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Anyone out there looking for some good, Age-of-Sail-era related reading material? While I was in the bookstore looking for reading material to take on the plane, I came across a series of novels by Patrick O'Brian. They deal with the life of a (...) (23 years ago, 28-Nov-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) This is probably the best series in this time frame and consists of a staggering 20 books (Patrick O'Brian, alas, passed away at the start of this year). The first book is on the overly fussy technical side and can be a bit of a chore to read. (...) (23 years ago, 28-Nov-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) Hi Bruce, Can you tell me if a person who started reading the books by O'brian would be lost if they did not read them in chronilogical order. They sound really interesting. Any idea if there is an online bookstore I could purchase Hardbacks (...) (23 years ago, 28-Nov-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) The two books I'd most likely skip are the first two, but at the same time, these books set up characters that appear throughout the series, and both have their good points. I'd stick with chronological order. www.amazon.com has at least some (...) (23 years ago, 28-Nov-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) It's a ship in fine shape--I only saw it at night, but it's a very pleasant sight in the moonlight. And it's mentioned at the DLR stop! Always a sure sign that you're important, methinks. (...) I didn't realise they'd dragged the whole carcass (...) (23 years ago, 28-Nov-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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Mr L F Braun wrote in message ... (...) I don't know about London-area, but the Endeavour replica was here in Vancouver this spring and next stop was Australia (the ship is Australian). We went on the tour and she's a really beautiful job - they (...) (23 years ago, 28-Nov-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) The inside has been modified, I fear, to be a museum - there's no way it'll ever sail again, which is a pity. There's a nice display of figureheads from various ships, though. (...) It was quite impressive - and actually, they pulled up almost (...) (23 years ago, 29-Nov-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) I'll have to see it--real pity about the interior being altered, though I guess I can't blame them--the tea clippers weren't exactly passenger liners. (...) Heavens! I didn't realise *that* either. All i knew is that the ship and some remnant (...) (23 years ago, 29-Nov-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) I didn't know the _Endeavour_ replica was Australian, but I do remember it being in England for a while--probably, like the _Half Moon_ and _Mayflower_, just visiting. (The neo-_Half Moon_ was built by the Dutch, and I'm pretty sure the new (...) (23 years ago, 29-Nov-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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Well, I missed the start of this thread, and this is mostly an echo of what other people are saying.... A few years back I and Jo got to spend the day in Mystic Seaport. very cool town and very nautical flavor. We also went to Groton but just drove (...) (23 years ago, 29-Nov-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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Larry Pieniazek wrote in message ... (...) I took pics while it was here too... the funniest one being when she was tied up to one of the gas barges in Vancouver Harbour, taking on fuel. Talk about an anachronism! (...) Sea scouts are in Canada (...) (23 years ago, 29-Nov-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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Mr L F Braun wrote in message ... (...) OK, found my class notes from an SCA class on the Mary Rose last year... Built about 1511, 32m long (110 feet), 13m from keel to top of stern castle, refitted in 1527, laid up until another refit in 1536. Sank (...) (23 years ago, 29-Nov-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) They used to have their own boat here in Southern California - a friend of mine sailed on it a number of times. Whether they still do or not, I don't know, but I believe they are littered along the coastline. Bruce (23 years ago, 29-Nov-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) Lazy me, there's a fair bit of info out there... hmm. Might be an interesting model idea in there! (URL) even a Brikwars scenario? Sea Scouts take on latter day pirates? ++Lar (23 years ago, 29-Nov-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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On Wed, 29 Nov 2000, Kevin Wilson (<G4sqoA.3K6@lugnet.com>) wrote at 17:20:54 (...) There was a programme about this on Channel 4 recently, which went to the length of making a 1:20 model of the ship, to see if the above theory could be proven. The (...) (23 years ago, 29-Nov-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) Timmies vs. Pirates! Wooohooo! First dibs on the pyrates! Bruce (23 years ago, 29-Nov-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) No, you need guys with a big S on their torso, not a big T. Sea *S*couts not Sea Touts. (23 years ago, 29-Nov-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) Sea Trouts? I thought they were freshwater. I've got other fish to fry. Timmies will do in any case: it's a truism that Boy Scouts always have those little axes with them, those just become boarding axes. :-) Bruce (23 years ago, 29-Nov-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) No, no, no...sea *Touts*. You know, they sell illegal tickets, secondhand merchandise, all of that. They'd probably sell you a defective hull sealant, or a cracked peg leg. This tweedehands stuff aside, I'm quite in favour of Timmes Vs. (...) (23 years ago, 30-Nov-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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"Gerry Venteicher" <MRBEAR569@aol.com> wrote in message news:G4qzo5.LxM@lugnet.com... (...) this (...) on (...) would (...) really (...) Hi, Do read them all - start with book one and continue in sequence. The initial collision of the principals is (...) (23 years ago, 30-Nov-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) Just the first book. The *constant* refrain from people who see me lugging around an Aubrey/Maturin novel is, "Does it get better after the first one?" I'd rather warn people that the first can be a little difficult, but calmer waters are (...) (23 years ago, 30-Nov-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) Really? I loved the first one, thought the beginning of the second was rather slow, but now that he's on his bizarre double-bowed ship, things are picking up again. The technical terminology didn't bothe rme at all...but it did cause me to (...) (23 years ago, 30-Nov-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) I think he learned after the first not to go quite so overboard on pages and pages of nautical jargon explanation. But then again, once you go through it, you are better prepared for the succeeding novels. And yes, I have gotten that comment (...) (23 years ago, 30-Nov-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) . (...) At the Corpus Christ, TX Natural History Museum, replicas of the Nina, Pinta, and Santa Maria are being built by craftsmen using, IIRC, essentially the same building techniques as were employed on the originals. It is a fascinating (...) (23 years ago, 30-Nov-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) Do you know where any .jpgs are located? I'd love to see them cobbling together some 15th-C. ships. I do know there are a few replicas of Columbus's ships already floating around out there (quite literally!), so I wonder if these will vary (...) (23 years ago, 1-Dec-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) Sorry it took me so long to respond (I've been away from the net for about a week). Here are a few links: I was suprised to have little luck finding much on the web. I've enclosed 3 articles from the Corpus Christi Caller Times - it seems that (...) (23 years ago, 7-Dec-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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