10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «WHIPSTAFF»
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1
A Short History of the Sailing Ship
Of course, he had a compass in front of him, and usually he would be steering by
that. The diagram in Fig. 103 is intended to show how the whipstaff worked. It
shows a section across the ship at the fore end of the tiller, looking toward the
stern.
Romola Anderson, R. C. Anderson, 2012
2
The Arming and Fitting of English Ships of War, 1600-1815
Brian Lavery. The Whipstaff The whipstaff, or 'whip' as it was sometimes called,
was the . standard means of steering a large or medium sized vessel in the
seventeenth century. In 1625 it was described as follows: 'The whip is that staff
which ...
WHIPSTAFF Black Bart used a whipstaff to steer, and captured a ship with a new-
fangled steering wheel, but its captain had taken the wheel ashore, much to his
disappointment. Captain Henry Mainwaring, in his 'Seaman's Glossary' of 1623, ...
4
Seamanship in the Age of Sail: An Account of the ...
Prior to the invention of the wheel, large ships were steered either with tackles
hooked to both sides of the tiller, or by means of a whipstaff. It is easy enough to
see how the tackles could have been rigged and used to control the tiller ...
The tiller and whipstaff; 3. The tiller and wheel. The position from which the
rudder is controlled is termed the steering position. The tiller We have already
discussed this component in connection with the rudder itself, so there is no need
to ...
Wolfram zu Mondfeld, 2005
6
The Construction and Fitting of the English Man of War, ...
When a whipstaff was employed, the length of the tiller was relative to the
position of the whipstaff beam from the after end of the rudder stock; the whipstaff
was attached to the fore end of the tiller. Tillers made from timber remained
square in ...
I grasped the whipstaff and heaved on it, as hard as I could. Musk went to the
other side, and pushed. Le Blanc, Polzeath and Carvell looked at each other in
confusion, then stepped to the whipstaff. 'All of us, together, on my count of three.
Never mind," retorted Whipstaff, who was notoriously not worth a penny, and in
dire difficulties. " Let me alone, and I shall turn up trumps yet. Every bird feathers
his nest in a different manner. The wisest one, after all, is perhaps he who never ...
George Augustus Sala, 188
9
Sailing into the Past: Learning from Replica Ships
The 1606–7 fleet had both whipstaff (Susan Constant) and tillers (Godspeed and
Discovery). The tiller is very responsive for smaller vessels but diminishes as
vessel size increases and as sea conditions worsen. The new Godspeed and ...
10
The Pirate Hunter: The True Story of Captain Kidd
Kidd ordered the helmsman to move the whipstaff so the Adventure Galley would
follow that ship. (Readers can be forgiven for picturing the captain spinning the
ship's wheel to alter the course. Wheels with their familiar spokes didn't arrive till
...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «WHIPSTAFF»
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whipstaff is used in the context of the following news items.
Sailing back in time aboard Kalmar Nyckel off Provincetown
On the way out, passengers' attention is drawn to one of the more unusual features of this ship, the steering mechanism known as a whipstaff. This large, vertical ... «Wicked Local Provincetown, Jul 15»
12 Movie Villains from the '90s You Probably Forgot About
Greedy Carrigan should have just been satisfied with the creepy Whipstaff Manor given to her by her late father. '90s Villains You Probably Forgot About. Instead ... «Zimbio, Jul 15»
Rodinná fantasy CASPER z roku 1995 konečně na Blu-ray od …
“Terapeut duchů” doktor James Harvey (Bill Pullman) přijíždí se svou dcerou Kat (Christina Ricci) na panství Whipstaff, kde bydlí chamtivá majitelka Carrigan ... «eKamarád.cz, Jul 15»
Ouija et les maisons hantées au cinéma (VIDEOS)
À l'occasion de la sortie du film d'épouvante Ouija, retour sur les plus grandes maisons hantées du cinéma. De la résidence d'Amityville au manoir de Whipstaff, ... «Télé Loisirs.fr, Apr 15»
No steering wheel
There's no steering wheel, which came later in the 17th Century. The rudder is guided by a “whipstaff,” a vertical stick connected the rudder. #• The heavy ship ... «San Diego Reader, Oct 14»
Haunted houses that featured in our favourite spooky Halloween flicks
It was, however, the inspiration for Whipstaff Manor, the home of Casper McFadden in Casper (1995), based on the cartoon Casper the Friendly Ghost. Roxbury ... «Irish Independent, Oct 14»
13 Movies Set in New England to Watch This Halloween Season
Seeing as the Whipstaff Manor is in Friendship, Maine, it goes to show that cold isn't out of the ordinary in these parts. Lake Placid (1999) – In the fictional town ... «BostInno, Oct 14»
Halloween: Five family-friendly films to enjoy
Then, one day, two new visitors, one played by Christina Ricci show up on the doorstep of his fantastically haunted house, Whipstaff Manor. 4. The Addams ... «ChronicleLive, Oct 14»
Tivoli Theatre Presents FREE Showing of “Casper” October 25
The movie tells the story of a greedy heiress who inherits the haunted Whipstaff Manor and discovers that the house contains a treasure guarded by three nasty ... «Chicago Tribune, Oct 14»
'Casper' Announced for Blu-ray
... excitement and ghostly surprises. "Ghost therapist" Dr. James Harvey (Bill Pullman) and his daughter Kat (Christina Ricci) arrive at drafty, old Whipstaff Manor. «High-Def Digest, Jun 14»
