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Hey all, Check this out: (URL) A new, interesting little cutter? Yeeha! best LFB (21 years ago, 3-Feb-03, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) Isn't that a chinese boat? I don't know the English name for it, in Portuguese it's "junco". Pedro (21 years ago, 3-Feb-03, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) A close-up of the set (which was leaked by Marz) can be seen here: (URL) it is a fairly nice ship, with multiple applications if necessary. The Chinese Sailors look pretty nice in their helmets. The boat itself has funny looking sides, this (...) (21 years ago, 3-Feb-03, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) Junk, as in the name of the boat, not an assessment of it's qualities. The battens (long wooden reinforcements in the sails running from the mast to the sail's trailing edge) are hinted at by the points on the sail's edge. Very cool, but this (...) (21 years ago, 3-Feb-03, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) It lacks the sloping decks of a typical junk, and the sides look decidedly western to my eye (actually they look a lot like the sides of that cutter we all know and love). (...) Longer is easy, wider is a bit more difficult. But longer or (...) (21 years ago, 3-Feb-03, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) I have to admit, it would be rather difficult to make an accurate junk in such a small size. It's worth the effort! (...) This brings to my mind an interesting subject... IIRC, after the epic expedition by admiral Zheng He (sp?), who sailed (...) (21 years ago, 3-Feb-03, to lugnet.pirates)
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