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Author:  Raxar [ September 22nd, 2011, 10:15 pm ]
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Here's a little sloop with some history. The original was built in 1810 as a merchant and sailed between Buffalo and Detroit. It was commissioned by the US navy in 1811 as a military transport and hauled arms and supplies between Fort Dearborn and Fort Mackinac. She left Fort Dearborn the noight before it was captured by the British, and arrived at Fort Mackinac just after it's capture, and the British tricked here into sailing in. After the British catured her and sent her crew south, she was renamedd Little Belt and armed with 3 guns. Then, in 1813, she was captured again, this time by Oliver Hazard Perry. In his famous dispatch, the Friends Good will is the "one sloop" at the end. Then in the winter of 1813-1814, she was trapped in the ice off Buffalo, and burned in a British raid, and nothing survives of her today. In 2005, the Michigan Maritime Museum built a replica of the ship, and operates it on Lake Michigan. I have decided to draw her and the replica as I have crewed on her as a vollenteer.
Here is my drawing so far:
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Author:  Raxar [ September 24th, 2011, 1:50 pm ]
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Author:  Carthaginian [ September 25th, 2011, 4:28 am ]
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A graceful little beauty!
Would love to take her for a turn around the Lower Bay!
Author:  Thiel [ September 25th, 2011, 8:10 am ]
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Have you tried to contact the museum that build her? They are bound to have a set of blueprints.
Author:  Raxar [ September 25th, 2011, 12:31 pm ]
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Most likely they do. I'm a member at the museum, so I'll check when I go down for the last sail of the summer.
Author:  Rodondo [ September 26th, 2011, 1:39 am ]
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http://friendsgoodwill.net/FriendsGoodW ... irth2.html Not sure if you've checked this but it has some good shots
Author:  Raxar [ September 26th, 2011, 11:52 am ]
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Thanks Rodondo, those are very helpful. Little Debbie looks so shiny in one of those.
Author:  Raxar [ September 26th, 2011, 7:52 pm ]
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Update!
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Author:  Raxar [ September 30th, 2011, 6:18 pm ]
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Added some more detail, hopefully will be able to crew her tomorrow for the last sail of the year :D.
Author:  Raxar [ December 11th, 2011, 6:25 pm ]
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She's almost finished now, I've cleaned up all the pixel trash, drawn the sails and some of the rigging as well as a flag, and put her in a template.
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BTW, flag is by ALVAMA, but I removed some stars. All that is left is to finish rigging, which I will probably get around to after lunch.
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