 | | Re: The Canoe Myth of .pirates —Bruce Schlickbernd
| | | | (...) Words of wisdom, and you even wisely quote the artist first, who surely has a good eye for these kind of things. :-) (...) When I was at the Lego store in Anaheim just a couple of weeks ago, I looked at the Constellation in passing and I (...) (21 years ago, 21-Aug-03, to lugnet.pirates, FTX)
| | | | | | | | | | Re: The Canoe Myth of .pirates —Richie Dulin
| | | | | (...) -snip- (...) Of course! (...) I've had a browse of www.constellation.org, and while I wouldn't describe the real constellation as canoeish, she does seem long, narrow, and fairly straight sided. (...) You've lost me there... how would using a (...) (21 years ago, 21-Aug-03, to lugnet.pirates, FTX)
| | | | | | | | | | | | Re: The Canoe Myth of .pirates Unmythified —Bruce Schlickbernd
| | | | | (...) Okay...which Constellation are you refering to? And for that matter, which one is Lego refering to? You quoted the waterline of the original, but if you talking about the photos, those are of the second one built in 1854 (whose proportion is (...) (21 years ago, 21-Aug-03, to lugnet.pirates, FTX)
| | | | | | | | | | | | Re: The Canoe Myth of .pirates Unmythified —Richie Dulin
| | | | | (...) The later date explains the long/thin - though not canoeish ;-) - look. (...) I see - you didn't mention any change in the other number. (...) That may be true... but it strikes me as odd that I have not heard it remarked on before. But then, (...) (21 years ago, 21-Aug-03, to lugnet.pirates, FTX)
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