Re: [TML] Please give me a ship: The Star Galleons
Jeff Zeitlin 18 Feb 2017 18:45 UTC
On Fri, 17 Feb 2017 17:24:22 -0800, Ethan McKinney
<xxxxxx@gmail.com> wrote:
>I don't get what you're asking for. Something shaped like a galleon?
More or less. Obviously, a prow pointed enough to cut water is pretty
much nonsensical for a spacecraft, so it doesn't have to be EXACTLY
shaped like a seagoing galleon, but the idea is that someone who looks
at this ship, and is familiar with sea vessels that by then will be
roughly 4000 years in the past, will think 'galleon'.
>On Feb 17, 2017 5:21 PM, "Jeff Zeitlin" <xxxxxx@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> In looking at images and drawings of Terrestrial pre-modern ships
>> called 'galleons', I note that while the designs are quite varied,
>> there are a few common charateristics: