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Re: how long should bowsprints be?
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lugnet.pirates
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Tue, 1 Jun 2004 01:49:28 GMT
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In lugnet.pirates, Stephen Rowe wrote:
> hello everyone, i have a question. how long are the bowsprints on your ships as
> compared to the length of your respective ship? is there any historical
> "formula" as to finding the length the bowsprint of a ship should be? i have
> many pics of ships, from small frigates to first rate HMS Caledonia, and they
> seem to have varying lengths of bowsprints.
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> on my newer ships, i have begun to use longer bowsprints, and am considering
> using a full medium and top mast piece together as the bowsprint of my ship in
> progress, but am looking to get some input here as to the accuracy of such a
> long one. it seems that some ships i have pics of have ones that are almost half
> as long as the ship (albeit angled upward, so it doesnt appear to add another
> 50% length on the ship), while some have shorter ones.
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> any help you guys could give, opinion or fact, would be welcome! maybe there
> will be dissenting opinions, and we'll even have a debate :-) . thanks!
>
> best regards,
> steve
Your observations are accurate: bowsprits varied from ship to ship. If Lindsay
can't give you a formula for a specific class of ship, I suspect one does not
exist. Generally the angle of the bowsprit got shallower as time went on.
Sloops (as in sloop-rigged, not the "sloop" warship classification) generally
had a longer bowsprit, and could get almost as long as the ship. Other than
that, it seemed to be the individual ship designer's (or re-designer's) choice.
Bruce
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