Jack Aubrey's first own ship, the HMS Sophie

[pgargon]

Excellent!
Now we've got the Sophie, the Bellona and the Surprise...
Only a thing, the bulwarks are white...

You're right, but the ship described in the book was in fact the HMS Vencejo and the story is that of the HMS Speedy by Thomas, Lord Cochrane. During the construction of the ship, I have decided on the HMS Vencejo. But maybe I'll build even after the HMS Speedy.

 

[Oskar94]

Ah, perfect... Have you red the last book?

 

[bumpkin]

She does look sweet.

But, technically, I believe the rig depicted on the book cover is called artistic license. It did not exist as shown in the real world. British naval brigs were not originally rigged with a Main Course. Meaning a sail rigged from the lowest yard of the Main Mast. Because the gaff jaws and sail hoops got in the way. By the middle of the 1700's the Americans were setting up a Jack Mast just behind the main mast for the hoops of the Driver sail. Now that the driver was not mounted on the Main mast, they could make the main mast thicker and add woodlins( I think that is what they were called, ropes around the mast to stiffen it.) With the main now stronger the Main course could now be mounted. This rig was referred to as a 'Snow'. Another difference between the Brig and Snow is the size of the Driver sail. The size of the Snow driver was greatly reduced from that of the Brig to offset the increase in sail area caused by adding the Main Course.

Later on the word Snow fell out of use and this rig became known as a Brig. The Main and the jack mast was also moved forward to nearly the middle of the ship to move the center of effort forward and not push the ships head down.

Keep up the good work.
Greg.

 

[carmenara]

Good info; I always wondered what was the difference between the a snow and a brig.

 

[pgargon]

Update 16.02.2010

New Pic

 

[Takeda-One]

A real beauty, I saw this coming up! I love here!

 

[Thomas the Terror]

And they all were AMAZED!

 

[Oskar94]

Excellent! She is beautiful!

 

[pgargon]

New Update 22.02.2010

 

[Takeda-One]

New Update 22.02.2010

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I'm so exited and I just can't hide it! I'm about to loose controle, but I think I like it! I know I know I know... I want to

 

[pgargon]

Update 23.02.2010

 

[Takeda-One]

Looks really nice, can't wait for the final result to have and sail!

 

[pgargon]

Update 25.02.2010

 

[Oskar94]

Beautiful!
Have you uploaded she?

 

[pgargon]

Update 28.02.2010 HMS Sophie is ready now for start!

 

[Takeda-One]

And here my design mod:

Click it!

as usuall

 

[pgargon]

Really nice. The baby is brewing some good textures.

 

[Officerpuppy]

Can we use Sophie for the COAS CM? Credit would be given in the read me for you're creation.

 

[pgargon]

Yes, you can use it in the MOD.

 

[Oskar94]

Hi pgargon, this afternoon, at about the five o'clock i upload the plains, you can find them in my ftp folder... The greyhound is a british 20 guns frigate built in the 1720...