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thanks foxe, i got the time to work through the 17th century legal talk and this is a great example of how i think one would read and look like. i plan on using lines from this. i noticed the bounded person was to pay L100 if he didn't complete the contract also there was the line concerning diving and cruizing in said ship. my question is, did the signer of the contract have a special skill as a wrecker (diver) and was this a salvage cruise for sunken spanish treasure? again thanks for the example.

wow! was at jamestown today working on the ships. have had a round or two will get back. thank you

thank you for that post. it does follow what i have been coming across. i was able to find more info once i started using the word agreement instead of articals. in 1835 the english started to kept track of their seamen and masters got the task of doing the goverment paper work. i did learn the most seaman signed on with an alias in case they decided to jump ship, so the alias is not only a pirate triat. there are some agreements that list a man's rations also lost of pay for infractions. i found an agreement from st. kitts & nevis international ship registry titled "articals of agreement (crew agreement) between the master and seafarers serving onboard a vessel registered in st. kitt & nevis. it is dated 2002, a look at what seamen sign today. i'm still looking for that 1700's copy. if i can't find it i have dug up almost enough bits and peices to paste a acturate artical together. thanks again.

awesome!!!

i'm looking for a copy of a 17-18th century seaman's sign-on or shipping agreement, has someone come across one?

X marks the spot,found it. thanks!

would you be kind enough to give us the down load for john moyle's the sea-chirurgeon???

are there any numbers on schooners?

like the long john silver character. i bougth the one with charlton heston it pretty good.

so we have come to this, should have went with zombies. can't help it!

it adds a lot of life to your character to know the experiences it has past through, but lad where did the name greyhound come from?

cheval-de-frise or plural:chevaux-de-frise

i will need to check this out!!!

google the jamestown va. web pages the ship "discovery" late 1500's is rated at 20tons,that is close to the size that you are looking for. i work with the ship's crews there if you have any other questions about it.

i have a hern cast cannon. they are all steel lined and great guns. have been shooting it about once a month for the last 2 years.

what is the lenght and weight of the barrel, size of the bore and trunnions ?

in doing some research concerning the use of the ships bell, i found that the trumpet was a useful ships insturments, there are several remarks of pirates attacking with blarring trumpets and beating drums to demoralize their enemy and encourage their own men. i have secured a period style trumpet and i'm trying to find what calls would be played during a boarding.

i haven't gotten the chance to fire a ball from my pistol yet, but i do have a whole box of 50cal setting around when i do. i just take the paper cartrige rip it open prime the pan with some from it, dump the rest of it down the barrel, wad up the cartrige shove it in on top of the load ram it down pull the hammer to full chock and she ready to fire.

Ok Ive been shooting thirty grains, what do most of yall shoot grainage-wise????

if you got a book from pedersoli with the gun on page 19a (it's a index in the back) in the section of "suggested black powder loads" it says to uses 35 grs (grams) i shoot 35grs of 2F and use wading most of the time. 3F can be shot in the gun, 35grs of 3F will give it more punch then with 2F. this is also the recommended load for shooting a ball. do you have a powder measure?

welcome aboard, just looked at your site. your work looks excellent. you might use the search feature on the pub and check out the different cartridge pouches/boxes that where being made in the past, the replica of the ship "whydah" cartridge pouch was a hot item for a while. i don't think anyone is making it now.

Okay nguys I don't know where you got the idea that 3F was a priming powder it is not it is for small bore guns ie queen anne. also it burns considerably cleaner than 2f which is musket powder and with blanks is very dirty. I have been shooting live fire and blanks and hunting with black powder for 31 years. Heres the kicker othe than 1F you can use whatever powder you want for your blanks. I use 3F beacuse you don't need a seperate primer, but most places want you to prime after loading which would require a priming horn of some kind. Muskets will use either 2 or 3 f powder and work equally well just shoot what you practice with.

checked my pedersoli manual. you are correct it does say you can fire 3F "revolvers, pistols and rifles up to 45 caliber. .45 caliber and larger caliber riflers 2F." i started with a blunderbuss and went on using the same powder in both, till i got the cannon and the 2F would not take fire readly from the slow match, so i bought 3F to prime it with and it is a big difference. thanks for the info.

i think there are several posts here on the pub of people working with kits. use the search function and read all you find. there can be some tricks to the kits, if i remember correctly. other then that i can't help you. i bought mine from loyalist arms and all you have to do is screw in the lock and she ready to rock. good luck mate!!!

i just use a short piece of dowel rod nothing fancy and shoot 2F, don't use 3F for the main load. it is primer powder and has a lot of punch. i use 3F only for priming the cannon vent. you could use 3F in the flash pan on the queen anne but then you then need another powder device to keep track of, 2F will prime also.

the renezvouser are a pre 1840's (mountain men) event and it looks like they try to control items out of the era. i found some sites that would not allow cannons.

interesting! i ran through some medieval sites, nothing real close. got any more pics of them, like firing with it flat or closeup of the gun mounting?