The Rule of the Road.
When all three lights I see ahead,
I turn to Starboard and show my Red.
Green to Green, Red to Red,
Perfect Safety – Go Ahead.
But if to Starboard Red appear,
It is my duty to keep clear –
To act as judgment says is proper:
To Port or Starboard, Back or Stop her.
And if upon my Port is seen
A Steamer’s Starboard light of Green,
I hold my course and watch to see
That Green to Port stays Clear of me.
Both in safety and in doubt
Always keep a good look out.
In danger, with no room to turn,
Ease her, Stop her, Go Astern.

Hoorah!
I just noticed; my cock up (answer 'Neptune') from a month ago has finally dropped off my tally😀

😎

So would I CPO Commodore!
Rules of the Road plus civility👍
😎

I would do both, pass to port and wave and say hello.

Never knew the Manchester S.C. was that long🤣🤣

Hi Doug. This is why I love this board, occasionally I learn something!! You’re right……but maybe, just maybe I meant why are the hobby shops missing……?
Yeah….it’s a stretch, it’s all I have for now, trying to save face.
I might not be the sharpest tool in the box, but at least I’m still good looking…and humble too!!🤣🤣🤣
Have a good’un Doug
Cash

El Niño is the warm sea surface temperature phase of the El Niño southern oscillation (ENSO) while La Niña is the cool phase of sea surface temperature. Neither El Niño nor La Niña are currents per se. Their warm or cold SST characteristics are conveyed by more than one ocean current system.
As the question states, the affects of El Niño (warm SSTs) & La Niña (cool SSTs) greatly affect worldwide weather.

Here is a rather long article that explains how & why the Pacific Ocean influences global weather. You can speed read it to understand the basic ideas.
https://www.popsci.com/how-pacific-ocean-changes-weather-around-world/

Hi PhilH, It was the 2nd. mast that snapped. I glued the snapped parts together and I hope they stay glued.

She has been out sailing since so fingers crossed.

Roy

Hi Roycv
Bet the air turned blue when that happened did you join it or make new mast 😎

Hi Cash,
I know what you meant, and it's a very valid question, but-
That's a common misinterpretation of 'wherefore'. You're not alone in that.
Contrary to common belief; “wherefore” means “why”, not “where” – Juliet isn't asking where Romeo is; she's plaintively asking (rhetorically) why he has to be a Montague, and the sworn enemy of her family.
Her next line removes all doubt:
“Deny thy father and refuse thy name” – in other words, don't be a Montague!
Sorry🤔
Cheers, Doug😎

It started raining over the lake my yacht was wet and she slipped from my fingers and bashed her mast on the tailgate of my car.

Young in limbs, in judgement old.

It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven upon the place beneath and is twice blessed.

She is twiced blessed as this was a tryout of a second suit of sails and mast.

Gracia, it is bettter to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all.

She is alright now has been repaired and sailed again.

Parting is such sweet sorrow.

Roy

Hobby shop, hobby shop, wherefore art thou hobby shop?😀

Er Bill ...
Wasn't that "Lend me your beer"?😂😋
😎

To scratch-build or kit build?
THAT is the question.
Whether tis nobler in the mind to suffer the pain and frustration of outrageously expensive and faulty kits,
Or to take tools against a plethora of faults,
And by doing it yourself fix them…
😁
Act 3, scene 1 of ...?
(Today's supplementary question, as long as we're on a Shakespeare binge😉)

Monologue of Mark Antony in William Shakespeare's "Julius Caesar"?

Great Bill. Mythical!

Monologue revisited! ahahahahaha

Friends,Romans,Countryman….Lend me your model boat knowledge,plans and ideas 👍

Hi Doug nice quote.

I love Shakespeare.

I imagine that you study Shakespeare and other greats as we study Dante and other greats.

SI have read all of his works for pure pleasure.

Hi Scratcb... I am beginning to miss Titanic being an option as well.
We shall just have to wait!

One of my worries is that it might be the right answer!

Roy

I thought it was “Titanic” then realized I hadn’t taken my tablets ☹️.
Regards
Bill.

Thanks Stephen👍
"Truth will out!" The Merchant of Venice, Willy Shakespeare.😁
😎

I went for the sloop, but totally forgot about frigate turned "slaver" Concord which became Blackbeard's Queen Anne's Revenge.😉

I went the the sloop option as thought the Mamoli kit was a Corsair’s Sloop.

Oops, I see you corrected it but the discussion was really interesting.
I really liked this question, I prefer it to those on television.
Thanks Stephen.

Hi Stephen, Doug and Edw. Greetings to all ship modelers on this forum.

I want to appeal to the Court of Appeal! Ahahahaha.

Joke!

The question turned into an excellent discussion point on a topic that we love very much: ships and naval history.
So thank you Stephen.

You will certainly have more sources with which to compare these statements of mine.

There are two topics:

Did Frigates exist in the 18th century?

Was Blackbeard's (Edward Teach) flagship a frigate?

The first question is the one I care about most.
The type of ship called a frigate certainly existed in the 18th and 19th centuries.
In that period almost all war navies, and certainly the most powerful ones, such as the British and French, had double or triple-deck vessels for line deployment.
The frigates did not participate in the line deployment for many reasons. They were wasted for a line deployment, having only one bridge, being less armed and being less protected.
Furthermore, their agility and speed would not have been exploited online.
However, they were very important warships and part of the official lists and deployments.
Even though they had only one deck, they had a strong armament, inferior only to ships of the line.
They were excellent for escort, warning, reconnaissance etc. duties. etc.
Suitable for operating alone or in support of larger ships.
The term frigate disappeared for a long period (certainly absent in the First and Second World Wars) but reappeared in recent times.
This answer indicated in the photo must therefore certainly be eliminated, otherwise we will make bad disclosure.

The second issue is that Blackbeard commanded sloops of war before the Concorde and after its capture he had other sloops of war available in his fleet, but Edward Teach's flagship is the Queen's Anne Revenge. Unequivocally.
She is launched in Bristol as Concorde, she is captured by the French and then captured again by the English thanks to Blackbeard.
It would be interesting to consult the official archives of the English and/or French navy to see how she was registered. A job for professional historians out of our reach.

I agree with those who state Blackbeard’s ship was a frigate. After I got the question wrong I when and checked the article I had read about it been found and that and the associated articles all state it was a frigate.
A Sloop of War only had a maximum of 18 guns and fell outside of the Royal Navy rating system which started at 20 guns. Queen Anne’s Revenge had 40 guns and could out gun most ships of that time and therefore a frigate.
But then that is my humble opinion and have been known to be wrong.

Hi Stephen,
I have to agree with Alessandro!
All my reference sources (and various Nation Geographic and other documentaries) refer to Blackbeard's last command and flagship, Queen Anne's Revenge, former La Concorde, as a 40 Gun Full Rigged Frigate.
He may well have commanded a smaller sloop type vessel before that.

Both terms Sloop of War and Frigate have been used fairly loosely since the 15th century, covering a variety of sizes, sail plans and armaments.
In the Royal Navy of the 18th century a Sloop of War was an unrated ship of up to 18 guns.
Historical records, and recent exploration of the wreck, show that Blackbeard's last command carried 40 guns. 30 of which have been salvaged to date.
As La Concorde the French had used her as a Naval Frigate and she had been converted to a Slave Ship when Blackbeard captured her in 1717.

Just a brief resume. 😉 Many books have been written on the subject!
Cheers, Doug 😎
PS. As Capt. Mike Flynn of HMAS Hammersley (Sea Patrol) said:
"There's nothing I enjoy more than a good throat-ripping debate!"

If everyone is in agreement, I'll retrospectively change it to Frigate 😁 but I'll await more feedback. I see most have actually put Galleon so far. We can safely say it's not submarine at least 👍

Stephen

Good morning everyone.

I wrote Frigate and I'm still convinced that it's the right answer.

It is very true that the galleon no longer existed in Edward Teach's time.

It is very true that the submarine did not yet exist in Edward Teach's time.

It is absolutely not true that frigates did not exist in Edward Teach's time.

They were fast ships used for escort, patrolling rather than battle in line, in fact they were less armed and less powerful than contemporary vessels.

The Concorde captured by Edward Teach was a frigate.
Whoever built it says so.
She was renamed Queen's Anne Revenge and became Teach's flagship.

On all my sources the Concorde/Queen's Anne Revenge is listed as a Frigate.

The important thing is that you do not pass on the incorrect information that the Frigate was not a ship existing in the 18th century (as was explained in the answer). It really existed.

He’s not my friend. Captain Barnacle for President.😬

❤️❤️❤️❤️
my friend Captain Haddock 😊😊😊
M-C

There were THREE models of the Unicorn!!😁

Ouis 👍 today, never was much good at French 😂

Ed Tordahl is on the Subcommittee I believe, he runs with our group. I’ll give him a holler too.

RE Stingray. This is the bloke that makes the semikits..
Mamas Pitsillis. Take a look at his website...

Wrong, hey ho. You live and learn 😊

Re: Stingray. There’s an article in Feb 2023 Model Boats magazine about a Stingray build.

I seem to recall someone doing a mould of her a number of years back. Perhaps someone at The SubCommitee knows. I'll check

Well, at least it’s a 3 view.😁
Cash

Not found a kit yet, but at least some 'plans'.
And a sort of build blog.
The search continues😉
😎

http://www.davidsissonmodels.co.uk/I%20want%20to%20build%20Stingray.htm

http://davidsissonmodels.co.uk/stingray.htm

Cheers Bill, better try to clear the backlog I seem to be accumulating at the moment 😀. However, if anyone does know of a link!!!

Chris.
Go for it.
Would be a good one to follow.
Bill👍

There was a company making grp/resin kits for an RC Stingray, a Titan Terror Fish and Agent X Two Zero but I can't find a link.

Always fancied making a rc version of Stingray, although Thunderbirds was my preferred go to.

Standby for action! Anything can happen in the next half hour!

I worry a ,and think how come I know the answer to this trivia?

I must be on my way to when the past was better than the present. I think I need some sort of world rescue organization.

Roy

Here is an explanation
https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/guides/coast-and-sea/shipping-forecast

question of the day 15th Nov.
Which of these is a sea area in the shipping forecast?
Is there a precise explanation to be found?
🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄

Salute, Michel-C

Hi Nick yes she is PLAudit and as you say a plan from Model Boats magazine.
I have grown very fond of her. And have adopted her into my family.

She was a 'left over' from an auction.

Regards

Roy

Fisher German Bight....

Hi Roy. Is that the PLADIT that was a plan feature in M B magazine years ago?