What is your favorite type of ship?

[cs]

Mine is the Brig. What is yours?



Chad

Would add more, but only limited to 10 choices

[Joe ( Cold Spring on Hudson )]

I'm partial to Catboats

[cs]

But Joe a catBOAT is a boat. I'm looking for something that is more along the lines of a ship.

Chad

[Dale R. Hamilton]

WAITAMINUTE WAITAMINUTE ! You listed only sailboats. What about power? They are ships too and much more desirable.

[rbgarr]

"Dreadnought" ... just for the name.

So much better than "Mom's Mink".

[Thorne]

Problem is that both the overall term "ship" and the specific terms "brig", "frigate", etc are time-dependant -- in other words, the meanings have changed over time.

My period of interest is the 17th Century, and hardly any of the terms were 'hard and fast' -- even though some were in use like frigate.

Ship used to mean anything with three masts or more, but has different meaning now and in the 16th-19th C's.

[Don Z.]

Chad,
You've quite left off the Corvette...

[skylark]

what is the difference between a hermaphrodite brig and a brig or brigantine?

[cs]

A brig is a two masted square rigged

Brigantine is also two masted wit at least one of them square rigged

Hermaphrodite brig is shooner rigged on the main mast

I tried to include as many as I could, but was limited to 10.

Chad

[P.I. Stazzer-Newt]

No mention of partnership or friendship.

[Joe ( Cold Spring on Hudson )]

But Joe a catBOAT is a boat. I'm looking for something that is more along the lines of a ship.

Chad

CatSHIP

Kathleen



An Almost 30ft Catboat is a Ship

[Matt J.]

There's simply nothing as pretty as a well designed schooner, IMHO. The Alden Malabar II is just as pretty as a reasonably small schooner gets, and it's the boat I hang my dreams on.

Just nothing better:

[Joe ( Cold Spring on Hudson )]

Matt I voted Schooner as well. Ya cant go wrong with a well designed schooner.

[Bob Adams]

Why do all the choices have sails?

[Gary Bergman]

I'll stick to me tops'l ketch; but I'd love to add a cro'jack for the mizzen......."Shameless Plug Warning"..Someone from our crew list just sent us this link to the History Channel production of 'True Carribean Pirates', July 9 at 8 p.m. eastern

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Re94r...bean%20pirates

[martin schulz]

Cutter

(unfortunately not offered)

[Klabi]

Moin moin.
In the moment, this is my favorite ship:

but if you can give me some little money
i will by and favorite this one

Tschüss Heiko

[rbgarr]

"Moin moin" ???

[S/V Laura Ellen]

Ship of Fools is not one of the choices.

[Buddy Sharpton]

Got to be a purist and insist that if we are talking about miltary sail, or even merchant sail, the vessel must have three masts to be a ship. I'm a bit doubtful, but I don't think a three or more masted schooner would be called a ship universally, but what with the tall ships lore, it has become so.

A frigate for me, because it allows independent action and enterprise. Bigger ship of the line put you under the direct supervision of flag officers.

[ahp]

Barquenteen was not mentioned, and it is my favorite. In Kipling's "Captains Courageus" he says that every sailor knows that the Barquentine is the most feminine of all vessels.

[Cec]

There's simply nothing as pretty as a well designed schooner, IMHO. The Alden Malabar II is just as pretty as a reasonably small schooner gets, and it's the boat I hang my dreams on.

Just nothing better:

"The only noble thing a man can do with money is to build a schooner."
- Robert Louis Stevenson

[ingo]

"Moin moin" ???

This is an old greeting from the Frisian Language and means literally "good, good". Usually we use it in the very northern Germany.

[Tanbark Spanker]

Fredonia schooner. But, I found that sailing a 30' knockabout sloop is a lot less effort.

[Klabi]

"Moin moin" ???

look at :
http://www.woodenboat-ubb.com/vbulle...ighlight=heiko

[cs]

I see I'm about the only one that has voted for the straight up brig. Schooners seem to be taking a commanding lead while the ketch comes in a distance second.

Chad

[Tom Robb]

CS,
Not to mention the press-ganged crew to man her.

[Tom Robb]

My fantasy boat is a tug. The practical bulldog aesthetic - neat!
Almost any L. F. H. ketch has to be on the list too.

[cs]

CS,
Not to mention the press-ganged crew to man her.

Tom, if you see a brig sailing up the Ohio with the Jolly Roger flying and crazy skinny baldhead rebel at the helm, you might want to head for the hills, or least stay away from the waterfront.

Chad

[Andrew Craig-Bennett]

I am going to be in a tiny minority.

I actually like big tankers.

This is quite the wrong answer, I know.

[WindHawk]

Of course, they've built some rather odd looking five-masted schooners, but for sheer beauty, the two or three masted schooner is tops in my book. OTOH, I agree with Tristan Jones (among others) that the yawl is best for long-distance singlehanding. The mizzen does look a bit odd hanging off the back, but oh so very usefull.

[Tom Robb]

Well now I know to never accept a free drink from Chad.

[Paul Pless]

[ahp]

That last photo looks like the "Pride of Baltimore II" That type of vessel sometimes was discribed as "When speed and deviltry signed on as shipmates."

[Bob Adams]

I do believe that is the Pride. Although it doesn't have sails, I always thought an Iowa class battlewagon had nice lines.

[Larry P.]

I know i'm biased but I still vote the ketch:

[Paul Pless]

That last photo looks like the "Pride of Baltimore II" That type of vessel sometimes was discribed as "When speed and deviltry signed on as shipmates."

yup that's the Pride II, positively rakish eh?

speaking of rakish schooners...



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