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I found a set of tea spoons at the thrift store.

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Ik word echt blij van jouw blog :)

awh en dat maakt mij blij! 

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What is weergang? This bit of a castle wall where you can walk upon and shoot/trow things down to people you don't like. Or insults.

Anyway why am I telling you this.

There's one castle in the Netherlands, which (still) has a covered (with a roof) weergang. Castle Hernen. And I was there today:

Only geese down below btw, so I didn't trow anything.

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Best three masted sail plan? (explanation below)

Ship (aka Full Rigged)

Barque

Barquentine (Schooner barque)

Topsail Schooner

Schooner

Voting ended onMay 29, 2024

Ship (aka Full-rigged): All three masts square-rigged.

Barque: First two masts square-rigged, the mizzen fore-and-aft rigged

Barquentine (Schooner barque): Fore mast square-rigged, main and mizzen fore-and-aft.

Topsail schooner: All masts fore-and-aft rigged, but with topsails on the foremast

Schooner: All masts fore-and-aft rigged

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Best 2 masted sail plan poll!

After last year's succes of this 'best 3 masted sail plan' poll, we are now going for the 2 masted variants!

Best 2 masted sail plan (explanation below!)

Brig

Brigantine

Schooner brig (aka Hermaphrodite brig)

Schooner

Topsail schooner

Ketch

Junk

Dhow / Felucca

Yawl

Lugger

Bilander

Snow

Voting ended onMay 30, 2025

Brig: Square sails on both masts, aft mast taller. 1 fore-and-aft sail behind main (aft) mast for manoeuvering.

Brigantine: Fore mast rigged with square sails. Aft mast fore-and-aft main sail, but square top and topgallant.

Schoonerbrig / Hermaphrodite brig: Fore mast rigged with square sails, aft mast rigged fore-and-aft.

Schooner: all masts rigged fore-and-aft. With the aft mast being taller.

Topsail schooner: Schooner + square topsails on one or both masts.

Ketch: fore-and-aft rigged, with the fore mast taller and the aft mast smaller.

Junk: Full batten sails

Dhow / Felucca: Lateen sails on both masts

Yawl: fore-and-aft rigged, but aft mast much smaller and postioned behind the rudder.

Lugger: Fore and aft rigged on both masts (either one can be taller or both of equal length) But the sails hang off yards, which protrude a little bit before the mast.

Bilander: Square rigged on the fore mast. Lateen mainsail on the taller aft mast, with top and top-gallant square sails above that.

Snow: Almost the same as Brig or Brigantine. But the Fore-aft-Sail of the aft mast is flown of a smaller mast directly behind the main mast, attached top and bottom.

That's the 12 option I can put! I probably forget one, but you will tell me in the comments :)

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Actually this is very accurate!

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Off to sword practise. Collecting more bruises and sore muscles.

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Snow