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https://apnews.com/article/new-york-buried-boat-revolution-7751e21d35d49dfe27d255ec46048403
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National- and command flags and officiers seniority of the early US Navy
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The Margheretta may have been found
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It is in my local paper today - will scan it later and post.
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Well dang! I can't either now!
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https://www.bangordailynews.com/2025/06/11/down-east/downeast-culture/250-year-old-revolutionary-war-shipwreck-may-have-been-found-in-maine-joam40zk0w/?fbclid=IwQ0xDSwK2WRdjbGNrArZZE2V4dG4DYWVtAjExAAEeuwKA7RfbQplydbcmLdWLZwep6wAIsoI7QOixQDlVKlZ9RiSJc38al5yjAEE_aem_J-uLGf3gUhldu9d0txX6TQ
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I can vouch for the accuracy of the transcription. The numbers were checked by three people during the transcription and publication process. The original photos of the pages are not publicly available (ownership issues). If there are specific values you question I will check with the lead transcriotionist and see if she can relocate the original image.
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Nautical and Model Building Resources
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Joshua Humphreys' Notebook
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Ships in Scale Magazine Sails Again!
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In the nine years since I last updated this post I have acquired a few new resources - print and digital. Attached is a new 168 page update to my available reference works - some 2,500 give or take. I hope this may be of use to some of you. All the best! 2025-03-29 Library of Wayne Tripp.pdf -
Nautical archaeology internship programs
trippwj replied to Ferrus Manus's topic in Nautical/Naval History
Have you looked at the Nautical Archeology Society website or the US affiliates linked from there? Where are you attending college? Do they have a career center? -
From Lincoln Paine's blog: This is a preliminary list of the 110+ books submitted for consideration for one of the eight John R. Lyman Book Awards in maritime history presented by the North American Society for Oceanic History (NASOH) for titles published in 2023. https://lincolnp.substack.com/p/john-r-lyman-book-award-submissions
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The answer, as so often, is that it depends what your interests are - time period, nationality, model building reference or historical reference? Merchant or Naval? British navy floating walls of the 18/19th century - Lavery. Restoration Navy (also useful for merchant ships of the time period - 17th century) then Endsor. I can speak to the quality of both options.
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Hello Wayne,
due to the recent answer on my question concering a statement that Joshua Humphreys may have used french instead of british foot - I was reminded on the notebook - which was available here (and I saw that - but obviously was stupid enough not to download it in 2015).
Do you - by any chance - have any hint on that question where that statement (french foot used by Humphreys) may come from? I know it sounds a bit absurd - but .. just because no one ever questioned it, it must not be false, right?
Now the link in below´s article does not work anymore - is there another place I can download it from?
Can you pls. help me?
Thanks in advance
Marcus
On 5/6/2015 at 10:40 PM, trippwj said:After many (and many more) hours of effort by numerous volunteers, it is now ready and available for viewing. Joshua Humphreys is acknowledged as the principal designer of the original six American frigates. His son, Samuel, was Chief Naval constructor from 1826 until his death in 1846.
The Notebook represents essentially an Aide-mémoire or ready reference on a wide variety of information related to ships and shipbuilding. It opens with the hand copied British Establishment of 1719, and also includes the 1745 establishment, dimensions of many vessels from several nations, and notations on ships wheels, various capstans and much more. It runs chronologically from the first entry (not dated) - some entries provide clues as to the date (such as a notation "captured by the British in 1813) but that also is sporadic. For example, there is an entry for "Dimensions of spars of US Frigate President" followed by "Dimensions of Spars of US Frigate Constitution", however they follow entries for the "Dimension of Brig US Nautilus captured by The British in 1812" and "Rules for masting Frigates 1809", and are followed by "Dimensions of Ship Madison Corvette, Built-Launched at Sacketts Harbour on the Lakes November 1812" and an entry titled "Sept 1814 A Better Rule".
Overall, there is a great deal of information of various detail provided which can aid in understanding the basis for some of the ship design philosophies of Joshua and Samuel. Please note that spellings have been retained as they appear in the source document for the most part, so there may be multiple spellings of the same word. Emendation has generally been restricted to converting the thorn (looks like a y as in ye ) to the appropriate word (such as "the" for ye ), and spelling out certain abbreviations.
It can be downloaded from the Modelshipbuilder website at the bottom of the resources page here:
http://modelshipbuilder.com/page.php?24
We hope that this is a useful reference work for you, and have plans to add to the body of knowledge as we continue transcription of other documents related to the early Navy.
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The following post is from Mystic Seaport. I have no idea who Paul is... As an integral part of the MAINSHEET initiative, one of our goals was to digitize the archived printed copies of The Log of Mystic Seaport for increased and broader public access. The Log ran from 1948-2004, and was included with a museum membership. At its height, the magazine was circulated to over 25,000 members. It included articles of interest on all things maritime, including shipbuilding, history, maritime society and justice, architecture, art, and even invasive species! It is a fabulous resource to remind us of who we are and where we came from as an institution. Please take some time to peruse some of the issues, and you will find that many of our current ideas have a long history. It is also a record and celebration of many of the great thinkers and experts who have come through MSM since the middle of the last century. Paul has been working with volunteers and staff over the last two years to achieve this goal, and it has officially launched! Congratulations to Paul and his team! NEW! All issues of the Log of Mystic Seaport are now available for download. https://research.mysticseaport.org/indexes/log/
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Sorry about that - I tried to share one of the better articles (some were horrible, some inaccurate etc). Regrettably, nearly impossible for lay user to know the strange behaviors of websites across all browsers and possible blockers. In other words, it worked fine for me. Basically, under calm conditions the mast snapped injuring 3 and killing one (a doctor from the local area). Incident occurred at end of 4 day cryise about 1 mile outside the breakwater. USCG along with local FD responded.
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https://www.pressherald.com/2023/10/09/one-killed-3-injured-in-accident-aboard-the-schooner-grace-bailey/
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Construction of Masts for 18th Century 'Ships of the Line'
trippwj replied to tmj's topic in Nautical/Naval History
Look for David The Elements and Practice of Rigging And Seamanship, 1794 which can be found online. Not sure if that is in the version offered by the NRG. Steel provides drawings showing the construction of "made" masts for different classes of ship. -
Focus Stacking
trippwj replied to Dennis P Finegan's topic in Photographing your work. How to do this.
I realize that I am a few years late to the party, and acknowledge that my response, as a Canon EOS 90D user (formerly a Minolta devotee) may have missed a similar reply. My Canon does allow for what Canon refers to as "focus bracketing" - same as focus stacking or focus shift shooting.
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