The Anatomy of a Pirate Vessel

[DARKspawn]

While building a pirate ship I came across a problem, I didn't know what all the parts of the pirate ship were called. I was familiar enough with the LEGO pirate ships that I could easily reproduce one, but I kept refering to elements of the vessel as "this bit" or "that thing" and found I was unfamiliar with some of the functions of a sailing ship. Of course, it was google to the rescue. I thought it would be useful to share some of my findings with you. Please feel free to add relevant links to this thread

http://piratemaster.wetpaint.com/page/T ... hip?t=anon - Ship diagrams

http://www.pirates-life.com/ship.html - Types of Pirate vessels & a cut-away of a priate ship

http://www.piratesinfo.com/cpi_Ship_Parts_545.asp - Parts of a ship & a diagram

http://www.nmm.ac.uk/mag/Shared/images/ ... iagram.jpg - another useful diagram for a larger vessel

Hope this helps someone building a ship out there

[NatePC]

Yar! I suddenly realized why all of my ships look a bit... off. The quarterdeck is too high, and the main deck is too low! DARKspawn, you've shivered me timbers! I'll have to correct this over the weekend.

Nate Rackham, esq.

[Ye Olde Republic]

A couple of years ago when I was buying piratey type LEGO parts I went looking for reference books. Honestly, the best ones I found were in the children's section at Chapters. Most of them had cartoony drawings which IMHO, serves a LEGO builder very well. Check it out next time your near your local bookstore but keep in mind that when I was looking PotC II & III were full on so maybe there won't be quite as many as there were then. Don't forget the discount tables etc.

Trevor