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Re: Uncertain Definition of a Ship Type...?
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lugnet.pirates
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Mon, 8 May 2000 21:12:49 GMT
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In lugnet.pirates, Lindsay Frederick Braun writes:
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> Okay...now what do you call the "bonus mast" on a schooner with *four*
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.
> Or do the rules go out the window when money flies innuendo...no, wait, wrong
> ending. I mean, do rules go out the window when you no longer have "true"
> ship-rigs? What on Earth do you call the four bonus masts on the _Thomas W.
> Lawson_?
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> incitingly,
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> Lindsay
Dunno what the Thomas W. Lawson is.
Bruce
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 | | Re: Uncertain Definition of a Ship Type...?
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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, (...) (25 years ago, 9-May-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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| | Re: Uncertain Definition of a Ship Type...?
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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. (...) (25 years ago, 7-May-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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