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(...) Blue water, red death? Yes, I like to switch hulls and rigging around to create ships with different looks. (...) I find myself snagging bits and pieces at auctions that I have no current use for, but will probably need for just such projects (...) (24 years ago, 8-May-00, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.build)
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(...) Confused. The hull is meant to be reminiscent of a galleon with its high castles. But galleons usually had three masts, not two. The Skull's Eye Schooner is a closer to a galleon with the third mast mounting a lateen sail. The mizzenmast could (...) (24 years ago, 8-May-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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This weekend I finally sat down and started on my "Red Seas Barracuda". My original intent for the RSB was to use Red Beard Runner hulls, and build a ship using the BSB directions but using dark grey instead of black as much as possible, and red (...) (24 years ago, 8-May-00, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.build)
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On Sun, 7 May 2000, Bruce Schlickbernd (<Fu64x8.n2H@lugnet.com>) wrote at 02:43:56 (...) Ah. Didn't think of that. Thanks. Given that the rudder was generally not very good for manoeuvring, having a sail as far back as possible increases the (...) (24 years ago, 7-May-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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What type of ship is the BSB? (24 years ago, 7-May-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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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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(...) a (...) That entirely depends on where the rudder is in relation to the extreme above- waterline stern. If you have sufficient rear overhang, the rudder-post (which is what counts here) will be forward of that. I've always felt yawls look (...) (24 years ago, 7-May-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) a (...) Not necessarily. While it isn't necessarily anything of a statement about real ships, take a look at the Skull's Eye Schooner. The mizzenmast is just about above the tail edge of the rudder. I looked through my ship books, and didn't (...) (24 years ago, 7-May-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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On Sat, 6 May 2000, Bruce Schlickbernd (<Fu5MI1.M3F@lugnet.com>) wrote at 20:06:01 (...) I'm curious now. If a mast is aft of the rudder, isn't it in the sea? (24 years ago, 6-May-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) My son and I get out the glove and baseball and play ketch. No? (...) From the front to the back: foremast, mainmast, mizzenmast. The mizzenmast is aft (rear of ship) of the mainmast. This being a two-masted ship (all at once, "that means it's (...) (24 years ago, 6-May-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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