#caravel

[chromaherder]

Besties that trash talk together, stay together.

Happy new year! I’ve been expanding on the design of these two a little bit, thinking about potential dynamics and such based off a couple older poster like illustrations I’ve done of them (the last two images).

Caravel (robo) and Julian (human) are live and breathe solar wind racing partly because that’s what their whole life has been and partly out of spite, each bringing their own personal struggles to their duo and to the rest of the racing cohort, as you do.

[fieriframes]

[We sailed away on a winter's day. With fate as malleable as clay. But ships are fallible, I say. And the nautical, like all things, fades. And I can recall our caravel. A little wicker beetle shell. With four fine masts and lateen sails. Its bearings on Cair Paravel.]

[wyzteri]

Went to see the Niña and Pinta replicas today

[priskeys]

time for progress pics of my current build!

Here's my first ship type. it's modeled after a 15th century Portuguese Caravel, as seen in my breakdown below. I'm still planning out the big ships, but I want to populate the port first.

It took a while for me to find a ship type I was happy with, but the caravel is holding my attention well right now. disclaimer: the plans aren't accurate, they're just my interpretation of how to build them

[jmkho]

Not me putting on Caravel and as the chorus hit I burst into sobs because I finally feel like how I used to and I FUCKING MISSED LISTENING TO THEM AND HAVING THAT FEELING BACK

[ltwilliammowett]

The Caravel

The caravel began as a fishing boat with Latin sails in Portugal in the 13th century. At the beginning of the 14th century, before the time of the great Portuguese discoveries, the same name was used for a two-masted, Latin-sailed merchant ship with forecastle and hut for Mediterranean and coastal voyages. After land links to India had been severed by Turkish occupations and the Mediterranean voyage had lost its importance, Portugal became the nation that intensively sought a southern sea route to India. Prince Henry, known as Henry the Navigator (1394 to 1460), was a far-sighted promoter of shipbuilding and shipping. He deserves credit not only for initiating the further development of the caravel, but also for founding a state-supported observatory and a navigation school at a very early stage.

From the two-masted caravels, the relatively slender three-masted Latin sail caravels (caravela latina) emerged, which were better suited for longer journeys and had exclusively Latin sails on all three masts. A typical feature, to which the name of the ship type is also attributed, was the Kraweel construction, in which the ship's planks butted together directly at their longitudinal seams, so that smooth surfaces were created on the outside and inside of the ship's side walls. The seams were caulked so that the ships took little water even in a swell. In addition, the smooth outer skin could be better protected against fouling and worm damage. Another feature of the caravel was the relatively high stern.

A caravela latina, by Stephen Biesty (x)

Under the influence of and in continuation of Roman traditions with divided square sails, the development of the three-masted square-rigged caravel (caravela redonda) took place during the 15th century, with square sails on the bowsprit, foremast and mainmast. Above the mainsail on the mainmast was the topsail. Because of their favourable steering characteristics, square-rigged caravels always had lateen sails on the mizzen mast. From the 14th to the 16th century, caravels were among the most seaworthy sailing ships, including four-masted caravels. Some consider this a forerunner of the galleons.

Reconstruction of a Caravel of Christopher Columbus. Drawing by Julio Guillen Y Tato (1897-1972), 1932 (x)

Vasco da Gama's ships were also caravels. Of the three ships with which Columbus sailed along Central America in 1492, the Pinta and the Nina were probably caravels, the Santa Maria was probably a Nao. He gave the speed in his diary as up to 15 Italian miles per hour, which is about 11 knots. So it was pretty fast, if you can call it that. The usual Portuguese caravels had a carrying capacity of 50 to 60 tonnes, and later a much higher capacity. Thus, the ships of the Magellan also included larger four-masted caravels.

Because of its advantages over Holland, the caravel construction method soon became the determining construction method for wooden ships throughout Europe. Thus, in 1460, the first "Karvielscheepen" were built in Holland in considerable sizes for 400 loads (800t) carrying capacity with a length of about 43 m and a width of 12 m. In the first half of the 16th century, Lübeck and Gdansk took a leading position in the construction of large Caravel ships.

Square-rigged caravels (here caravela armada) fighting and escorting naos in India Armadas, in: Livro de Lisuarte de Abreu, c. 1565 (x)

A little later, however, the carrack and later the galleons took over and the caravels became less and less important. But not completely, because as a caravela armada - an armed caravel - it remained in service with the Portuguese until the 18th century and was nothing other than a larger cross sail caravel. The Portuguese used it as an escort on the Brazil and India routes as well as to protect shipping with the Atlantic islands, it was used to monitor the Straits of Gibraltar, but also for coastal protection and anti piracy.  

[whencyclopedia]

Prince Henry the Navigator

Prince Henry the Navigator (aka Infante Dom Henrique, 1394-1460) was a Portuguese prince who famously helped capture the North African city of Ceuta, sponsored voyages of exploration with the aim of building colonies in the North Atlantic and West Africa, and began the Portuguese involvement in the African slave trade.

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[jakescaravel]

Hey guys! Welcome to my page! I’m still trying to figure out how to work this app but the first chapter of my pirate Jake fic is complete and i’m working on a mood playlist for it right now! I’m sooo excited to share with you guys the world i’m creating and hopefully I will get the first chapter up soon!

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This series is gonna be sort of a slow burn pairing Jake with the reader and as it unfolds, i’d love any constructive criticism or requests or suggestions, all of it! So I will be accepting anonymous messages! I really hope you guys enjoy!

[seenoversundown]

The Caravel Tavern

Masterpost | Prologue | Jukebox

[smarty-jones]

Caravel

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[mapleicedlatte]

Found this boat just fuckin parked up at the jetty today?? Hello? 👀

[fieriframes]

[We sailed away on a winter's day. With fate as malleable as clay. But ships are fallible, I say. And the nautical, like all things, fades. And I can recall our caravel. A little wicker beetle shell. With four fine masts and lateen sails. Its bearings on Cair Paravel.]

[railraptor]

They scrapped the plan to send Caravel to Royal Ascot next month, but she'll be entered in the Jaipur on Belmont Stakes day. That card is going to be excellent (as always).

[inventing-reality]

[jmkho]

I just want to shake my ass to Caravel 🥺

[histrorybygosh]

Full size replica of the Mathew. John Cabot sailed the Mathew, a caravel, to the east coast of Canada in 1497.

Caravels had a low draught and lanteen or triangular sails with a weight of about 80 tons.