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My (Very) Old Ship Blog
Posted by Vagabond_Astronomer on Thursday, January 17, 2013 8:11 AM

Ahoy All,

Been some time since I posted. I'm still building, but many of the projects have had to be put on the back burner as I deal with life, which has an unfortunate way of getting in the way.

Being as I've, once more, found myself in the midst of lots of research on the topic of maritime history, I decided that perhaps the best thing I could do was to take this information and share it. That said, I have a blog that some of you here might find amusing, interesting, perhaps even humorous -

Robert's Old Ship

I tend to post with no particular pattern, it's pretty much whatever I come across that I find interesting.

Hope you guys like it.

Cheers,

Rob

"I have loved the stars too dearly to be fearful of the night..."
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Posted by Tim Kidwell on Thursday, January 17, 2013 10:17 AM

Hi Rob,

Your site is a great resource. Thank you for posting the link.

Tim

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Posted by subfixer on Thursday, January 17, 2013 10:26 AM

Good stuff there, Rob. Thanks.

Lee

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Posted by docidle on Thursday, January 17, 2013 11:46 AM

Love it Rob, thanks for posting it again!

By the way, do you know if the Nina had a main stay in the lateen rig version?

Thanks,

Steve

       

 

 

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Posted by Vagabond_Astronomer on Thursday, January 17, 2013 3:27 PM

Hi Steve,

Pretty sure that a mainstay would interfere with the tack (the yards were swung around forward when changing tack), though that Portuguese caravel that I illustrated has one.  The 1892 replica of the Nina had a mainstay... sort of.

I'm not one to rule them out, however; it is possible that, like much of the rigging on a caravela latina, it could be released while the main yard, the monster that it was, was being swung around.

I briefly cover this in my post "Of Caravela Latinas & Bowsprits".

Glad you like the blog, more coming.

Cheers,

Rob

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