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Crikey, Jerry - another beautiful monster under weigh! John
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Instant ship (almost)! Great start, Augie! John
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Nice details, Mobbsie - you're also showing us good examples of your inventive streak! John
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Piet, Just catching up with what you're doing with your sloop - amazing work! John
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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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Off and running, Augie - great start! 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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HMS Druid by Krug - FINISHED - 1:48 - Hahn
Jim Lad replied to kruginmi's topic in - Build logs for subjects built 1751 - 1800
Mark, That Purpleheart false keel is an interesting trademark for your build. I'm glad to see that I'm not the only one who has trouble remembering where the 'safe place' might be! John -
Nice looking head work, Jerry! 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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