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great work Cappy - do you really let kids on it or is it just for you? Honestly.

[blushing] Why thank you very much.

Madplanet was over the other day and wanted to know when I was going to build one big enough for me and my friends to play on. I explained that "The Lady" could be considered a 2/3 version, but I'll need to get into a  foundry in order to cast the cannons.

And yes, children are allowed on to play. How else am I going to find the design flaws?

I just re-read my post, and I can't help but chuckle. If someone were to read that out of context.....
~c

do you have plans available Cappy?

And thanks NightShade, that means a lot coming from an honest-to-goodness sailor.

Sorry, Paz, all I had was some rough sketches that I was working from. It was treated as a kind of sculpture project so I wasn't too interested in a plan (heh, that'll look good on my headstone: "Wasn't too interested in a plan") of any kind. I had been scavenging wood from the neighbors in anticipation to building this thing. For example, many of the deck supports are from a failed staircase (some nicely warped stuff, too) and the planks for the sides were once a series of basement shelves.

Heh, sounds like you have a start on your very own ship.

Hey, many of the rusty nails have been pounded kind of flat, mister!