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(...) But why should he dash out? It'll bee just like you running away if not. (...) But it's pretty hard to get into a harbor without going through some guard ships. And twenty marines in an unfilimiar armed city against sixty-something marines (...) (22 years ago, 31-Mar-03, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) Dash out- here is why. i know that i dont stand a chance in a ship-to-ship broadside-to-braodside action with Port Briques ships. so, i dash out to sea with them on my tail, leave em behind, poke my head out ever once and a while, taking pot (...) (22 years ago, 31-Mar-03, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) Which is a pity... there have been a few, though. The big issue is hulls - the LEGO hulls are not wide enough to render a ship of the line easily. Lots of people have considered cutting them though... and I recall a claim that it had been done (...) (22 years ago, 1-Apr-03, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) I must agree... though I'm sure their majesty makes up for that ; ). I remain determined to one day build a 74 in 1 stud=1 foot, but there are *many* hurdles to overcome before I get there. Multiple gundecks SNOTed being one of them... I'll (...) (22 years ago, 1-Apr-03, to lugnet.pirates)
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Gentlemen, I've been watching this debate develop for a while... forgive my lengthy and belated commentary. (...) Ahh, dangerous words, those: "perfect plan"... a change in wind or bad luck on a reef and its bad business for the British. Though if (...) (22 years ago, 1-Apr-03, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) True, True. if the seas got ugly, everything could go haywire. but, if you want to be succesful-gotta take those risks, dont you? (...) i have not forgot that, the rule about grounding. but i am not taking my ships in-well, a cutter might do, (...) (22 years ago, 2-Apr-03, to lugnet.pirates)
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Ahoy, I wasn't going to reply... but: (...) Freeboard is the distance from the waterline to the gunnels (or from waterline to weather deck on a ship). Vessels with little freeboard tend not to do well in rough seas. Cheers Richie Dulin (22 years ago, 3-Apr-03, to lugnet.pirates)
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| | Building a Ship of the Line (was Re: Ships (was Re: My Ships))
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(...) <snip> (...) While I still think the big issue is hulls, I was dissassembling an Ogel underwater base last night, and have begun wondering about (URL) as the basis for a big ship. Not that the Misérable isn't big enough for me at the moment, (...) (22 years ago, 22-Apr-03, to lugnet.pirates)
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| | Re: Building a Ship of the Line (was Re: Ships (was Re: My Ships))
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(...) The very same idea occured to me when I was building HMS Flame the first time – I was trying to approximate the forward hull of a smooth-lined ship, and I had four of those from an aqua set of some sort... my problem came in trying to get (...) (22 years ago, 22-Apr-03, to lugnet.pirates)
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