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thunderstruck9 · 1 year
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James Tissot (French, 1836-1902), Room Overlooking the Harbour. Oil on panel, 10 x 13 in.
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fentonphoto · 7 months
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A different view of Mount Baker. @travelandlovelife-blog @travelingpage @natgeotravel
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ltwilliammowett · 2 years
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Masts, yards, rigging and sails
Once the hull was completed, the three masts were attached, which were common to all rated Men-o-War. As these ships carried an enormous sail area, it was not possible to use masts built from a single pole, as no tree grew tall enough or was strong enough. The mast was therefore built in three sections, with the thickest and strongest section running through the decks to the keel (on some smaller ships such as frigates, the mizzen mast, the smallest of the three masts, ended at the level of the lower deck.
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Spars
The wooden poles fixed to the masts and bowsprit- which included yards, booms and gaffs, to which the sails were attached- were then added. These were, in order from bow to stern and from upper to lower:
Bowsprit: sprit topsail; jib boom (the upper section of the two piece bowsprit); spritsail yard; bowsprit
Foremast: fore royal yard; forreste topgallantmast; fore topsail yard; fore yard; fore mast
Mainmast: main royal yard; main topgallant yard; main topgallant mast; main topsail yard; main topmast; main yard; main mast Mizzen mast:
mizzen royal yard; mizzen topfgallant yard; mizzen topgallant mast; main topsail yard; main topmast; main yard; mainmast
With the masts and spars completed, the ship was rigged, which meant adding all the ropes, cables and chains used to support the masts and spars (standing rigging) and to raise, lower and adjust sails and yards (running rigging), as well as the tackle- pulley blocks, eyebolts and so on- needed to hold or adjust it . There was literally miles of rigging in a rated warship, but it was essential to the ship, and included shrouds and stays. (shrouds supported the masts and ran from the ship’s sides, and in their two lower sections included ratlines, which functioned as rope ladders for men going aloft; stays also supported the masts but ran fore and aft - a stay running forward towards the bow is a forestay, and one running towards the stern is a backstay).
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With the standing rigging completed, the sails and running rigging were added. the former wer attached to the yards at the top, and could be purpose, or raised, lowered ot otherwise adjusted by means of the running rigging. Sailing a large three masted man of war was therefore a formidably complex business, and the training of officers and crew in handling sails and rigging was central to good shiphandling and seamanship.
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sspacegodd · 4 months
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My favorite thing to talk about is how words are no longer necessary.
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giffypudding · 12 days
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In 14 something something someone sailed the ocean blue
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todaysdocument · 2 years
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West-bound vessels wait at Fort Brady Pier before passing through the Soo Locks, Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, 7/4/1892.
Series: Construction and Renovation Photographs of St. Marys Falls Canal and Locks, ca. 1889 - 1941
Record Group 77: Records of the Office of the Chief of Engineers, 1789 - 1999
Image description: Ships and boats of various sizes are docked at the side of a pier. Their dark masts contrast with the light, cloudy sky. On the pier are piles of barrels and large blocks. A few people walk along the pier.
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monsieurbj · 11 months
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DO NOT REBLOG IN NSFW, 18+ (Porno, Naked), AND not in TRASH BLOGS, racism, politic, guns/wars blogs, thanks. Thanks for your views!
Sunrise from the cockpit of my yacht moored in the LaConner Marina, Washington.
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scenicworlds · 22 days
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February 3, 2024
Rockland, ME.
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maleficea · 3 months
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Cutty Sark. Greenwich, London. 2022
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wfxue · 4 months
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20231202_F0001: In front of the the floating hostel
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20231202_F0001: In front of the the floating hostel by Wei-Feng Xue Via Flickr: - Front view of Af Chapman from over #10YearsAgo. This is a moored ship serving as a hostel in Stockholm.
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hsundholm · 9 months
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Night in Leuvehaven
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Night in Leuvehaven by Henrik Sundholm Via Flickr: The last photo I got on my daytrip to Rotterdam, Netherlands.
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the-most-sublime-fool · 5 months
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Then, too, at sea—to use a homely but expressive phrase—you miss a man so much. A dozen men are shut up together in a little bark, upon the wide, wide sea, and for months and months see no forms and hear no voices but their own, and one is taken suddenly from among them, and they miss him at every turn. It is like losing a limb. There are no new faces or new scenes to fill up the gap. There is always an empty berth in the forecastle, and one man wanting when the small night watch is mustered. There is one less to take up the wheel, and one less to lay out with you upon the yard. You miss his form, and the sound of his voice, for habit had made them almost necessary to you, and each of your senses feels the loss.
—a sailor's diary entry, on losing a shipmate, ca. 1834 (from Two Years Before the Mast by Richard Henry Dana Jr.)
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ltwilliammowett · 2 years
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Masts, by Ariadna de Raadt-Goldberg
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sspacegodd · 26 days
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He slept on his pillar, either sitting up or curled in a ball. He ate and drank sparingly, depending on the kindness of locals and the local monastery. Some say he stayed atop the pillar naked when his clothes wore out. Others say that he was immediately provided with emergency clothes from the village hamper when this happened.
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Some accounts have him relieving himself over the side, the lower portions of his pillar covered in excrement and urine. Others, remembered a bucket.
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huariqueje · 3 months
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The Mistery IV   -    Francis Di Fronzo , 2020.
American, b.1969-
Oil, watercolor and gouache on panel , 15 1/4 x 19 1/2 in.
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mysharona1987 · 2 months
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Honestly I doubt he’s the only one in congress that feels like this, he’s just the only one dumb/arrogant enough to say it
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