did I do?
in Captain Twill
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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