 | | Re: Uncertain Definition of a Ship Type...? —Lindsay Frederick Braun
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| | | Hi. (...) I was waiting for this. I tossed you a soft pitch, and fully expected you to hit it out of the park. ;) (...) Oooh, thanks. I was more concerned about how it has historically been employed. "Bomb Ketch" is what I'm most familiar with. (...) (24 years ago, 7-May-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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| | | | | Re: Uncertain Definition of a Ship Type...? —Bruce Schlickbernd
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| | | | (...) masts...? Foremast, foreward mainmast, mainmast, and mizzen. And I have no doubt that there are exceptions to the rule. When a mizzen becomes a jigger, I don't know. (...) Dunno what the Thomas W. Lawson is. Bruce (24 years ago, 8-May-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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| | | | | | Re: Uncertain Definition of a Ship Type...? —Lindsay Frederick Braun
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| | | | (...) Why, when it dances! (rim shot) (...) The _Thomas W. Lawson_ holds the world's record for most masts on a sailing ship. T'was a 1910s schooner, IIRC, and it had *seven* masts. I have no idea what you'd call the four extras. Interesting page, (...) (24 years ago, 9-May-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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| | | | | | Re: Uncertain Definition of a Ship Type...? —Steve Bliss
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| | | | (...) Check at (URL). Quoting from that page: (...) Steve (24 years ago, 12-May-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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