#Perry Square

[sm-selenographer]

Totality over Perry Square, Erie, Pennsylvania, April 8, 2024, 15:19:39 EDT | SM Piotrowski

[lucybellwood]

A while ago Falynn K. asked this question on Twitter:

"So on a tall sailing ship you have the mast, and you have the yards across it--is the yard/spar actually attached to the mast, by like i dunno, a pin or something, or is it strictly roped/lashed to it?"

This is a totally reasonable question! A lot of folks who haven't sailed square riggers might think that the yard stays put, but in fact it needs to move up and down the mast so the sails can be fully set. (Y'know how everyone's always talking about halyards? They literally haul the yard up. You're welcome.)

So to answer the question: yards are held loosely to the mast by a looped line strung with large wooden beads called a parrel. The beads roll up the mast as the yard is raised and lowered. Here's a drawover that hopefully clarifies a little:

Once you start explaining things about tall ship anatomy it's hard to stop, so there's a bit more context for how the sails work:

(These are pages from my comic A Week at Sea with OHP, which you can read online here or grab as a print minicomic here.)

Hope this is helpful!

[milesworld96]

I’m back on my bullshit

[tacodemuerte]

i didnt evne notice he grabbed shibata;s leG..oUGUGUOGUOO

[theperrylleluniverse]

Such a strut!!! I love him!!!

[wingamy24]

DAY 4 FELLAS: ANNIE² VS TROY X BRITTA

i think we all know who's going to win here. trobed and jeffbritta nation... UNITE

[frommybookbook]

Your Honor, I love him.

[hyperboreandad-82]

[piscesscake]

saturn square

midheaven

Angelina Jolie Claudia Schiffer Kesha

Katy Perry Paris Jackson Lana Del Rey

[its-a-hare-pom-pom]

Rest in peace Chandler Bing you would have loved galvanised square steel

[totalcl0wn]

remembering how I used to play pokemon as a dress up game

[archersgoon]

rereading ch1 thescreamingskull.gif what is he supposed to do what is he supposed to do!!!!!!!! he can't be a farmer and a soldier hes only got one choice but anytime he moves in that direction they get pissed at him!! gee i wonder why he keeps skipping out on lessons with the priestking do you think perhaps sending him out to torture and kill people (starting at 15/16) and letting him think that's all he's good for may have influenced his thoughts on the matter? why would he bother. genuinely. "oh you'll have to bond with a girl eventually" okay well first of all that's very heteronormative of you perri*. second of all i think it is like, pretty clear to the people around him that to froi being part of the guard in the way they want him to is very much an all or nothing deal. even discounting his relationship with sex&romance if he's not able to do both (family+the guard) now how is he going to be able to expect to do it later? like he's backed into this corner where he "can't do both" explicitly, but at the same time he's expected to do both but only in the way they want him to he is not being given a choice in the matter. "Once a boy with no home, Froi now found himself torn between two." and this is about sayles/the guard in chapter 1!!! how well did this mindset work out for you guys now neither of you get to keep him. they turn him into a weapon (this is text there's the whole flashback where trevanion says like "You're a weapon Froi. Maybe the best we've ever created.") then when he thinks of himself as one they act as though he's wronged them personally

*i know tomas and bosco are sick of his ass

[spookley-daily]

i... I don't know...

[theperrylleluniverse]

so many fun little details here - paul rubbing his fingers together, perry putting his hand in his pocket then taking it out then putting it back again, the sly little looks they keep exchanging

[wigglepiggle]

and a platipus

YEAHHHHHH

[taratarotgreene]

Sage Love, Venus in Sagittarius

Sage Love, Venus in Sagittarius

Venus, everyone’s fave planet of LOVE, women, beauty, relationships, bling, and money enters fiery Sagittarius on November 15 at 10:09 pm PST/ November 16 at 1:09 am EST/ 6:09 am pm GMT to horse around in love until DECEMBER 9TH and she makes a lovely Square to Jupiter in PISCES earlier on that day at 29 Sagittarius. Venus in Sage’s Love language needs space, humour, adventure, learning,…