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Re: Wire Rigged Bark
Posted: October 6, 2010, 9:54 am
by Les Weston
Thanks for the info. I was primarily interested in what wire rigged was, but your Bark definition is very informative.
Re: Wire Rigged Bark
Posted: October 5, 2010, 2:25 pm
by Timerover51
Les Weston wrote:In the "this day in history" section of the news, 10/4, it states that the British Lion was the first Bark on the lakes to be wire rigged.
I have never heard that term used?
Thanks.
A bark, or also spelled "barque", is a three-masted sailing vessel with the fore and main masts square-rigged, and the mizzen mast fore and aft rigged.
Re: Wire Rigged Bark
Posted: October 5, 2010, 1:51 pm
by Les Weston
Thanks for the reply. I suspected that was the case, but my suspicions have a way of messing with the facts, so I wanted confirmation.
Re: Wire Rigged Bark
Posted: October 5, 2010, 5:47 am
by Aarcr
A bark is a style of sailing ship. Wire rigged would indicate that the rigging holding the masts was wire rope instead of a natural fiber rope.
Wire Rigged Bark
Posted: October 4, 2010, 10:55 am
by Les Weston
In the "this day in history" section of the news, 10/4, it states that the British Lion was the first Bark on the lakes to be wire rigged.
I have never heard that term used?
Thanks.