I found 3 of your stretched threads yesterday, I didn't really understand them but I only gave them a cursory glance before copying, pasting into Word
Vagabond Yesterday, 07:22Sudden gusts are nasty beggars, scared the wotsit out of me when we were knocked onto our beam ends in my mates boat (similar to Dobb's pic), I was just
flash Yesterday, 05:39There's a great deal that will never be official from Ares... the closest thin you'll see to it is my "Stretching Sculpts" series of threads
Diamondback 10-25-2024, 20:28Got caught in a squall sailing a Laser 2 type sailboat. With a sudden gust, the sailboat capsized. We got it upright and to shore, but the experienced
ShadowDragon 10-25-2024, 17:47I've had that sinking feeling twice too! The first was on our shakedown cruise after selling everything we owned. The evening was coming on,
Dobbs 10-25-2024, 17:30There's nothing official from Ares about Phoebe class frigates. I'd say our admiral was just giving us more 18 pounder frigates to choose from. Just
Dobbs 10-25-2024, 17:17When we were first doing initial research before I had my copies of BWAS, there wasn't anything about the Phoebes on Wikipedia to start from. :(
Diamondback 10-25-2024, 15:26Well it's not a happy thought As an ex sailor of a small ship I've had 2 occasions where she was sinking and on both of them I was far more
Vagabond 10-25-2024, 14:12https://www.sailsofglory.org/entry.p...ris-(-Frigate)
This is the Admirals original post, it's in a series that as far as I can
Pity we're gonna lose this thread. Perseverance is fairly close to an Amazon, so that "slower but better turning" would be an excellent note
Diamondback 10-24-2024, 19:41https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Doris_(1808)
Here's another one. The Perseverance class was noted as being slower but more agile than
Many thanks for the glass of 98, John.
Let us enjoy the beauty of the moon together.
Well, it did exist at least, John, though an initial search didn't bring it to the fore. Seems to have had an interesting career until she was lost in
flash 10-24-2024, 05:26Been a while since I went to Pompey to see the ships, it's about an hour or so away from us now so maybe I'll get there again soon.
When I went
I just paid a visit to Portsmouth on September 30. An easy train ride from London for a day out ending with a pint and fish&chips at the "Ship
DeRuyter 10-23-2024, 11:04I shall then take one last capture of the Medals List, unless there are more coming. Congratulations to all these last honorees.
Diamondback 10-23-2024, 08:29Cheers John - Agree with all of those sentiments. Here's to you and the eventual return of Capitaine Jean le Vagabond
Cochrane 10-22-2024, 16:20I have never heard of an HMS Doris. Shall have to look into it further!
Cochrane 10-22-2024, 16:16
HMS Doris!
The nickel summary on Stretching is "what can these models reasonably pass for, even if it means reworking the stats?" :) Goal was an early
Diamondback Yesterday, 07:27