[SR] The Pink Lady (2A)

[dr_spock]

After losing all her ships in the last MRCA, Susieh and her crew went searching for another ship. Since it was after Christmas, she thought maybe someone received a present they didn't like and wanted to toss it out. They went looking around the docks.

Free Ship by dr_spock_888, on Flickr

Lo and behold, a freebie ship license. The Pink Lady is an armed sloop in the class 2A.

Pink and reddish brown doesn't look too bad. 

 

[Garmadon]

  Very funny and neat ship, Dr_Spock, and yes, that color-scheme does work surprisingly well!   Loving those ratline, swivel guns, and sailplan as well!  My only question is, why are the jib and spanker on the boom and bowsprit instead of on the gaff and forestay? 

 

[Kwatchi]

She's very pretty dr_spock.  Hopefully she is lucky as well.

[Capn Frank]

2 hours ago, Garmadon said:

My only question is, why are the jib and spanker on the boom and bowsprit instead of on the gaff and forestay?

Real ships can do it that way.  

[kurigan]

@dr_spock Would you be insulted if i said she make me want cake for some reason? Chocolate layer with strawberry frosting 

[blackdeathgr]

Free ships! Free ships for everyone!!! Hilarious little MOC Dr Spock! May this one fare better than ALL your previous ones . A tribute to Neptune never hurts and it will definitely make an Oleander priest happy (and rich)...

[Captain Braunsfeld]

On 4.1.2017 at 9:50 PM, dr_spock said:

Pink and reddish brown doesn't look too bad. 

 

Yes, and all the colour-blind will agree

It is a nice ship  though.

[TitusV]

 Awesome story, even if it but a few lines long! The pink, though unusual, works quite well IMHO.

[Captain Becker]

Very well executed small little sloop there! And its free! Now who wouldnt want a small and agile little sloop? The colors do match well together indeed

Fair winds and Calm seas!
Captain Charles J. Becker 

[dr_spock]

On 1/4/2017 at 6:12 PM, Garmadon said:

  Very funny and neat ship, Dr_Spock, and yes, that color-scheme does work surprisingly well!   Loving those ratline, swivel guns, and sailplan as well!  My only question is, why are the jib and spanker on the boom and bowsprit instead of on the gaff and forestay? 

 

Thanks.  See Phred's reply. 

On 1/4/2017 at 7:24 PM, Kwatchi said:

She's very pretty dr_spock.  Hopefully she is lucky as well.

Thanks. We shalt see how she doeth in this MRCA.  If she's captured, the new owners will have to like pink. 

On 1/4/2017 at 9:54 PM, kurigan said:

@dr_spock Would you be insulted if i said she make me want cake for some reason? Chocolate layer with strawberry frosting 

No, I wouldn't be insulted.  Now you got me thinking about that Cake By The Ocean song by DNCE. 

On 1/5/2017 at 7:16 AM, blackdeathgr said:

Free ships! Free ships for everyone!!! Hilarious little MOC Dr Spock! May this one fare better than ALL your previous ones . A tribute to Neptune never hurts and it will definitely make an Oleander priest happy (and rich)...

Thanks. Can't go wrong with free ships. The Price Is Right.  What kind of tribute does Nepture accept?

On 1/6/2017 at 4:10 AM, Captain Braunsfeld said:

Yes, and all the colour-blind will agree

It is a nice ship  though.

Thanks.  One can't be too picky with free ships. 

On 1/6/2017 at 10:51 AM, TitusV said:

 Awesome story, even if it but a few lines long! The pink, though unusual, works quite well IMHO.

Thanks. I was never good at being verbose. 

On 1/6/2017 at 11:43 AM, Captain Becker said:

Very well executed small little sloop there! And its free! Now who wouldnt want a small and agile little sloop? The colors do match well together indeed

Fair winds and Calm seas!
Captain Charles J. Becker 

Thanks. 

[Kolonialbeamter]

Being constantly late on commenting - sorry for that - I'd still like to say that this is a cute little vessel, dr_spock  And the story is very comic as usual - please never change that 

Still have to agree with Garmadon on the sail issue, in Phred's example the upper of the two booms - whatever the correct term is - can be hoisted. 

One thing I'm missing, though... an apple as figure head 

Hope she made it through the MCRA... and didn't get molested by youknowwhat 

[kurigan]

Alright, let's see if I can clear a few thing up here.Please mind that I'm not intending to "correct" anyone, but there seems to be some confusion over how these things work. Moreover, even though I've offered explanations of the subject before we all can take advantage of this public post to reach more and newer builders who may not be aware of those previous conversations. 

 

A sail tends to be names for what it attached to, so a staysail is laced to a stay and a gaff sail to the gaff (that the upper yard on the rearmost sail on this vessel). There are two ways to furl a gaff sail. Where a boom (that's the lower spar) is employed the sail can be gathered between the two spars, like in phred's picture, by lowering the gaff on it's halyards. The other method is useful for both boom and soft footed ( no boom) gaff sails. The clew is pulled up to the throat and the sail is a gathered against the gaff and mast. Though it really doesn't matter, since this is just a BoBS build and it's not meant to occur in the real world that seems to be the primary source of confusion here. 

 

A little more about gaff sails: a gaff sail will always be lashed to the mast from which it hangs. In either case of a boom or soft footed gaff sail, they cannot cross the crosstrees. So like here, where the boom hangs from the mainmast and the gaff hangs from the topmast, the sail just won't work. "But if the boom hangs any lower it would hit the mini-fig crew in the head." Yeah, that happens, remember Will Turner on Interceptor? It's just something sailors learn to deal with on small craft like this.  

 

The forestay sail thing garmadon pointed out seems to be much the same as the gaff sail. There should be, if you want to be hyper accurate, a portion of the sail bunched up against the stay making the furled portion somewhat triangular. That would be the part laced around the stay. 

 

Now before I sign off on the topic I just want to say, I like this build. It has a lot of merit. None of what I've said is meant to be disparaging. There is no need for anyone to feel threatened or shown up. I'm just trying to help. If there is something unclear about what I've said, you can ask me for clarification, approach me personally, or just google it, since I don't use any terms you can't just look up. 

[Bregir]

Nice looking sloop with an interesting colourscheme!

As to the rigging debate, I'd add that the headsail will be attached to the stay, but stowed along the bowsprit. (All the loops that hold the sail to the stay will be run down to the bottom of the stay.) Also, when the mainsail is not set, the gaff would be lowered down as in Phred's picture.

Well done, regardless of the rigging nerdisms!

[dr_spock]

Thanks all for the feedback and comments. I think we found the reasons why this ship had a for free sign.

Aye, she did survive the MRCA and gained some booty to fix her up a bit:

Pink Lady Ship by dr_spock_888, on Flickr

 

On 1/14/2017 at 5:27 AM, Kolonialbeamter said:

...One thing I'm missing, though... an apple as figure head  ...

She could be hired to help enforce an apple monopoly.  We are independent contractors afterall.    

On 1/14/2017 at 3:48 PM, kurigan said:

...A sail tends to be names for what it attached to, so a staysail is laced to a stay and a gaff sail to the gaff (that the upper yard on the rearmost sail on this vessel). There are two ways to furl a gaff sail. Where a boom (that's the lower spar) is employed the sail can be gathered between the two spars, like in phred's picture, by lowering the gaff on it's halyards. The other method is useful for both boom and soft footed ( no boom) gaff sails. The clew is pulled up to the throat and the sail is a gathered against the gaff and mast. Though it really doesn't matter, since this is just a BoBS build and it's not meant to occur in the real world that seems to be the primary source of confusion here...

 

On 1/16/2017 at 8:28 AM, Bregir said:

...As to the rigging debate, I'd add that the headsail will be attached to the stay, but stowed along the bowsprit. (All the loops that hold the sail to the stay will be run down to the bottom of the stay.) Also, when the mainsail is not set, the gaff would be lowered down as in Phred's picture...

I used a small Technic flex axle to lower the gaff.  They look like Oreo cookie with vanilla center. 

 

[Captain Dee]

Nice sloop with a unique color scheme. It does remind me of a cake or something... but not bad at all. I do like the reworked version a little better. And the rigging, while simple, looks nicely effective. Keep it up.