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Medieval Ship Project - Specialist Report: RIGGING

 

Newport_Medieval_Ship_Project_Specialist.pdf

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A model shipwright and an amateur historian are heads & tails of the same coin

current builds:

HMS Berwick 1775, 1/192 scratchbuild; a Slade 74 in the Navy Board style

Mediator sloop, 1/48 - an 18th century transport scratchbuild 

French longboat - CAF - 1/48, on hold

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Very worthwhile information for those of us interested in the vessels of this period. 

 

Interestingly, no sign of blocks with sheaves, just heart blocks. Which is strange considering that in the Mediterranean sheaved blocks go way back. As I understand it, this ship was Spanish, or possibly Basque. Surprising that the technology doesn't seem to have travelled from one side of Spain to the other. On the other hand, she has a parrel truck, which was a fairly recent development at the time.

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By the way, do you have the rest of the reports? Not sure if you haven't already got this, but there's a website that contains everything relating to this ship at https://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/archives/view/newportship_2013/downloads.cfm

 

I have to say I don't agree with their reconstruction. The person who did it doesn't seem familiar with the proportions of carracks.

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Thanks Steven, didn't know about the further files.

 

Bruce

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A model shipwright and an amateur historian are heads & tails of the same coin

current builds:

HMS Berwick 1775, 1/192 scratchbuild; a Slade 74 in the Navy Board style

Mediator sloop, 1/48 - an 18th century transport scratchbuild 

French longboat - CAF - 1/48, on hold

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