I'm surprised that the techniques used to build a ship a (long) human lifetime ago are lost.https://twitter.com/JeanJAuthor/status/1501488785510465536 …
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Replying to @NoLongerBennett
Ship is a 120 years old. How could that be lost? Don’t we have even older ships preserved?
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Replying to @mikefichera
15 years pre. And HMS Trincomalee, 15 years post. If I had to bet on whether the complete plans for building the Endurance are preserved, I'd take "yes."
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Replying to @NoLongerBennett
@Drachinifel I don’t know anyone that knows more about naval history than you- feel free to confirm or deny.1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes -
Replying to @mikefichera @NoLongerBennett
We've still got her plans, so we know the how, and I'm pretty sure the bill of materials is still floating around somewhere as well. Large wooden shipbuilding survived as a widespread art long enough for substantial records to be preserved.
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Replying to @Drachinifel @mikefichera
As I'd have bet. Thanks. People just say things.
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Check out Tally Ho on YouTube. Dude is rebuilding a 112 year old sailing yacht. He’s got the original plans. It’s 3 years in and a pretty cool project.https://youtube.com/c/SampsonBoatCo
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Replying to @edlongwell @NoLongerBennett and
yeah, I've been watching Sampson Boat Co for 3 years now (and SV Seeker for 10!). Old wooden boat building techniques are not remotely lost - we've been doing this consistently, without gaps, for 4,000+ years.
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also, there is VAST literature on the topic. I've only got ~10 boat building books (half steel, half wood), but you could fill an entire library w the info that's available.
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