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CDR_Ret reacted to a post in a topic: New Version of DELFTship
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New Version of DELFTship
anaxamander49 replied to CDR_Ret's topic in CAD and 3D Modelling/Drafting Plans with Software
I'm working on an early 17th century ship, and have a really naïve question that will clearly show I've never used Delfthsip before: Delftship asks you to input the length. What length? The length of the keel? The length that corresponds to the distance from the foremost station to the aftmost station? Some other length? Thanks!!!! -
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I've just received a copy of McKay's new book on the Sovereign of the Seas. Here is a picture of the gun rigging he proposes. Does that look reasonable? (Note that the cascabel shown on the gun doesn't seem to look very much like the cascabel's on guns made by John Browne, who made the guns for the Sovereign.) Charlie T.
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anaxamander49 started following HMS Sovereign of the Seas by Sjors - DeAgostini - 1:84, What is the tackle for cannons on 1640 era English ships like the Mary Rose?, Sovereign of the Seas 1637 by modelshipwright (Bill Short) - Sergal - 1:78 - Port "as built", Starboard "as presented to King Charles I for approval" and 3 others
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I hope this isn't hijacking a thread, but I'm in a situation where the more I read, the less I know and, unfortunately, Caruana's book is a tad pricey, so I'd appreciate any help you can give me. Specifically, I'm interested in cannon tackles around 1640, and more specifically, the kind of tackles that might have been on the Sovereign of the Seas (1637). I've read Peter Kirch's book "The Galleon", and he not only says guns of this era didn't recoil (which may be an overstatement), but also that they were loaded from the outside of the ship. Similarly, James Sephton in his book on the Sovereign
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Knights in 17th Century Ships
anaxamander49 replied to anaxamander49's topic in Masting, rigging and sails
Thank you very much for your answers! They are both very helpful, and I sure do appreciate them. -
I am researching the Sovereign of the Seas (1637), but this question could pertain to many other English and Dutch ships of the same era. Specifically, RC Anderson, in his book "The Rigging of Ships in the Days of the Spritsail Topmast", notes that the knights associated with the fore and main masts were between decks (see pages 76-77 of his book). This implies that the ropes leading to the knights went through a hole in the deck. Is that correct? If not, how did they travel to the knights? If this is correct, then I have several questions: (1) Are there any "rules of thumb" for how big t
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