HMS Bounty Project

lemonadedrinker said:
@Nigel

Ignition?:dizzy:

'Mark Twain' as you come up the sandbar.

Amazing to have her heeling over as you go about:redfire: Love the nautical phrases; where they come from I know not, but I did have a bath once long ago and it may be from that traumatic experience.

'Damme Sirrah, set some flap, before I have you flogged' :a1089:

Andy.
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LOL, Andy.

Ignition; Nautical term for whistling up a breeze in our case.

Another good'n; "kiss the gunner's daughter".
The mind boggles as to where that one originated from.

Now, back to work or Skipper may just introduce me to that fair maiden...

:running:
 
I'll admit, since I have never felt enthused by ships in FS I had ignored the thread, but today was one of those set aside to read "extraneous" material.
Very nice Milton! I think I'll be trying this one out a bunch of times - sometimes slow and ponderous is a nice way to go (which is why I fly airships too)
However, I'm not sure about this post...
[h=2]If Only ...[/h]
... we could get this kind of action in FS!
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Having done a fair bit of sailing in my life, including one trip down the west coast from CYVR to SFO in October, in conditions much like the above (creeping along in dead fog for the first day then fighting 45 knot winds and 30 ft seas for the next 3) in a 35 ft sloop I'm not sure I have any desire to replicate it on a monitor that isn't waterproofed inside and out. It was the longest 1000 nm of my life!

Looking forward to it now!
 
Anthin said:
Hi Milton.

I am running FSX ACC only. However I do have a copy of FS9
that I picket up cheap in EB games a little while back.

Regards Anthin.
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Anthin,

Are you running dx9 or dc10?

Also, you seem not to have private messaging turned on so would you please email me using my profile email?
 
srgalahad said:
I'll admit, since I have never felt enthused by ships in FS I had ignored the thread, but today was one of those set aside to read "extraneous" material.
Very nice Milton! I think I'll be trying this one out a bunch of times - sometimes slow and ponderous is a nice way to go (which is why I fly airships too)
However, I'm not sure about this post...
If Only ...

... we could get this kind of action in FS!
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paperclip.png
Attached Thumbnails

Having done a fair bit of sailing in my life, including one trip down the west coast from CYVR to SFO in October, in conditions much like the above (creeping along in dead fog for the first day then fighting 45 knot winds and 30 ft seas for the next 3) in a 35 ft sloop I'm not sure I have any desire to replicate it on a monitor that isn't waterproofed inside and out. It was the longest 1000 nm of my life!

Looking forward to it now!
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Oh wow Sir! What an experience indeed!


Would be happy to have you climb aboard and off insight and seaman's advice.
 
nigel richards said:
LOL, Andy.

Ignition; Nautical term for whistling up a breeze in our case.

Another good'n; "kiss the gunner's daughter".
The mind boggles as to where that one originated from.

Now, back to work or Skipper may just introduce me to that fair maiden...

:running:
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Ah, to expound here: http://www.oldsaltblog.com/2008/10/sailor-talk-kissing-the-gunners-daughter-and-sucking-the-monkey/

Great site there.

You might check this video, "Don't lean on the running rigging". :)

http://www.oldsaltblog.com/2014/05/dont-lean-on-the-running-rigging/
 
Sorry Milton
, trying to find edit options so I can turn it on.
Ithink it is turned on now. I sent you a short message.

Anthin
 
That dose look like one impressive ship ... now off to Tahiti then were did he go .. were did who said ole Capt Bly :encouragement:
 
Rick_Piper said:
Nice to see Uncle Milton still about and still modelling for FS :encouragement:

Regards
Rick
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Hey Rick :wavey: You bet, now retired from the daily grind, I enjoy many hours a day at modeling or watching the stock market, or both.

Now have Harpoons, Lodestars, and Vega Ventura in the wings, along with this HMS Bounty, and a few other WIPs I am chipping away at.

Great to see you.
 
This weekend my focus has been on finishing out the Capt's interior windows, getting lighting throughout, rebuilding parts of the inner hull, and fixing a myriad of unspecified export problems finally attributed to interior windows and cabin structures in the Hold.

Got some lights working on the interior and exterior, and now focusing on refinements on the lower deck.
 
Working on the Captain's Quarters trying to get it furnished with a lot yet to do, and added to the lower deck big room. Lots of little stuff here and there.
 
A lesson in provisions.




LITTLE KNOWN TIDBIT OF NAVAL HISTORY...



The U.S.S. Constitution (“Old Ironsides”), as a combat vessel, carried
48,600 gallons of fresh water for her crew of 475 officers and men.
This was sufficient to last six months of sustained operations at sea.
She carried no evaporators (i.e. fresh water distillers).

According to her ship's log....
"On July 27, 1798, the U.S.S. Constitution sailed from Boston with a full complement of 475 officers and men,

48,600 gallons of fresh water,
7,400 cannon shot,
11,600 pounds of black powder and
49,400 gallons of rum."
Her mission: "To destroy and harass English shipping."

Making Jamaica on 6 October, she took on
826 pounds of flour and 38,300 gallons of rum.
Then she headed for the Azores , arriving there 12 November..
She provisioned with 550 pounds of beef and 14,300 gallons of Portuguese wine.

On 18 November, she set sail for England .
In the ensuing days she defeated five British men-of-warships,
and captured and scuttled 12 English merchant ships,
salvaging only the rum aboard each.

By 26 January, her powder and shot were exhausted.
Nevertheless, although unarmed she made a night raid up the Firth of Clyde in Scotland ..
Her landing party captured a whisky distillery and transferred
20,000 gallons of single malt Scotch aboard by dawn.

Then she headed home.

The U. S. S. Constitution arrived in Boston Harbour on 20 February 1799,
with no cannon shot,
no food,
no powder,
no rum,
no wine,
no whisky,
and 28,600 gallons of water.
GO NAVY!





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Terry,

That's amazing! It seems like a big, expensive beer run. If you liked to drink, the Navy was the place to do it, so it seems. :)
 
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