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Re: His Majesty's Loyal Privateer Lady Grace
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lugnet.pirates
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Sun, 1 Jun 2003 23:07:52 GMT
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In lugnet.pirates, Kenneth Tam wrote:
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Well, I’ve been saying that I need to get this privateer of mine finished, and
I’ve dropped her name a number of times. At long last, photos of ‘Her
Ladyship’ have arrived!
The pre-moderation teasers:
http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/Wolfstar826/HMS-Atlas/Lady-Grace/aladycoasting.jpg
http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/Wolfstar826/HMS-Atlas/Lady-Grace/bladygbeauty.jpg
And the gallery, with pictures predominantly taken in the mysterious ‘House
Cove’, where the water looks like carpet and the cliffs look like furniture!
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=44975
She’s a trim Nova Scotia built schooner, faster than just about anything on
the Grand Banks, and as handy as the clippers on the American coast. Though
she might look helpless from afar, Her Ladyship is well-fitted for anti-piracy
work with six 4-pounders, and a determined crew of Newfoundland fishermen.
Playing the damsel in distress, she has already drawn a half dozen unpleasant
vessels onto coastal batteries, frigates, and recently, to His Majesty’s
Cutter Friendly. They’re a happy pair... pictures of that soon to come.
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Nice work indeed! That SNOT hull is a work of art - I love the combination of
slopes and the bow and more traditional plated SNOT at the stern.
I’m not a fan of schooner rigs generally, but I’d love to see this one under
full canvas - she’d have quite a turn of speed, I’d imagine, although she’d be a
bit of a handful under sail control alone (or did I miss a tiller somewhere?).
The colour scheme is appealing - white masts are hard to resist....
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Meanwhile, three new ‘House Cove’ pictures have been added to Friendly’s
gallery (post moderation):
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=23189
Her stern boat, bow, and her skipper -- Lieutenant MacEwan -- under the red
ensign.
I’d have liked to do up all of these pictures properly, but it’s simply taking
too long! Nonethless, I’m quite pleased with Her Ladyship, and at some point
I’ll have to customize sails for both her and Friendly...
Next up, the fort, batteries, and some outport village elements for Brickley’s
Cove itself!
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Excellent!
Cheers
Richie Dulin
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Somewhere in the South Pacifique
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Building a safer South Pacifique
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| (...) it's an *invisible* tiller. And that's an invisible boat too! : ) But let's not let that get around, there are pirates that would try to take advantage of her ladyship. As to the schooner rig, I'm generally not a big fan either, though in this (...) (21 years ago, 2-Jun-03, to lugnet.pirates, FTX)
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| Well, I've been saying that I need to get this privateer of mine finished, and I've dropped her name a number of times. At long last, photos of 'Her Ladyship' have arrived! The pre-moderation teasers: (URL) the gallery, with pictures predominantly (...) (21 years ago, 31-May-03, to lugnet.pirates)
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