Jim Lad
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Daniel,
I doubt that a small merchant schooner would have had boarding steps.
She may have had a small boat of some sort - if so it would probably have been carried on deck.
John
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A belated Happy Birthday, Popeye - and happy rigging, too!
John
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Piet, what's to be said but - nice!
John
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Sure beats my usual fake sheaves, Danny!
John
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There you go, Danny - just like a bought one!
John
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She's coming along very nicely, Neal - you're doing a great job on her.
John
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Hello Daniel, it's nice to see you back.
The reason for the name "A schooner for Port Jackson' is as follows:
Soon after the arrival of the first fleet in Port Jackson in 1788, Governor Arthur Phillip determined that he needed small ships to use in the new colony for exploration and surveying. When the first of the fleet's hired transport returned to England Phillip forwarded a request to the Admiralty for two small schooners for the colony. A design was drawn up in England and titled 'A Schooner For Port Jackson' - as that was it's purpose. The ships were never built in England and nothing happened until the plans and "furniture" for a ship (the metal fittings) were sent out with David Collins' expedition to found a new settlement in Bass Strait in 1803. When the plans finally arrived in Sydney they were no longer needed by the Government, which had built various small ships in the intervening years. As far as can be ascertained from the very few surviving records, Mary Reiby's 'Mercury' was the only ship ever built to the plans.
John
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Lino,
Please provide an English translation of your post, or we will have to delete it.
John
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I bet that's a lot neater than the original yacht, Børge. The fenders were probably lying around in the cabin or cockpit to be tripped over!
John
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Very neatly done indeed, Ilhan.
John
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A lot of complex shapes that you've put in there, Piet. Well done, mate!
John
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That will make a nice build of a significant part of your national history, Bob.
I note from the WWW that she is designated under your Parks Service 'National Historic Landmarks Program'. Is it worth contacting them for information?
John
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I don't know about printing it as a straight picture file, but if you insert the picture into a 'Word' file, you can then make the picture as small as you want it on the page before printing it.
John
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This is getting exciting!
John
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Oh, and I should add, there's a need for a bit more finessing on the planking
A bit of quick work with the sandpaper and she'll be the 'bee's knees', mate!
John
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Hmmm! Just a bit of a difference in quality of rope there, Danny!
John
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Can't wait to see her all dressed up in her rigging finery, Børge.
John