Sir Cloudsley-Shovell Posted April 27, 2015 Share Posted April 27, 2015 Current course 208 deg,speed 7.7 knots!150 km ish from the Canaries. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan21 Posted April 28, 2015 Share Posted April 28, 2015 Pointing into the 50's isn't unheard of, were talking a fine french frigate here, not a slab sided ship of the line. Niagara pointed up into the low 50's, I was on her tiller close hauled a number of times watching the anemometer and looking up stunned trying to figure out why the fore topsail wasnt luffing yet. Some of these ships were simply built with slightly better rigging geometry to allow sharper bracing of the yards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maturin Posted April 28, 2015 Share Posted April 28, 2015 I suppose the modern sails could also be a lot of help. They are frequently superior to what they had back in the day. I wonder if Niagara can brace her yards up sharper than 60 degrees? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan21 Posted April 28, 2015 Share Posted April 28, 2015 Those are hand stitched natural fiber sails on Hermione, cut in the same way the oldies would have been. Niagara has fairly flat cut sails, that helps but its not a modern invention, they were figuring out that enormous baggy sails lost wind energy too easily in the 18th century, sails got much flatter into the 1800's. She braces her yards alot sharper than Lady, to the naked eye its significant Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Cloudsley-Shovell Posted April 28, 2015 Share Posted April 28, 2015 Course 228, speed 6.2 knts,about 70 km north east of the most Northern of the canaries! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Surcouf Posted April 28, 2015 Share Posted April 28, 2015 The lower yards closer (foresail and mainsail) are 50 ° and 30 ° for the foot ropes from the keel. There necessarily has variations depending on the type of building, the nationality of the building and its design period. With the heel and therefore the looseness of shrouds under the wind, the angle can be 50 ° to 60 °. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Surcouf Posted April 28, 2015 Share Posted April 28, 2015 (edited) https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=p5fTKdC0PMs Edited December 28, 2018 by Surcouf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan21 Posted April 28, 2015 Share Posted April 28, 2015 Beautiful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Surcouf Posted April 30, 2015 Share Posted April 30, 2015 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Surcouf Posted April 30, 2015 Share Posted April 30, 2015 https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=lZh7pOfhC-k Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maturin Posted May 1, 2015 Share Posted May 1, 2015 Every time they take some really good sailing footage, they release it in fast-forward. Argh! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barberouge Posted May 1, 2015 Share Posted May 1, 2015 The ship sails downwind at 8-9kn, with 3 sails set in a 20-22kn wind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Cloudsley-Shovell Posted May 1, 2015 Share Posted May 1, 2015 Approx 20 km off Las Palmas,course 180,speed 6.9 knts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Cloudsley-Shovell Posted May 1, 2015 Share Posted May 1, 2015 She is now in Las Palmas harbour,almost alongside. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Cloudsley-Shovell Posted May 1, 2015 Share Posted May 1, 2015 Alongside in Las Palmas! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Surcouf Posted May 1, 2015 Share Posted May 1, 2015 It is a dock at the port of Las Palmas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Surcouf Posted May 2, 2015 Share Posted May 2, 2015 https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=AGlwFwKAj0o Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Cloudsley-Shovell Posted May 2, 2015 Share Posted May 2, 2015 (edited) Great vid.nice to see the Crew in period costume.Is her compliment of Cannon and Swivel Guns made from Metal or Wood? Edited May 2, 2015 by Sir Cloudsley-Shovell Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Surcouf Posted May 2, 2015 Share Posted May 2, 2015 https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=XQtKw5UV_dA 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Surcouf Posted May 4, 2015 Share Posted May 4, 2015 Arrival of l'Hermione from Las Palmas with pictures http://multimedia.laprovincia.es/fotos/las-palmas-de-gran-canaria/fragata-lhermione-visita-las-palmas-gran-canaria-36085.shtml Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Surcouf Posted May 6, 2015 Share Posted May 6, 2015 L'Hermione is coming out of the port of Las Palmas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Surcouf Posted May 7, 2015 Share Posted May 7, 2015 Goodbye ! https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=qrYKlV5TWiY Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Surcouf Posted May 13, 2015 Share Posted May 13, 2015 Starboard watch https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=8nqpNhndnvs https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=3g7NiNrJ-Sg Wind and heel https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=BFOl5MpkUtk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan21 Posted May 13, 2015 Share Posted May 13, 2015 Ahgg. I have to sail on this ship. Surcouf do you know if they have started working on some kind of programming for after the current voyage yet? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Surcouf Posted May 13, 2015 Share Posted May 13, 2015 Yes me too !!! No, not really yet defined program currently. After her trip, she return in France and first stopover in Brest, then she return to Rochefort. Then she makes a gathering of old boats in France in 2016. After ... I do not know, or say... that I can not say anything Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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