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Re: The Bomb Ketch Bloviator
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lugnet.pirates
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Thu, 24 Aug 2006 07:09:06 GMT
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In lugnet.pirates, Ted Godwin wrote:
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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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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
quickly (rather than hoisted off the deck), but launching a boat from aft davits
would be awkward from a moving vessel.
(Towing was used only in particular circumstances... battle, extreme hot weather
for instance... it is too easy to lose or damage a towed boat).
I like my vessels to carry at least one boat, and on the smaller ones, aft
davits are the only practical solution, and one that looks plausible, if not
actually authentic.
Of course, modern sailing vessels (and motor vessels) often use aft davits to
carry dinghys, so I guess that I could just claim the Port Brique shipwrights
are just pretty advanced for 1806.
Thanks for the comment and happy reading!
Cheers
Cheers
Richie Dulin
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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 (...) (18 years ago, 23-Aug-06, to lugnet.pirates, FTX)
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