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    Mast options —Steve Bliss
   I think I already know the answer to these questions, but I'm hoping I'm wrong: It seems like the pirate-ship masts go together only one way: base-mast, octagonal "crow's nest" platform, then the upper-mast. Is there any other useful way to put (...) (25 years ago, 8-Oct-99, to lugnet.pirates)
   
        Re: Mast options —Bruce Schlickbernd
     (...) Hmmm, there's a mast base, a thick lower section with a built-in base, a medium section, a skinny top section, and a "technic" section (the Armada Flagship uses this). I haven't really experimented with trying to get a precise size. I tend to (...) (25 years ago, 8-Oct-99, to lugnet.pirates)
    
         Re: Mast options —Steve Bliss
     (...) Maybe I haven't seen all the pieces then. The only ships I've got are the 6289 Red Beard's Runner, 6250 Cross-Bone Clipper, and the 6493 Flying Time Vessel (well, it's got a hull and a mast). 6289 has the 4x4 plate/mast base, the large mast (...) (25 years ago, 8-Oct-99, to lugnet.pirates)
    
         Re: Mast options —Tom Reed
     (...) There is a mast base that is 9 bricks tall. It comes in the two largest ships (Black Seas Barracuda, Skull Eye Schooner) and the Carribean Clipper. You also get one in the set #6270 Forbidden Island. With it, your masts (3 pieces) can extend (...) (25 years ago, 8-Oct-99, to lugnet.pirates)
   
        Re: Mast options —Tony Priestman
     On Fri, 8 Oct 1999, Steve Bliss (<37fe1cee.86097904@...gnet.com>) wrote at 16:36:47 (...) You can lash them together in various ways, just like the real thing. I've only got the idea in my head at the moment, but you should be able to use multiple (...) (25 years ago, 8-Oct-99, to lugnet.pirates)
   
        Re: Mast options —Richard Parsons
   The parts I have seen discussed look pretty complete, so I will only add my support for the lashing idea. The tallest mast I use on the Agamemnon starts with the tall mast base, a main mast, the the smallest of the top mast, to which I have attached (...) (25 years ago, 10-Oct-99, to lugnet.pirates)
   
        Re: Mast options —Tony Priestman
     On Sun, 10 Oct 1999, Richard Parsons (<FJDJDo.DLJ@lugnet.com>) wrote at 06:44:24 (...) I was playing about last night, and discovered that the tall mast base is a firm fit on *top* of the thick mast section. So if you've got two of the bases, you (...) (25 years ago, 10-Oct-99, to lugnet.pirates)
    
         Re: Mast options —Richard Parsons
      Tony Priestman wrote (...) Hey hey! Something new! This seems to work a treat _and_ gives you a stable base for building an extra platform part way up the mast. I like it. I like it fine. I have a suspicion that Mr Priestman may have enhanced (...) (25 years ago, 10-Oct-99, to lugnet.pirates)
    
         Re: Mast options —Steve Bliss
     (...) Arrrr. So now I know there are other mast-parts in existence, which I don't have. And if I had them, I could make more really cool ships, with more varied masts. And all I have to do to get these bits is to buy one or more copies of the either (...) (25 years ago, 11-Oct-99, to lugnet.pirates)
    
         Re: Mast options —Bruce Schlickbernd
      (...) The 6274 Caribbean Clipper has a base-column, as does 6270 Forbidden Island. You'll find either a lot cheaper than the BSB or SES. Forbidden Island can have it stripped out of the existing set the easiest. Bruce (25 years ago, 11-Oct-99, to lugnet.pirates)
    
         Re: Mast options —Tony Priestman
     On Mon, 11 Oct 1999, Steve Bliss (<380233d0.354140113...gnet.com>) wrote at 19:04:49 (...) Well, you could try a bit of marauding :-) (25 years ago, 12-Oct-99, to lugnet.pirates)
   
        Re: Mast options —Steve Bliss
   (...) Ahhh, that does look quite nice. Steve (25 years ago, 11-Oct-99, to lugnet.pirates)
 

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