La Transferata

[TitusV]

A letter arrives at the office of Lady Elysabeth:

My dear Lady,

word has reached the crown of your unfortunate accident. Hencefor, we wish the best of luck and a swift recovery.

But that is not (the only) reason for this letter. It should have reached you together with a ship loaded with troops. The High Council of Trade has decided to accept your request for reinforcement, and sent you some of the best so;diers in the realm.But there is even more. They are brought by the Transferata, wich was the ship the King gave to you as a present on your marriage, hencefort you are allowed to keep it. And together with this letter should reach you a certain 40 Doublouns. Your tries to settle the island of Berelli and your exploration in name of the King have not gone unnoticed, therefor this small reward.

Regards,

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So, this is my first ship ever (or what some of you would call a ship). I'm not pleased about her stern, but I think there are worse ships. CC is very welcome, since I'd like to improve my shipbuilding a lot.

[CelesAurivern]

The shape really reminds me of Luke's landspeeder :D

I'm no master at shipbuilding, but I guess it could do with bigger sails?

[Alfadas]

Far better then I ever could, although that doesn't say much. It looks great for a first attempt! I agree, the sail looks a bit small, but overall it looks great!

[Captain Dee]

Wait a minute... you mean Eslandians get a free ship when they get married?! Move over, folks here I -

Wait. On second thought, I'm happy just as I am, thankyouverymuch! Besides, I'm allergic to every color except red.

Regarding the ship: The hull looks nice for an older type of vessel. Perhaps the stern is on the high side but the overall shape is pretty good. I think it would make a good cog if you swapped the small sail in favor of one large square sail, increased the height of the mast and maybe switched to something with a smaller diameter than the 2x2 rounds, which look huge on something this size. But even if you left the mast alone, switching the sail would be a nice improvement. She's pretty good for a first attempt.

[Maxim I]

Great start! But I am kinda missing a bowsprit :p

Indexed as class 1 T!

[Bregir]

Interesting design, Titus.

I like the tiled decks, and small door to the cabin. Further, from the back, the cabin is very well integrated, and it is good that you did not raise the quarterdeck with the full height of a minifig, but instead have the cabin lowered into the hull. This would work very well on a larger vessel.

Typically, though, small vessels (up to frigate, or indiamen-sized vessel) would all be flushdecked, i.e. with no sterncastle. (Exceptions are very few brigs, and the older types like carracks, caravels, and cogs)

It seems to me that people are generally very keen on building sterncastles, even though they are a rarety on many shiptypes!

You have also tried to give the bow a nice shape, but I think this is more a valuable lesson for you, than a perfect result. She is rather boxy, and the missing bowsprit underlines this "boxy-ness". In fact, I disagree with you. The cabin issue (described above) aside, the stern looks more right to me than the bows. I think you should work more with the general shape of the hull (KB's vessels are great examples - I am not saying we all need to reach his level, but they give a very nice view of the typical shapes), which I am also sure you will do in the future.

And now, the rigging. In short, that sail would get her next to nowhere.

It most of all looks like a jury-rig. (Something set up after the real rigging has been lost in battle or a storm, made from whatever spars and sailcloth is available.)

First thing to note is the location of the mast. That far back, it is going to work like a spear heavy in the wrong end - it wont fly straight! You will need to consider the total sail pressure and the forces it puts on the hull. It sounds complicated, but it really isn't - the sail plan simply need to be balance.

You will need to push the mast forward. For a sloop, it would have to go almost to the foremost soldier, while a cutter (with more emphasis on foresails) would carry it around the position of the other afmost knight.

For a lateen rig, or a single square sail (a cog, basically), the mast should be in between those two positions. For your next vessels, I would probably start with either a sloop or a single lateen rig, as they are the simplest. (Apart from a single square, but that is no good for anything but sailing before the wind)

You will need a bigger sail, and a taller (and slimmer ) mast. I would suggest looking here, and at some pictures of the type you are trying to replicate. And of course, to take inspiration from the builds of others, and the feedback they get. (Yes, with all these builds I do feel like I am reusing the same comments a lot! )

It occurs to me that while buildings and vehicles are very familiar to most people, most people have next to no idea of how a sailing ship works! (Which is perfectly ok, of course - I was raised by a sailor, and have sailed abit myself, so I am probably the true freak here! ) I don't think I ever realised this before entering BoBS