Pirate ship

Radka · Jul 28, 2011

Mike, thank you, but the ship is in Honduras, how Am I going to get it to Czech Republic? Thanks I am grateful for any help....Everything is useful to see.

hoytedow · Jul 28, 2011

Hire a crew and sell passage to the Old World to help pay expenses.

ibeapirate · Jan 2, 2014

Pirate Related merchandise

Are any of the pirate related ships available for sale?

BATAAN said: ↑

Hi Radka
I'll email you separately and you can send some details, but I have little time.
I'm attaching a couple of pics of the BLACK PEARL as she was when filming Pirates 3 in San Pedro. This is what you want to build?
BP was built on an offshore supply vessel called SUNRISE by welding computer-lofted, water-jet-cut steel framing to the hull, bolting plywood strips to that and fastening planking over all. She has twin engines, a bow thruster and 3 large gensets to provide power for film lighting. The conversion cost several million dollars, even done in Mexico with its lower labor costs. It is already in poor shape after a few years due to not being built with longevity in mind.
You can see that she has no rig above the lower masts, this was because she did not have the stability to carry such, and being a film vessel all shots showing upper rig were done with models. Here are a couple pics of those.
Using an existing hull for a fantasy ship is obviously possible, but rarely does it resemble the desired shape or possess the necessary stability.
I am very busy making films and have little time to design a floating film set for you, but if you consult books and magazines on Ship Model Making, a surprising amount of applicable information can be found. Also the same skills cross over from miniature to full sized.
Just because it is going to be on a "pond", doesn't mean one can ignore basic stability and static safety. A square rig has tremendous windage and upsetting moment even without sails set.
If I were doing the job you have outlined, I would probably find a steel barge in very good condition and erect a steel frame on that, then clad with wood, and only the lower masts and sails.
A housebuilder often has trouble with shipbuilding since there are no straight lines on a ship, and all curved lines must be correct or it looks very wrong.
Build a simple ship model from a kit, complete with rigging, then think about your project in a new light. Don't bother to fuss over making it for display, just get the feel for how they go together and how they look.
Then build a model of your desired ship and the problems will be self-evident and you can solve them in miniature before proceeding to the big project.
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