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    Yesterday, 13:22
    Bligh replied to a thread At Sea Again in Wardroom
    What a superb explanation of the proceedure Dobbs. Engines are great when they work, but when they fail ! :help::fixit::steer: Rob.
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    04-14-2024, 12:01
    Dobbs replied to a thread At Sea Again in Wardroom
    Today we moved a bit farther south. I believe that picture is before the small craft advisory arrived 3 hours early. We finished the day with the...
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    04-14-2024, 11:52
    Dobbs replied to a thread At Sea Again in Wardroom
    Yep, Magnificent Hayes is a hero of mine. Here's an excerpt from "Seamanship in the Age of Sail". The last few days, Grace did heel a...
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    04-14-2024, 00:54
    Bligh replied to a thread At Sea Again in Wardroom
    At least you did not need to do any club hauling to get off the lee shore Captain. I look forward to your next log entry. Bligh.
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    04-13-2024, 17:57
    Dobbs replied to a thread At Sea Again in Wardroom
    Garr! 3 days of riding out gales at anchor. For the last one, the wind veered unexpectedly and left us on a lee shore. The picture just doesn't...
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    04-10-2024, 00:55
    Bligh replied to a thread At Sea Again in Wardroom
    A very lovely view of the river from the slope Dobbs. Not only did George live on a "A bit of a bluff" it seems that using a bit of a bluff was...
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    04-10-2024, 00:42
    Bligh replied to a thread New members signing on. in Wardroom
    This morning we welcome a new shipmate to the Anchorage. He is Ricardo from Arizona. Rob.
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    04-09-2024, 05:13
    Dobbs replied to a thread At Sea Again in Wardroom
    Random acts of Piracy Sunday morning we left Washington DC and moved down the Potomac to George Washington's house, Mount Vernon. We anchored off...
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    04-09-2024, 04:14
    Dobbs replied to a thread Medals and promotions Board. in Wardroom
    Thank you, Admiral. It's very shiny!
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    04-07-2024, 01:01
    Bligh replied to a thread Medals and promotions Board. in Wardroom
    :hatsoff: It gives me great pleasure to announce the award of the medal for four years service and 2000 posts to Commander Dobbs, ratified this day...
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    04-06-2024, 12:46
    Bligh replied to a thread At Sea Again in Wardroom
    Good luck sailors. Rob.
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    04-06-2024, 07:15
    Dobbs replied to a thread At Sea Again in Wardroom
    More sailing, Aye, aye! Today is a day of victualing and watering. We sail in two tides.
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    04-06-2024, 00:36
    Bligh replied to a thread At Sea Again in Wardroom
    Now you have gone and milked it for all it's worth. Have you no sailing to be getting on with?:steer: Rob. :wink:
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    04-06-2024, 00:31
    Bligh replied to a thread At Sea Again in Wardroom
    :hmmm:And there I was hoping:pray: that the Apiary joke was going to be the Bee all and end all of these puns.:erk: Bligh.:surrender:
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    04-05-2024, 17:37
    Dobbs replied to a thread At Sea Again in Wardroom
    Here's another one for you, Rob An ice cream shop just up from our boat has these cow-ches (couches) out front.
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    04-05-2024, 16:38
    Dobbs replied to a thread At Sea Again in Wardroom
    Even riding the Metro (English translation - Tube) is a treat This was a perspective shot of a moderately long escalator down to the trains.
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    04-05-2024, 16:31
    Dobbs replied to a thread At Sea Again in Wardroom
    Garr! It was upstairs. There's just so much to see! I took this especially for you, Rob. Ape House, Apiary, what's the diff?
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    04-05-2024, 15:19
    Bligh replied to a thread At Sea Again in Wardroom
    Here is one to be going on with Eric. Rob.
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    04-03-2024, 10:07
    Dobbs replied to a thread Medals and promotions Board. in Wardroom
    A hearty congratulations to both Lankin and Bos'n! It wasn't an easy month for postng.
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    04-03-2024, 09:25
    Bligh replied to a thread Medals and promotions Board. in Wardroom
    :hatsoff: Our top poster for March, was Bob, aka Bos'n. Congratulations also to you. Bligh. :salute:
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    04-03-2024, 09:18
    Bligh replied to a thread Medals and promotions Board. in Wardroom
    :hatsoff: Our top thread starter for March is Lankin. Congratulations to you. Bligh.:salute:
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    04-03-2024, 05:56
    Dobbs replied to a thread At Sea Again in Wardroom
    Yesterday afternoon we explored a corner of the American History Museum. They had a nice collection of commercial sailing vessel models. ...
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    04-02-2024, 23:55
    Bligh replied to a thread At Sea Again in Wardroom
    Ah! Mr Bushnell's invention in the round as it were Dobbs. Rob.
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    04-02-2024, 17:12
    Dobbs replied to a thread At Sea Again in Wardroom
    Turtle Power! We found this in the Spy Museum lobby as we were walking to the American History Museum. Apparently some engineers decided to see...
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    04-02-2024, 01:01
    Bligh replied to a thread At Sea Again in Wardroom
    A very interesting article Dobbs. Thanks. Rob.
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    04-02-2024, 00:51
    Bligh replied to a thread At Sea Again in Wardroom
    Lots of pictures I hope Dobbs. Rob.
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    04-01-2024, 16:25
    Dobbs replied to a thread At Sea Again in Wardroom
    Here's our home for the next few days. The Smithsonian Institute is about 7 blocks away. We went for a walk through the cherry blossoms and checked...
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    04-01-2024, 16:13
    Dobbs replied to a thread At Sea Again in Wardroom
    We found this in Alexandria, just south of DC. She's a reproduction of the sloop Providence. I imagine that there will be a bowsprit on her in the...
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    04-01-2024, 15:39
    Dobbs replied to a thread Disassembling Ares Ships in The Chippy Shop
    :thumbsup: I'm getting an itchy chemistry finger. When the experiments begin, I'll keep you posted.
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    04-01-2024, 15:28
    Dobbs replied to a thread At Sea Again in Wardroom
    I'm thinking so. Maybe the burning of Washington will have a water feature in my history. Suzanne is working to find us a slip at a nearby...
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Napoleonic Ship Wrecks

by Volunteer on 02-13-2013 at 18:32
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Napoleonic Ship Wrecks
I saw some wrecked 1:1200 ship wrecks on someone's website and thought I would try to build a few. The hulls are made of plaster. I found they looked better if I completed the masts and rigging first, then broke the masts.

This one is a 100 gun 3-decker wrecked in battle.




This one is a 74 gun with

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1:1200 French (or British) Port

by Volunteer on 02-02-2013 at 05:47
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For some time I had been thinking about building some terrain for 1:1200 Napoleonic ships. I settled on a European port protected by breakwaters and a fort. So over the holidays I had some time to devote to this. I ordered Langton buildings from Rob Eubanks at Waterloo Miniatures. Then I came across some laminate flooring scraps in the barn and thought hey, these could work as terrain modules. Each piece is 7.5 inches wide. So I cut two pieces 16 inches long and snapped them together to make rectangle

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Popham’s Signal Flag Sheet : Popham’s Signal Flag Sheet 07-01-2017 42
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