Schooner Construction

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1. What is the name of the holes that are cut to let water run off the deck? Sparketing Scuppers Stantions Bungholes

2. On average, how long did it take a colonial shipyard to build a decent schooner? about six months two months, tops about a year at least four years

3. What do you have to do to the rigging before it is finished? Serve and Parcel it Warp and Run it Prepare and Serve it Run and Parcel it

4. What is Sparketing? the pieces of wood that run along below the gunwale the pieces of lead underneath the bowsprit another name for the downhaul the pieces of lead around the tops of the gunposts

5. When climbing the ratlines, which part do you hold on to? the horizontal lines the vertical lines where the horizontals meet the verticals wherever you want to

6. How many masts do true schooners have? Four Three Two One

7. What color are the inside walls and bulkheads painted? Yellow No paint, just varnish Black White

8. Before a battle, why were the walls removed from inside the ship? because it made it easier to move around so they wouldn't splinter apart and kill more men to pack more ammunition into the ship to let more light in

9. What is the name of the hull plank that is thicker than the rest of them? Whalestrake Girthstrake Wellstrake Gunwale

10. Where was the schooner Sultana (which enforced British taxes on the colonies) first constructed? Baltimore Boston New York Philadelphia