Tuesday, April 18, 2023

Half-way up the mast of the swedish east indianman Götheborg , by Richard Sibley

 


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  1. Miles of cable and rope.
    Back in the days of manilla cordage, they changed most every inch every six months or so.
    A voyage of, say two years would start out with enough spare rope to make two complete changes. They'd hope to pick up additional spares as some far port.
    Captains, or more typically the owners, who decided to prolong in service found they might very well lose their ship and its cargo. Crew were expendable.
    Serving the rope lessened chaff but not rot.
    Now dyneema is favored. Yet even dyneema is being replaced by the next best thing. This creates quite the conundrum; a resurgence of historical vessels built from historical plans with mostly historical tools and methods, yet held together with high tech materials.

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    1. Here, hold my beer. me n bro billy got this...

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