[COR - FB] Western Wind - Class 2

[Flavius Gratian]

Malcolm had brought good news: the ship was finished and out of drydock. Captain Branson, whom Hugo had hired to lead Lavendwood Commercial Trading Agricultural and Manufacturing Enterprise Limited's first trade run, had already prepared the cargo and was currently loading it onto the ship. He further invited Hugo to the docks to look over the final preparations for the journey.

Hugo could feel the salt coming from the sea as he got closer to the Belson docks. He walked by ship after ship, all with crews buzzing around getting ready to leave for the New World. Oh! How many times had he not watched them set sail and return with cargo holds bursting with wealth? It was in those moments that he truly understood Lawliet's love for the sea, the endless opportunities it offered. And now, finally, one ship heading off past the horizon was his.

Hugo recognised Captain Branson from the other end of the pier, a large, barrel chested man with a brown, closing on red, beard. He had sailed the Brick Seas for fifteen years and had only lost his cargo thrice.

Hugo arrives at the dock

"Sir Hugo, welcome!" Branson shouted as he noticed him. "As you can see she's quite ready. She's fine ship, sir, she truly is!"

"I'm glad you approve, Captain. Your expertise is highly regarded! When will you be able to set to sail?"

"We're just loading the last of the cargo, so we just have to wait for the wind and tide, but that won't take long. We'll be away in three days at most!"

Hugo and Captain Branson

"Good! Hugo answered, then he added anxiously: "And you're sure about the route, no fear of pirates?"

"Ha! Pirates! I have only once been cought by those lowly scum, and look at her!" and they both turned toward the ship.

The Western Wind

"The Western Wind is the fastest ship this side of Terraversa, and with me at the helm no ship will even get close! The route is nothing complicated, quite standard" Branson said with a smile, "but lucrative, of course!"

Hugo felt relieved, Captain Branson was right. In month's time she would have made a sizable profit for the Lavendwood etc etc Enterprise Limited. His business venture was ready to start.

 

She's larger in real life than she looked in LDD, but I still think she qualifies as a class 2. I'm trying to build my ships closer to real life scale compared to the minifigs, so even a small cutter like the Western Wind would be quite big.

C&C appreciated

Spoiler

I'm especially happy with the tiller as I think it fits her size

Tiller aft

Tiller front

Unfortunatly I havn't had the time or funds to finish the masts and some details yet, so you'll have to do with my original LDD design for the full ship

Western Wind LDD

Western Wind LDD 2

Finally a picture of the whole ship from the side and one of Captain Branson and his crew

From the side

Captain Branson and Crew

 

Edited February 14, 2018 by Flavius Gratian

[Sir Stig]

Very nice ship. "..only once.." 

If it was an example picture I would be leaning more towards class 3, but it is never a problem to build it bigger than the class it is licensed as.

[SilentWolf]

This is a great little ship! Nice way to plunge into BOBS! The cargo hold is a nice touch, and the dock makes a nice storytelling feature. I hope your first ventures are lucrative!