 | | Delfín —Aaron Walsh
| | | | My second ship is here - the Spanish xebec Delfín! You can see her here: (URL) A xebec (or chebeck, if you prefer) was originally a ship built by the North African Barbary Coast pirates and operated from such cities as Tunis, Tripoli and Algiers. (...) (20 years ago, 24-Jul-04, to lugnet.pirates, FTX)
| | | | | | | | | | Re: Delfín —Richie Dulin
| | | | | (...) -snip- (...) Nice work on the sails. The X cut sounds like a good idea - I've used a paper hole punch, and have often found that the hole is slightly too big. And threading the jib seems like a good option to save them slowing travelling down (...) (20 years ago, 26-Jul-04, to lugnet.pirates, FTX)
| | | | | | | | | | | | Re: Delfín —Aaron Walsh
| | | | | (...) Umm - the mizzen is a mistake. Oops. The jib was deliberate - I didn't want the jib and fore sail to clash. (Real Xebecs often had sails of two different colours, but I couldn't find material with different colour stripes, so I orientated them (...) (20 years ago, 28-Jul-04, to lugnet.pirates, FTX)
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