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than first thought, before 1700. Incidentally, the two principal systems, the wheel and whipstaff, continued in parallel use past the mid- l 700s, but by 1737 the whipstaff had been entirely replaced by the wheel in the Royal Navy. Another interesting note in The Mariner's Mirror (pp273-5), by Richard Barker, sets about the long-overdue task of demolishing the legendary size of Chinese junks of the 1400s, showing that the supposed 449 x 183-foot Ming treasure ship drawing 30 feet would, assuming the traditional flat-bottomed hull, be a ship of some 31,000 tons! Barker suggests lines of investigation to winkle out this massive error-and all seamen may breathe easier knowing that the wooden vessels of nearly 200-foot beam bowling along the China seas never happened. (TheMariner's Mirror, National Maritime Museum, London SE15 9NF, England)
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A 20x30 inch picture history of watercraft progress from the Egyptian reed boat to the Hycfrofoil. A total of34 vessels. Baltic cog, Chinese junk, Clermont, Savannah, Titanic, Normandie, U.S. Naval and Merchant ships, etc. Pen and Ink drawing $39. Remarqued ln color $99. Postpaid. John N . Muszynski PO Box 1602, St. Au!rustine, FL32085-1602
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G.A. Boeckling, the 1909 steam side wheel passenger ferry suffered severely from a suspicious fire at2: 15AM on June 21, 1989. The vessel is damaged beyond repair, after the valiant efforts of the Friends of Boekling had restored her to a condition where her outward appearance reflected how she looked in her heyday. In a special emergency meeting of the Friends, it was decided unanimously to relinquish the hull to their insurahce company for $70,000. Members and trustees are consideri ng their options of how to use this money to remember G.A . Boekling. (Friends, PO Box 736, Sandusky, Ohio 44870) BULLETIN: The fate of the bark Galatea, fonner Spanish Navy training ship now laid up in Ferro] is uncertain. Built in 1896 in Glasgow, the 2800-ton vessel is jubilee rigged (no royals), and has been adapted for sail training use and berthing for a complement of225. (WST, 129A North Street, Burwell, Cambr.t idge, CB5 OBB , England) SEA HISTORY 52, WINTER 1989-90
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