#sail training ship

[weergang]

Into Thin Air: The Kobenhavn Mystery

[r-aindr0p]

Ahh even during daytime duties it seems Rollo can't get a minute of tranquility Aight I think I'll tag the vampirook and vamp hunter Rollo posts "croissant de lune" I uh didn't find anything better

[ltwilliammowett]

The Barque Cuauhtémoc (she is a mexican training ship) in Le Havre, France 2017

[scooby-doo-exploration]

earthanthem - Leeward Beach, Providenciales, Turks & Caicos Islands

[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!

[bluejulius]

Snotlout teaching Eret The Dance™️

They are at a celebration and someone starts playing For The Dancing and the Dreaming on panpipes. Everyone from Berk is like “ohhh ohh hell yeah” but Eret is confused. Snotlout at first makes fun of Eret for not knowing the dance but decides he should teach him anyway 🤷

alt version w/no helmet;

“See? Now you’re getting it!”

reference used:

[wickedisback]

I need to stop scrolling and reblogging and go finish writing my fics while I’m sick in bed and have the free time.

[atomic-chronoscaph]

Rails and Sails trading cards - Topps (1955)

[esteemed-excellency]

more pictures of the Palinuro ⚓️

[giaffa]

The ITS Palinuro is in town ✨️

[the-golden-vanity]

The Peruvian four-masted barque Unión, one of the largest sailing ships afloat, alongside the U.S. frigate Constellation, one of the oldest, on a rainy day in Baltimore's Inner Harbor. Photo by @the-golden-vanity.

[thoughtartistry]

[wakingdreamworld]

Sailing Ships - With and Without Anti-Grav - Pt 2

Not much sailing ships in these but they do have a nice vintage sci-fi feel.

[ltwilliammowett]

The old 'Wellesley' hulked in the Tyne, with the training ship 'Cornwall' moored astern of her, by Charles Edward Dixon (1872-1934)

[scooby-doo-exploration]

viktor-sbor

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[keithbangkok]

After a short stay in Jakarta I boarded the Statsraad Lehmkuhl, a Norwegian 3- masted bark. We were bound for the island nation Mauritius almost 3,500 miles to the east. Above are a couple of tentative sketches done in pencil.