Comfy | Never Sea Land http://neversealand.downtothesea.org/2008/03/25/comfy/ "And we sail and we sail and we never see land, just the rum in the bottle and a pipe in my hand..." Wed, 07 Jan 2009 22:50:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1 Comfy | Never Sea Land http://neversealand.downtothesea.org/2008/03/25/comfy/#comment-824 will Tue, 25 Mar 2008 23:08:57 +0000 http://neversealand.downtothesea.org/2008/03/25/comfy/#comment-824 i love leeboards!!! they're like ears. i love leeboards!!! they’re like ears.

]]> Comfy | Never Sea Land http://neversealand.downtothesea.org/2008/03/25/comfy/#comment-829 Chris Partridge Wed, 26 Mar 2008 06:56:50 +0000 http://neversealand.downtothesea.org/2008/03/25/comfy/#comment-829 She's not a Thames barge, which usually has a sprit rig, but a Humber Keel from Yorkshire. See http://nationalhistoricships.org.uk/index.cfm/event/getVessel/vref/1834 for more, plus a picture of Daybreak under topsail. She’s not a Thames barge, which usually has a sprit rig, but a Humber Keel from Yorkshire. See http://nationalhistoricships.org.uk/index.cfm/event/getVessel/vref/1834 for more, plus a picture of Daybreak under topsail.

]]> Comfy | Never Sea Land http://neversealand.downtothesea.org/2008/03/25/comfy/#comment-845 Gavin Fri, 28 Mar 2008 18:46:04 +0000 http://neversealand.downtothesea.org/2008/03/25/comfy/#comment-845 Chris P's right on the money - though I can see you might confuse them. There aren't too many keels around, for one thing! Unlike the fore-and-aft sprit rig with a tiny mizzen arrangement of a Thames barge, a keel has a square sail said to have been inherited from Viking invaders. Gav Chris P’s right on the money - though I can see you might confuse them. There aren’t too many keels around, for one thing!

Unlike the fore-and-aft sprit rig with a tiny mizzen arrangement of a Thames barge, a keel has a square sail said to have been inherited from Viking invaders.

Gav

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