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Chapter Two
Figure 2.188. Plate XLIV. The ship from the side.
(59 II 35) On the plate showing the Ship from the side: is clearly visible, the placement and shape of the Quarter gallery, the window in the Cabin, the gunports, how most of them open upward, but others in the waist as at letter A, the shape of the rudder, and the stem: as at B between the wales F , the railings at C, and the washstrake at D, besides the hawseholes E and channels G. [ . . . ]
Against the Ship, and the Beakhead at K , a console
gure is often made.
the stern was partly removable, providing space for guns firing aft. A privy was made in the benc h to one side, where the captain could relieve himself. The lead soil pipe ended between the decorations of the counter.
The windows were quite high, and a person c ould look through them on ly when st anding. Wall cupboards for household effects were installed against the bulkhead between cabin and steering stand
Berths were sometimes made in the s ides and some- times against the bulkhead; in the fore-and-aft berth there was a small window in the ship’s side. Another window, farther aft, opened into the quarter gallery. On large ships this would be a door that opened into the quarter gallery, where cupboards and privies were located.
93. Make the Partners ready.
(95 I 4) To obtain the rake of the main mast, measure the depth from the k eel to the underside of the main deck, or the upper side of the hold beams, and as many
Figure 2.189. Figure 2.190.
(left) Plate XLI. Cabin bench.
(right) Plate XXX. Window in the side.
the legs are broad 2 inch es, and the batten making the foot of the berth, is broad 3 inches; thick 2 inches, wide between the aftermost leg 10 inches, between the hanger wide 31⁄2 inches, and between the other wide 12 inches, The post underneath the foot, wide 6 inches.
(89 I 34) 51. About the bench, aft in the Stern.
1. The bench in the stern, high 1 foot, 6 inches, broad
1 foot, 8 inches.
2. The posts, thick 2 inches, broad 21⁄2 inches.
3. The Lid, broad 1 foot 9 inches, thick 2 inches. 4. Forward closed with one-inch planks.
92. Panel the Cabin, and Make the Berths in There
Witsen was pretty expa nsive about the panelin g of the cabin of this pi nas, which is fortunate, as a number of characteristics also figured on other ships.
Thus here, as on other ship s, the bench built against
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