A Mari Usque Ad Mare

My Post was in regards to #328, read the post and my response carefully! (or read #343)

There's advantages and dis-advantages to being a razee. Unfortunately there's always two sides to a coin, just wanted to counter the notion that she was cut down because of a "bad" design!

You can hate Indefatigable, you can love Indefatigable, but you should not just make stuff up about her! There was NOTHING wrong with her design, the ONLY reason she was razeed was because the British Admiralty feared a 64 would make no match for the newly designed French 74's. She then went on as a frigate with an absolutely illustrious career!

Hahaha, It made me chuckle too .... and then you added the edit.

That's just NOT funny!

What ship won the initial poll? ..... I forgot ...... oh ...... I do remember .... it was Indefatigable!

She looks better with yards

Indy-gate eh? Well ...... GO INDY GO!!!

That's why I kind of think it's funny when people reference replica's as to what the original must have looked like, most sailing or static full size replica's are quite different from the original for a variety of reasons: 1. Accessibility regulations, most people are over 4 ft 8 2. Provisions for an engine, a must-have to get the tourists back by 4PM 3. Weight distribution 4. Modern amenities 5. Safety 6. Materials 7. Money To do things right costs money, lots of it. Most replica projects fail or get compromised simply because the lack of it. The Amsterdam was indeed built solely for tourists, not to create a faithful replica of a Dutch East-Indiaman.

Hey Barberouge, she's not finished quite yet. This one shows the overall size, no yards yet. Added also a side view.

Your image of Indefatigable is quite an abomination, not sure what the people who created the model were drinking? Would be good to have a better image. She was a beautiful ship!

Ontario of course!