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Re: The Whaling Brig 'Egregious'
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lugnet.pirates
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Fri, 22 Dec 2006 17:07:16 GMT
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In lugnet.pirates, Richie Dulin wrote:
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The Egregious is built on a four centre section hull, and includes the
challenging construction combination of short ratlines and Vikings masts. I
have gained a newfound appreciation of the possibilities of the short
ratlines – I had previously written them off as next to useless for serious
vessel construction… and even after I used them on the cutter Trésfroid and
the hermaphrodite brig Ratsée, I doubted that they could be used
successfully on a wide hulled vessel. They support the 2x2 columns that form
the masts nicely, and secure the tops which provide a stable base for the
Vikings masts.
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I ended up thinking on the use of short ratlines, and here is the result
http://news.lugnet.com/pirates/?n=4498 the Black Pearl-lite!!
kurt
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Message is in Reply To:
 | | The Whaling Brig 'Egregious'
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| Ahoy! The newest arrival in the waters around Port Brique is the whaling brig Egregious. Whalers have tended to operate further south, but Port Brique was a resupply stop for Captain Warning in his hunt for a peculiarly coloured great whale. (URL) (...) (17 years ago, 6-Dec-06, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.boats, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !!
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