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RE: FN-FORUM name this sailing ship
date posted 1st November 2001 14:58
I would suggest that this is a clipper. clippers where very fast sailing
ships used to ship tea. normally schooner rigged (front mast a bit shorter
than the aft) front mast normally square rigged and aft gaff rigged. a
particular feature of these ships was a concave bow. these were very fast
ships in there day and used to race from the far east back to England, the
first one back getting the best price for their tea and other cargo.
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Sent: 01 November 2001 09:24
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Subject: Re: FN-FORUM name this sailing ship
Nicholas Berry asked:
>
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/nicholas.berry1/ship_in_a_bottle/index.ht
m
> Only thing is neither of us are sure what sort of sailing ship this
> is and what to describe it as I think it's a schooner but it
> could be a cutter or a clipper even?. I wondered therefore
> if anyone might have an idea what sort of ship this is :-)
Let's get one thing clear: I know zilch about sailing.
But...I do have a couple of reference books filled with matters
nautical -- and I do know that it's not a clipper because I've just
been researching them for a website on the history of tea.
In 'Ship to Shore', there's a series of line drawings on different
sail and mast configurations. One of them, the 'hermaphrodite brig'
(could that be vaguely appropriate in your case ;o) ) is a
dead-ringer for your ship.
The description of a hermaphrodite brig is:"Two-masted, square-rigged
on the foremast and fore-and-aft rigged on the aftermast (i.e. on the
mainmast)"
That ought to have been conclusive, except that the 'Oxford Companion
to Ships and the Sea' describes a hermaphrodite brig (sometimes known
as a brig-schooner) as: "A two-masted sailing ship rigged on the
foremast as a brig with a square sails set on yards, and as a schooner
on the mainmast, with a square topsail set above a gaff mainsail"
That's impenetrable salty talk. But the phrase "square topsail set
above" seems to differ from the drawing and your model, which both
have the square sail below on the aftmast.
Contact me offlist if you're really desperate, and I'll scan the
drawings in for you.
Chas Walton
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