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Building a pirate ship
I want a boat like in classic pirate era.
How can I build such a boat? |
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Building a pirate ship
Most pirate ships were 'Prizes', stolen from someone else. They would
'upgrade' after a battle if the defeated ship was in better condition and better suited for their needs. So I guess you could start by walking the docks and finding a 'starter' boat and proceed to out sail and out gun and upgrade (and stay ahead of the law).. Steve s/v Good Intentions |
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Building a pirate ship
"esteve" says:
So I guess you could start by walking the docks and finding a 'starter' boat and proceed to out sail and out gun and upgrade (and stay ahead of the law).. I think you will find to quicker to just do it plank by plank. It is less dangerous. Steve "the other one" |
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Building a pirate ship
how big?
Tom R. Rastell ) writes: I want a boat like in classic pirate era. How can I build such a boat? -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ William R Watt National Capital FreeNet Ottawa's free community network homepage: www.ncf.ca/~ag384/top.htm warning: non-freenet email must have "notspam" in subject or it's returned |
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Building a pirate ship
Since piracy has been fairly common throughout history you will need to pin point the era in which you are interested. To say simply "Classic" is not specific enough. Are you equating "Classic" to, say, sailing vessels on the Spanish Main in 1500 or to modern high speed outboard powered vessels in the Mallacca Straits? If you can narrow your wants to, again say, a hundred year period it is possible to further advise you on your wants. On 3 Nov 2003 00:37:24 GMT, (William R. Watt) wrote: how big? Tom R. Rastell ) writes: I want a boat like in classic pirate era. How can I build such a boat? Cheers, Bruce (reply to k4556[at]inet[dot]co[dot]th) |
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regarding "pirate" ship construction...
For the person wanting to know about building a "classic" pirate ship...
All sorts of ships were used, and pirates today still exist, mainly around SE Asia, and Bangladesh areas. Pirates usually didn't have alot of resources, so they were often left with purchasing older, smaller ships, or whatever they could take or steal. Sloops were common, as well as small merchant vessels with 1 or 2 masts, converted with light cannon and/or swivel deck guns. A sloop was a very small ship, much like the racing sailboats today, fast, and very light. The sloop was favored also because she didn't need a large crew, and could easily flee if trouble came. Sloops had a single mast, mounted typically from 8 to 12 cannon (4 to 6 per side), and were sloop-rigged, and could carry some swivel guns as well. You can do a search online for "pirate sloop", or "sloop-rigging" to get an idea of what such a ship might look like. In the Mediterranean, the Xebec was a good ship for pirates, also a reasonably light and fast ship. The Xebec could mount cannon similar to the sloop, plus carry swivel guns for boarding. Xebecs are lateen-rigged. For a very good idea what lateen-rigging looks like, check out Columbus' ship the Nina. Ships like these required alot of wood to construct them, so replicas of old naval ships today are often built slightly smaller than original. You'll need alot of funds to construct a full-size large ship, although a small ship like the sloop, or possibly a Xebec could be built if you've got alot of time on your hands and live in an area with a steady supply of good quality woods. http://www.geocities.com/xebecinc/index.html This site is helpful for learning more about the Xebec ships. It is helpful to know that the British, French, Portuguese, Russians, and many others used Xebecs or Xebec-types from time to time. Thus it's a good ship to consider if you're serious about building. Let us know if you need more info. Keep in mind, size-wise, most of these ships needed a fairly large crew by today's standards, and were quite large, up to 100 feet or so. |
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