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Concerning Screaming Narwhal

feverfewfeverfew
edited August 2009 in Tales of Monkey Island
It may be a stupid question, but... what kind of ship the Narwhal is? I thought it might be a sloop, but it looks more like a small galleon. Any guys with nautical knowledge out there? ;)

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  • SHODANFreemanSHODANFreeman
    edited August 2009
    Sloops have triangular sails and only one deck, I believe. I think it's a galleon.
  • alexonfyrealexonfyre
    edited August 2009
    Its a Narwhal class pirate-y type ship. Similar to the USS Arizona
  • SHODANFreemanSHODANFreeman
    edited August 2009
    alexonfyre wrote: »
    Its a Narwhal class pirate-y type ship. Similar to the USS Arizona

    Your link says "stolen" when I click on it.
  • MonkeyManiaMonkeyMania
    edited August 2009
    copy and paste the link, Pale Man.
  • feverfewfeverfew
    edited August 2009
    Yeah, I also thought it could be a galleon, but should galleons be that small? I mean, it was navigable with a crew of two :p

    edit: I think it might be a carrack, but with one mast only? Weird...

    Nao_Victoria.jpg
  • alexonfyrealexonfyre
    edited August 2009
    or better yet, don't really worry about it, it was a stupid joke anyway =P
  • SpadgeSpadge
    edited August 2009
    Well, the ship is made from junk washed ashore. I have no idea what kind of ship it is, I'm just saying it may not fit convensional ship types. But I don't know much about ships.
  • Lennie MelvinLennie Melvin
    edited August 2009
    The rigging doesn't look much like a sloop.
    I thought it looked a lot like a small caravel redunda (a square-rigged caravel). They have been around since the 14th century and were popular in the 17th century - is that Monkey Island time?

    Pic of the Screaming Narwhal:
    11943340.png

    Pic of a caravel redunda:
    Caravel%20Redunda1470p70.jpg

    Or it could be an extremely small version of a carrack (15th century onwards):

    ships_carrack.jpg

    It could possibly be an exceptionally small galleon (16th - 18th centuries), which is a direct evolution from a carrack so quite similar looking (a galleon is just a lot bigger, faster and more stable).


    But then, the style wouldn't be very exact as The Screaming Narwhal was built from scraps that had washed ashore, so... it could be any type or none at all... also I didn't really get a good look at the Screaming Narwhal's top rigging either or with the sails up but, taking a leap of faith... it looks like a caravel redunda to me.


    (Sorry, but I just looovee ships :D)
  • feverfewfeverfew
    edited August 2009
    Yup, it looks like it :) Thanks Lennie, you certainly know your ships ;)
    By the way, I'd love to buy a small replica of Narwhal. Hear me, dear TellTale? :p
  • Lennie MelvinLennie Melvin
    edited August 2009
    Thank you, I'm glad I could help. Sometimes I get a little carried away ont the subject of ships...

    And the Victoria is a beautiful example of a carrack.
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