#age of sail

[ltwilliammowett]

Ship at Sunset, by Edward Moran (1829-1901)

#naval art #ship at sunset #19th century #age of sail #art

[illustratus]

HMS Challenger by Eduardo de Martino

#hms challenger #art #marine art #eduardo de martino #england #great britain #maritime #pearl class corvette #royal navy #english #british #sea #waves #clouds #full moon #moonlight #moonlit #moon #sky #expedition #ocean #sail #sailing #steam assisted #age of sail #age of steam

[aye-aye-captain]

"Best of Pellew pouts" | Robert Lindsay as Sir Edward Pellew | Hornblower | Part 1/?

-for anon ♡

#edward pellew #best of Pellew pouts #hornblower #robert lindsay #hornblower series #captain pellew #admiral edward pellew #sir edward pellew #perioddrama #periodedit #perioddramasource #naval officer #age of sail media #age of sail #naval history #aye-aye-captain gifs #these arent all just puts but oh well i love all of his unamused faces hehe

[beggars-opera]

I spent so much of my life romanticizing the Great and Powerful Enormity of the Sea, reading about the salt and the sweat of the sailors straining to haul the sails or anchor while dreading the monsters in the cold, icy deep fathoms below...and now you tell me that a fathom is only 6 feet deep -

#age of sail

[sour-strawberry-kisses]

#sailors #pirates #age of sail #18th century

[cadmusfly]

(Twitter source)

#age of sail #historical royal navy #shipposting

[the-golden-vanity]

I can't be the first person to make this observation, but it's just struck me that Captain Ahab from Moby-Dick and Thomas Blanky from The Terror represent the opposite ends of a spectrum—"How well do you cope with losing your leg to a huge white beast that destroys hubristic seafaring men?"

#“from hell's heart I stab at thee” vs. “I feel like we just got engaged” #moby dick #the terror #captain ahab #thomas blanky #boat media #age of sail #age of sail fiction #maritime #nautical #whale weekly

[victusinveritas]

Gdansk, Poland.

#poland #cities #europe #tall ships #age of sail #fog

[incognita-soul]

Darrell's first day as a ship's cat and bosun's mate on the tall ship Lady Washington!

Here he is inspecting the quality of coils, making sure passengers were heeding the "no smoking" rule, and standing bow watch through the anchor hawse.

He looked very dapper in his PFD and sunglasses! (I highly recommend looking into Surfer Cat for harnesses and PFDs made to fit cat bodies specifically. their gear is well designed, and they are a small company with excellent customer service!)

#im so proud of my son he did so well! #don't worry we haven't replaced marlin he's still our official ships cat #he's just not as comfortable in his pfd yet so he spend the whole sail sulking on the binnacle and i didn't get any good pics of him #lady washington #ships cat #boat cat #black cats #tall ships #age of sail #my post #caturday #darrell blogging #boat adventures

[thekenobee]

*eats a tangerine* fuck you scurvy

#hear hear #remember to eat oranges and tangerines mates #Aubreyad #age of sail

[bantarleton]

Iconic.

#master and commander #Royal Navy #history #military history #tall ships #age of sail #aubrey maturin

[ltwilliammowett]

Lady Cpatain, by Julius Mendes Price ( 1857-1924)

#naval art #lady captain #yachting #19th century #age of sail #age of steam #art

[illustratus]

Sailing Ship at Sea (detail) by Michael Zeno Diemer

#michael zeno diemer #art #age of sail #ship #ships #sea #ocean #marine art #marine #navy #sailing #sails #cannons #europe #european

[aye-aye-captain]

Sir Edward Pellew in his dashing uniform | Hornblower (Retribution)

#edward pellew #hornblower #robert lindsay #hornblower series #captain pellew #sir edward pellew #admiral edward pellew #hornblower: retribution #age of sail #perioddrama #periodedit #perioddramasource #naval officer #age of sail media #naval history #aye-aye-captain gifs

[fuckyeahnaturalphilosophy]

Found this on KnowYourMeme

#master and commander #aubreyad #patrick o'brian #age of sail #memes and things

[lucybellwood]

A while ago Falynn K. asked this question on Twitter:

"So on a tall sailing ship you have the mast, and you have the yards across it--is the yard/spar actually attached to the mast, by like i dunno, a pin or something, or is it strictly roped/lashed to it?"

This is a totally reasonable question! A lot of folks who haven't sailed square riggers might think that the yard stays put, but in fact it needs to move up and down the mast so the sails can be fully set. (Y'know how everyone's always talking about halyards? They literally haul the yard up. You're welcome.)

So to answer the question: yards are held loosely to the mast by a looped line strung with large wooden beads called a parrel. The beads roll up the mast as the yard is raised and lowered. Here's a drawover that hopefully clarifies a little:

Once you start explaining things about tall ship anatomy it's hard to stop, so there's a bit more context for how the sails work:

(These are pages from my comic A Week at Sea with OHP, which you can read online here or grab as a print minicomic here.)

Hope this is helpful!

#boat stuff #tutorials #ship mechanics #age of sail #art tips #tall ships #square rig sailing #oliver hazard perry #tall ship #sail training