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Thread #132480   Message #2997829
Posted By: Gibb Sahib
01-Oct-10 - 06:36 PM
Thread Name: hark the barque
Subject: RE: hark the barque
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No, only gaylords named "Twinkle Toes" sailed.

What is your issue here??? It has not been clear why you have any doubts about barques...or about the answers you've already been given (or why you assume that none of the people who answered were "sea chantey folks"). A barque is a huge vessel (for the time)...comparable to a 'ship'. In fact, ships were sometimes converted into barques, and vice versa. The essential difference between a ship and a barque is that the aft-most mast has a 'fore and aft' sails (on a barque) as opposed to 'square' sails. Why don't you just Google the damn thing if you're so worried?