companionways?

[nid_dabeille]

Do companionways in Jackish ships always go up to larboard, down to starboard (if they're athwartships-oriented)? *feels proud of jargon*  Like a letter Z if you were looking at them straight on, nose-to-nose?  (*fails at jargon*)

I really think the movie played a lot of tricks on me. That was very unkind of it, playing on my innocence and trusting nature like that.

I'm even starting to be like Stephen and think that larboard can be the other side of the ship if you just turn around.  And why not?  It sounds quite sensible.

I only fret because of my miniatures, and the fear that since I have no idea what I'm REALLY doing, someone will come along later and say "You did it all WRONG!  You've never set foot aboard a frigate in your life."  And they'll be right.  I've only been on a tiny little 16th century bark.  Whatever a bark is.

Comments

[latin-cat.livejournal.com]

Depends how big the ship is - Victory's go all over the place, including one set that go fore-and-aft from the quarterdeck. There is probably some convention, but I don't know it.

[grace-poppy.livejournal.com]

I mean apart from the fore-aft ones.

Hmm, the harder I try to figure things out, the more confused they become. They probably just move themselves around like staircases in Harry Potter, to amuse the enemy (and the lubbers).

[twirlychelengk.livejournal.com]

Nonetheless your miniatures are a great achievement in themselves; I doubt anyone would be so heartless as to point out this or that nautical flaw, especially as you have spent so much time on making other things gloriously wee and accurate.

I think on most diagrams there are arrows pointing in the direction the stairs go. (Still basing off L'Unite?) *Is not helping.* *buggers off*

[grace-poppy.livejournal.com]

I'm not basing, I'm just wondering.

And you know there's always SOMEONE to point out the flaws.

[twirlychelengk.livejournal.com]

*shrugs* Al'ight.

[grace-poppy.livejournal.com]

mmf.