GAOP Encampment

[Red Cat Jenny]

Wow I love that painting...I'm going to have to look for a print.

[Gentleman of Fortune]

I am not trying to beat a dead horse... really.

But I have looked, searched and hoped to find evidence of metal bound casks in "normal" sized containers. That is, in a size that could be used in and around a camp and not meant to store 300+ gallons of liquid.

I haven't found anything. If anyone else has.... I would love to see it.

Until then, here are a few wooden bound examples that I have found.

1673

Dusart 1685

German Workers 1700

Casks being loaded onto ship 1700

German Cooper 1700

"The beer Carrier" 1700

Flanders Camp 1707

Mieris 1718

Captain Lowthar 1734

Black Beard 1730s

GoF

[Capt. Sterling]

Hey GoF,

Have you ever contacted Jamestown...I know they are a lot earlier, but the guys there, swear they had metal bound casks for smaller, heavier loads, such as nails. They also told me they had brass barrels for carrying gunpowder. I would love to know what those looked like and how far over they carried into the later part of the century.

[Patrick Hand]

Hey... A GAoP Encampment, or did barrels have wood or metal hoops..... new thread time.......

[Silver]

i have the book "the mayflower destiny" cyril l. marshall. printed in 1976. he was curator of technology and crafts at plimoth plantation in plymouth, mass. on page 171 under coopering it states that "iron hoops, with the exception of those fitted on the top and bottom of a cask to take the punishment when it was dropped, were not { common }until late in the 18th century".

[LadyBarbossa]

Ahhh... the resurfacing of this topic.

Great picture that ye provided, Will. That's generally the idea I've had in mind.

Oh, and Sterling... ye be right about the copper.

The Odyssey Marine Salvage group (ones on "Treasure Quest" on the Discovery Channel and the ones who found the "Black Swan")... have discoverd the first HMS Victory (the one that sank in the Channel) and they did find a massive copper kettle for the ship's galley.

~Lady B

[Fox]

Couple of pics of my 'tent' last weekend. Ingredients: spare main (lug) and jib sails from my boat, 2 short oars, some rope.

[callenish gunner]

Foxe, a fine looking encampment there sir ....

[Captain Jim]

Another "Oar House!" May they spread throughout the known Pyrate world.

[Guest]

Ye can never go wrong usin' a sail.......

[William Brand]

Couple of pics of my 'tent' last weekend. Ingredients: spare main (lug) and jib sails from my boat, 2 short oars, some rope.

I love this tent! I was just reviewing old threads and found this. Great looking careening style tent,.

[Captain Jim]

I remember this from years gone by; I wonder if he's ever used it again. It inspires me to go ahead and sew up a sail. Although I wonder if the bosun would be disposed to let perfectly good sails (which represent a lot of work) be used for tents. But even bolts of canvas would have to sewn together to make even as crude a tent as I put up.

[William Brand]

Well, many ships carried spare sail and stole their share of it, so you could make it look worn and mended enough to have the appearance of too much wear for use. It could also be leftovers from the Speedwell.

[Fox]

It's had a couple of outings, but I think those photos were taken at the last event that I didn't take my children to, so now when we authenti-camp we usually take a bigger (and proper) tent.

[Captain Jim]

That is a proper tent, for a pyrate careening. Most proper, in my estimation.