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Re: Massachusetts schooners, 1750s
From: Frank Reed
Date: 2008 Dec 23, 17:56 -0800
From: Frank Reed
Date: 2008 Dec 23, 17:56 -0800
There is a book available under "Limited Preview" (sort of like shareware for books) at Google Books that includes many, many sail plans and other useful illustrations. It's "The Global Schooner: Origins, Development, Design & Construction 1695-1845" by Karl Heinz Marquardt, Published by Naval Institute Press, 2003, ISBN 1591143284, 9781591143284. Here's the Google link: http://books.google.com/books?id=yA8QBVhS-lMC Have a look at the sail plan of the "Carleston" (1776) on page 33, in particular. As I noted previously, Chapelle's book is really rather old. There's been a lot of scholarship since, and it appears to me that Marquardt's book supercedes Chapelle's. Oh, and Cook's schooner, originally the "Sally" of Marblehead, gets a couple of paragraphs (but no plans that I could find). Marquardt is a professional model ship builder, by the way. -FER PS: I just checked amazon. This book is not subject to "library pricing." It's available for $30-$35 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Navigation List archive: www.fer3.com/arc To post, email NavList@fer3.com To , email NavList-@fer3.com -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
