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Re: A BSB at Port Block
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lugnet.pirates
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Mon, 24 Jul 2000 17:00:32 GMT
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Tony Priestman wrote:
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> On Tue, 2 May 2000, Mr L F Braun (<390F2DCB.AD21EEF5@pilot.msu.edu>)
> wrote at 19:34:35
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> > Steve Campbell wrote:
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> > I discovered last
> > > night that the "wings" from a 6493 Flying Time Vessel make a really nice
> > > bowsprit area (don't know the official term or even if there is one.)
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> > Prow?
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> It's called the beak, or beak-head, and I'd love to see some pictures of
> a late 18th/ early 19th century one.
<Zinger from left field (1)>
Or just plain "head". Which is where that particular term for the place
you go to get rid of those beers.
One thing though, on real ships, it's rarely actually a solid deck, but
rather a framework with netting. I think the original purpose was just
to brace the bowsprit, and the netting is just to make it a little safer
for people who need to be out there for sailing tasks. Of course someone
figured out that it also made a dandy place to relieve oneself.
(1) I'm ghoing back over lugnet.pirates and processing all the messages
I left unread for later processing.
--
Frank Filz
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| On Tue, 2 May 2000, Mr L F Braun (<390F2DCB.AD21EEF5@....msu.edu>) wrote at 19:34:35 (...) It's called the beak, or beak-head, and I'd love to see some pictures of a late 18th/ early 19th century one. (25 years ago, 3-May-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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