Friday, October 9, 2020

A ship’s hull is repaired in dry dock in France, c. 1890

 


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  1. Dry dock? or careening while afloat?

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  2. What I think fascinating is other than the turn of the bilge, there is very little edge set in the planking.

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  3. It's in a dry dock so there is no need for careening. I'm pretty sure that ship has fallen off the blocks. Its rigging is tangled up with the boat next to it.

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  4. I'd say careened, and the rigging seems to have been carefully arranged over the mast of the barge next to it.

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    1. Yes, and the yards have been set down and maybe the top hamper removed as well (difficult to tell from the angle if the remaining mast(s) are the same height)

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    2. Yeah, you're probably right. I hadn't noticed the angle of the yards until you pointed it out.

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