Posted on 03/28/2022 8:51:12 AM PDT by BenLurkin
“Generally speaking, pinnaces were lightly built, single-decked, square-sterned vessels suitable for exploring, trading, and light naval duties. On equal lengths, pinnaces tended to be narrower than other types. Although primarily sailing vessels, many pinnaces carried sweeps for moving in calms or around harbors.”[3]
“The rigs of pinnaces included the single-masted fore-and-aft rig with staysail and sprit mainsail to the mizzenmast, and a square sprit-sail under the bowsprit.”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Full-rigged_pinnace
Where is the ship now?
40 feet?
My neighbor’s boat is bigger than that!.
Of course people were smaller back then..............
PinGGG!....................
Davy Jones’ Locker..............
Tougher too to sail a boat like that across the ocean! (Reminds of a Viking ship).
I’m not a boat person, used to have a 17 foot center console, but crossing the ocean in a boat that small is close to suicidal!................
It’s a secret. You have to read the article:)
Sparrowhawk! Makes me think of that enjoyable sequence of books!
I had a 22 cabin cruiser sailboat. I’ve read that you really want 36’ or more just to go to the Bahamas.
I read the article. Missed the last paragraph.
At least.
The Atlantic Ocean can be very sudden and devastating. Here on the Gulf Coast it’s a bit calmer seas...............
Got that Gulf Stream that’s pretty strong certain times of year. Even with a bigger boat, I’m not sure I could have gone out of sight of land. I sailed lakes.
"As a ship's boat, the pinnace is a light boat, propelled by oars or sails, carried aboard merchant and war vessels in the Age of Sail to serve as a tender. The pinnace was usually rowed but could be rigged with a sail for use in favorable winds. A pinnace would ferry passengers and mail, communicate between vessels, scout to sound anchorages, convey water and provisions, or carry armed sailors for boarding expeditions. The Spanish favored them as lightweight smuggling vessels while the Dutch used them as raiders."Pinnace (ship's boat)
Imagine taking a small tender across the ocean with 25 people on board! It isn't exactly an ocean-going vessel.
I have a house along the Outer Banks in NC. Built in 1903 and as with a number of old houses built in that period, some of the original framing under the house are beams salvaged from an old shipwreck.
We were heading back from the Bahamas a few Summers ago and that day there happened to be a charity event going on. Folks were going from Bimini to FL on stand-up paddle boards. Each one had an escort boat with it, probably 40-50 entries.
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