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Re: The Bomb Ketch Bloviator
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lugnet.pirates
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Wed, 23 Aug 2006 14:57:53 GMT
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Really nice. I escpecially love the stern. One question though, while the boat
looks cool and adds a a bit of desperately needed length is it historical? Of
course I may just be reading too much of the Aubrey/Maturin series as historical
fact but I thought boats were lashed on deck or towed?
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 | | Re: The Bomb Ketch Bloviator
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| (...) It's not historical. Too say that naval vessels didn't sometimes use (or have) aft davits might be going a bit to far, but it was be very, very unusual at least. Slinging boats on davits was popular for whalers, as they could be launched (...) (18 years ago, 24-Aug-06, to lugnet.pirates, FTX)
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| | The Bomb Ketch Bloviator
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| The Bloviator is the new Bomb Ketch of the French Squadron based in Port Brique in the South Pacifique. Bomb ketches are not generally described as ‘graceful’ or ‘elegant’, but this black hulled mortar vessel is a particularly ugly example. Her (...) (18 years ago, 18-Aug-06, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.boats, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !!
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