Top products from r/Tallships
We found 7 product mentions on r/Tallships. We ranked the 7 resulting products by number of redditors who mentioned them. Here are the top 20.
1. The Sailmaker's Apprentice: A Guide for the Self-Reliant Sailor
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Show Reddit reviews2. The Young Sea Officer's Sheet Anchor : Or a Key to the Leading of Rigging and to Practical Seamanship
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Show Reddit reviews3. Eagle Seamanship: A Manual for Square-Rigger Sailing
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Number of reviews: 1
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Show Reddit reviews4. Seamanship in the Age of Sail: An Account of the Shiphandling of the Sailing Man-of-War 1600-1860, Based on Contemporary Sources
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Number of reviews: 1
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Show Reddit reviews5. Sailing into the Past: Learning from Replica Ships
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Number of reviews: 1
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Show Reddit reviews6. Asian Home Bamboo Roll Up Window Blind Sun Shade W30 x H72
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Show Reddit reviews7. Booms Fishing T04 Fishing Lanyards 6pcs Pack Fishing Tool/Pole Safety Coil Lanyard Retractable Wire Inside Tup Cover
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Designed for fishing tools to keep your gear safe and provide a quick accessThe attachment ends are crimped and covered in heat shrink tubing so don’t snag on anythingOne end is 304 stainless steel split ring, and the other end is the zinc alloy lobster clipMade of built-in steel wire and TPU coat...
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I'm not sure if this helps but Brian Toss's Sailmakers Apprentice would be a good place to start for understanding the pros and cons of sail design for larger sailing vessels. Definitely helped me figure gaff rigs out.
I use fisherman's lanyards. Basically like small telephone cord. Not exactly a "traditional" look, but they're effective.
I might go with something like bamboo slat window blinds/shades.
Cheap and pre-rigged. Might weather better. :D
Well, it's worth remembering that the term "Tall Ship" refers to any traditionally-rigged sailing vessel, which covers hundreds of years of evolution in sailing technology, hence the mechanics of sailing, say, the Roseway, a 1925 Gloucester fishing schooner, are vastly different from sailing the Kalmar Nyckel, a replica of 1625 Dutch pinnace.
That being said, the best book I can recommend is Seamanship in the Age of Sail. It's a modern book, but based on contemporary sources, gives a very thorough explanation of how a 17th-19th century Man-of-War would have been rigged, sailed, and manuevered.
You could sit for a couple hours and watch Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World. Peter Weir was pretty obsessive about the technical details of the sailing of a ship. See what you pick up there. After that, hit up any of the Patrick O'Brian books.
For a more handy, long-term, and comprehensive reference, pick up a copy of the Eagle Seamanship Manual. You can get it mad cheap at Amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/Eagle-Seamanship-Manual-Square-Rigger-Sailing/dp/0870212516
I'm not a tall ship sailor. I gleaned that fact from this book:
http://www.amazon.com/Sailing-into-Past-Learning-Replica/dp/1591148111
You should watch this and related videos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJa4B0H0tAc
Harland will tell you all about reefing and Beafort conditions. There is also Jean Boudriot, who rivals Harland in sheer awesomeness. Here is what he records for a French Third Rate: http://imgur.com/6oEMqT0
You probably won't find his massive tomes on 'The 74-Gun Ship' anywhere for a sane price, so I recommend interlibrary loan.
Tacking and wearing times for a French 74-gunner of the 1780s: http://imgur.com/5Dd7Z3g
On a tall ship, as I recall - stays are named for the TALLEST point they attach, these are drawn horizonatally so they could be:
The (Fore | Main) Mast Topmast (Back?) Stay, and Fore Lower (Back?) stay
I think the “go-to” book for this is:
https://www.amazon.com/Young-Sea-Officers-Sheet-Anchor/dp/0486402207
For example on a 3 masted bark, there might be 2 stays on the main mast, the Main Topmast Stay, and the Main Royal Stay.
They tallest point is on the Main mast (not the fore mast, not the mizen) it does not use the word back - so the forward point is lower. And main mast is probably in 3 parts, the lower the topmast, and the t’gallent or royal mast.