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    Re: French Squadron pics —Richie Dulin
   (...) So do I, but they're not pure LEGO! (...) Thanks. I'm particularly happy with the look of the corronades and the smaller cannon. I'll try to get some detail pics (or better still, ldraw them) soon. (...) The sloop is very basic compared to the (...) (23 years ago, 8-Apr-02, to lugnet.pirates)
   
        Re: French Squadron pics —Kenneth Tam
   (...) Splendid! This I *have* to see. A silly question: how many masts on the sloop? I've been reading up on my smaller ship classes lately (trying to figure out what I can build :) and I've found that sloops could either be brig-sloops (2 masts) or (...) (23 years ago, 8-Apr-02, to lugnet.pirates)
   
        Re: French Squadron pics —Richie Dulin
   (...) One! Doesn't a sloop only have one? (...) Oh dear. (I thought if it was fore-and-aft (sloop) rigged one mast qualified it as a sloop, two as either a ketch or a yawl - ketch if mizzen in front of rudder post, otherwise yawl), not sure about (...) (23 years ago, 8-Apr-02, to lugnet.pirates)
   
        Re: French Squadron pics —Kenneth Tam
   (...) Ahh, I think we've hit upon the sloop crisis. I've come to associate 'sloop' with 'corvette' -- a slightly-smaller-than-a-frigate vessel, Brig- or Ship-rigged (oh, back then my understanding is that anything less than 3 masts wasn't considered (...) (23 years ago, 8-Apr-02, to lugnet.pirates)
   
        Re: French Squadron pics —Richie Dulin
   (...) Ahhh.... from a simple chart I saw at a small maritime museum last week (no reference on it, and no possibility of a copy, unfortunately), a sloop is one masted fore-and-aft rigged with two sails, a cutter is one masted fore-and-aft rigged (...) (23 years ago, 23-Apr-02, to lugnet.pirates)
 

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