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| | | A BSB at Port Block? Some said it couldn't be done. I was one of them. But lo, moored quietly at the dock in front of Government House, thar she be. And glorious? Just downright gorgeous! I won't elaborate too much, out of respect for those yet to (...) (25 years ago, 27-Apr-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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| | | | | Re: A BSB at Port Block —Bruce Schlickbernd
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| | | | | (...) Arrr, Pyrates have taken o'er Port Block. 'Bout time, matey! Up the Jolly Roger, down the grog! (...) Mine remains unchanged, too, at this point. Too many others desperately need improvement before this does. (...) Congrats. Now if only I can (...) (25 years ago, 27-Apr-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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| | | | | Re: A BSB at Port Block —Steve Campbell
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| | | | (...) Richard: Is your BSB going to sport Pirate colors or be an instrument of the Government? Mine is still in the box but I plan to give her to the Guards as they do not have any large capital ships and they're going to need one to deal with my (...) (25 years ago, 28-Apr-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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| | | | | | Re: A BSB at Port Block —Richard Parsons
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| | | | Steve Campbell wrote in message <3909EF13.518F5A64@l...sa.gov>... (...) I'm thinking that a grateful Governor of Port Block may deed it to the Pirate Doolittle (largely so the Governor can get his hands on the Sea Princess that Doolittle brings in (...) (25 years ago, 29-Apr-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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| | | | | | Re: A BSB at Port Block —Steve Campbell
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| | | | Richard Parsons proclaimed in his best Governor voice: (...) Oh, aye! I agree hearty-ly. However it would seem that the shipwrights on the "left" side of the International Date Line have several more hours in their day than those on the "right" (...) (25 years ago, 2-May-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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| | | | | | Re: A BSB at Port Block —Lindsay Frederick Braun
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| | | | (...) Shhhh! Don't tell them! We're trying to buy those there hours at a discount. ;) (...) Prow? (...) Oh my. Well, if you're going to the shindig WAMALUG is putting together, _Gloire_ might show (along with me, natch'ly). The problem? It's too (...) (25 years ago, 2-May-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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| | | | | | Re: A BSB at Port Block —Steve Campbell
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| | | | | (...) It's that part just under the leaned-over mast-piece bowsprit. Usually the figurehead sits on this. In the original RBR it's a yellow wedge about 8-10 studs long (sorry, it's not here at the moment.) I placed the "wings" over that and (...) (25 years ago, 3-May-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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| | | | | | | Re: A BSB at Port Block —Lindsay Frederick Braun
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| | | | | | (...) Neat! Well, I'm not sure _Gloire_ will be gaming--I'm not sure that the Pirate Game can quite accurately account for iron-hulled ships of that monstrous size. ;) (...) "Arrrr, this be the trusty pirate ship Fresh Daisy. Surrender or we'll (...) (25 years ago, 3-May-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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| | | | | | Re: A BSB at Port Block —Tony Priestman
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| | | | On Tue, 2 May 2000, Mr L F Braun (<390F2DCB.AD21EEF5@....msu.edu>) wrote at 19:34:35 (...) It's called the beak, or beak-head, and I'd love to see some pictures of a late 18th/ early 19th century one. (25 years ago, 3-May-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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| | | | | | Re: A BSB at Port Block —Frank Filz
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| | | | (...) <Zinger from left field (1)> Or just plain "head". Which is where that particular term for the place you go to get rid of those beers. One thing though, on real ships, it's rarely actually a solid deck, but rather a framework with netting. I (...) (24 years ago, 24-Jul-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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| | | | | | Re: A BSB at Port Block —John Grubber
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| | | | Also, depending on the prevailing wind at the time (iirc) the potr or starboard side one was used. john (...) (24 years ago, 24-Jul-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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