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Re: her majesty's new sloop! HMS Tempest has arrived!
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Sat, 15 May 2004 04:36:03 GMT
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   Here’s some constructive criticism to start with, Steve: A “sloop” is by definition a single masted ship (with one jib). Your ship is actually a brig.

Or brigantine, technically, since the mainsail itself is gaff-rigged.

Here’s a page that explains: http://users.pandora.be/tree/wrecksite/db/other/types_of_sailing_ships.html?en



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  Re: her majesty's new sloop! HMS Tempest has arrived!
 
(...) Here's a couple of other useful pages on rigs: (2 URLs) And a *lot* on square rigs in general: (URL) Adieu Richie Dulin (URL) (20 years ago, 17-May-04, to lugnet.pirates, FTX)

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  Re: her majesty's new sloop! HMS Tempest has arrived!
 
(...) Here's some constructive criticism to start with, Steve: A "sloop" is by definition a single masted ship (with one jib). Your ship is actually a brig. Another thing you may want to change is the mast heights. The mainmast should be higher than (...) (20 years ago, 15-May-04, to lugnet.pirates, FTX)

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