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I like...

Solstice

Morning Star

Dart

Lucy

Yah... I know that's four.... Solstice has a nice sound to it also... I think if we put it to a vote, it might win right now......

Maybe we can run a pub poll and vote on the name.... or should we give it over the weekend so we can think about them a little more ?

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but no pub poll. That might start the whole process over...

Well I didn't figure it would be "Pub wide".... just in the Pirates in Paridise thread....

I haven't seen a poll in the pub in a long time.... but if I remember correctly... once you cast you vote, you can't vote again.... but you can then see the results..... list the four we have, then vote on one of those....

But like I typed eairier, maybe we should wait over the weekend before we think of (maybe) setting one up.......

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Ahhh, sorry. I was thinking an open thread. I forgot about the one vote option for true polls.

On a similar, but altogether different note...

Once a name is chosen, I would like to begin working on the draughts for the sloop. Sloops of several varieties were being made between 1710 an 1720. The Jamaican Sloops, Bermuda sloops, and the English cutters, which are as much like sloops as can be had, apart from a different shape in hull design. The Jamaican sloops underwent several changes in hull design from year to year, with the English experimenting in the shape of hulls for the purpose of testing maneuverability. By 1711, they had weeded out some very unstable designs and sloop building was fast becoming an art form.

I would like to base the design on elements found on sloops between 1710 and 1717. My biggest question is this...Do we want a one mast or two mast sloop?

The Jamaican sloop Ferret was built in 1711 as a one mast sloop, but later converted to a two mast sloop sometime after 1715. So we could say that our sloop was a one mast sloop which was refitted for two, or we could stick with one mast.

It doesn't matter much either way, but from a rendering perspective I'll need to know before I start. Thoughts?

Examples:

One mast...

FerretOneMastSmall.jpg

Two masts...

FerretTwoMastSmall.jpg

 

 

 

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Here is some info on Jamaican sloops that should be a must read for anyone interested in such things...

http://etd.lib.fsu.edu/theses/available/et...4072005-181850/

I vote for single masted.

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Hmmmm... both single and two masted I like, but...

Most folks when ya say 'Sloop' think of a single masted vessel...

Two masts, most folks think Schooner or Brig...

I'll have what this Gent is havin'....

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Here is some info on Jamaican sloops that should be a must read for anyone interested in such things...

http://etd.lib.fsu.edu/theses/available/et...4072005-181850/

greg

Aye, I've read that one a few times. A very well written thesis on the matter of Jamaican Sloops. I also like the title...

INSTITUTIONALIZED PIRACY AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE JAMAICA SLOOP, 1630-1743

 

 

 

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Here's another two masted sloop...

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Alright people, timt to weigh in one last time. Out of the most recent nominations and votes we have the following four to choose from. Please choose your favorite two, and only two.

Dart

Lucy

Morning Star

Solstice

Mine are...

Morning Star

Solstice

 

 

 

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Lucy

Morning Star

Truly,

D. Lasseter

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Envy and its evil twin - It crept in bed with slander - Idiots they gave advice - But Sloth it gave no answer - Anger kills the human soul - With butter tales of Lust - While Pavlov's Dogs keep chewin' - On the legs they never trust... The Seven Deadly Sins

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"The Morning Star, she still swims."

Morgan Adams, seeing her ship in the harbor in Cutthroat Island, anchored next to The Reaper.

Such a good name that it was in a movie. Thought it rang a bell.

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