12:01 -- the guy's lowering a sail, but the ropes go through holes in a wooden piece. Is that a euphroe? It is, or a near relation (euphroe usually more suspended, but depends where you need it and why.
12:30 -- one guy's pulling down, but it looks like two more are pulling on the same rope. Why not all three pulling on the same side of the pulley? Why does one guy pull down and the other two pull sideways? Uh, are they raising sails? Looks like they're finishing raising/tightening up a sail. The technique is for the first person to pull directly on the halyard to create slack, while the others provide the pull to hold it there and get it tied off correctly. They're using block and pulley which is a much easier way to tighten sail.
12:32 -- jackpot! guy using tiller. I'm not seeing a tiller there, and ships like that were usually wheel steered (all the rudder rigging hidden down off the deck), but could be converted to tiller in cases of absolute necessity, usally involving a spare yard and a lot of rope.
Also, there's a shot midway through showing the pilot, where you can see the sails also shifting direction. I can't tell if that's just bad editing or if I'm supposed to get the impression that this change in the sail-angle is related to the change in the tiller. Is it? Or is it a matter of the tiller changing to match what the sailors are doing? The sails change according to wind direction, strength and desired heading of the boat - but ideally the person at helm (tiller) dictates all. I can explain the helm's actions in more detail, but how much do you know of the mechanics of sailing, because I don't want to info-dump at you?
36:44 -- the railing are OPEN, whut! I imagine that allows for deck guns. Probably retro-fitted.
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Date: 3 Dec 2012 06:09 pm (UTC)12:01 -- the guy's lowering a sail, but the ropes go through holes in a wooden piece. Is that a euphroe?
It is, or a near relation (euphroe usually more suspended, but depends where you need it and why.
12:30 -- one guy's pulling down, but it looks like two more are pulling on the same rope. Why not all three pulling on the same side of the pulley? Why does one guy pull down and the other two pull sideways? Uh, are they raising sails?
Looks like they're finishing raising/tightening up a sail. The technique is for the first person to pull directly on the halyard to create slack, while the others provide the pull to hold it there and get it tied off correctly. They're using block and pulley which is a much easier way to tighten sail.
12:32 -- jackpot! guy using tiller.
I'm not seeing a tiller there, and ships like that were usually wheel steered (all the rudder rigging hidden down off the deck), but could be converted to tiller in cases of absolute necessity, usally involving a spare yard and a lot of rope.
Also, there's a shot midway through showing the pilot, where you can see the sails also shifting direction. I can't tell if that's just bad editing or if I'm supposed to get the impression that this change in the sail-angle is related to the change in the tiller. Is it? Or is it a matter of the tiller changing to match what the sailors are doing?
The sails change according to wind direction, strength and desired heading of the boat - but ideally the person at helm (tiller) dictates all. I can explain the helm's actions in more detail, but how much do you know of the mechanics of sailing, because I don't want to info-dump at you?
36:44 -- the railing are OPEN, whut!
I imagine that allows for deck guns. Probably retro-fitted.
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