Volker replied to Mike: > > Cloaking as in you paint the ship, or dip it into the > > liquid and it forms a seal, with the lumber only being a > > frame work to keep the sap from cracking or ... sorry half > > thought ideas. The sap is the ship, the planks give it a > > skeleton? > > I don't think that is feasible with any non-synthetic resin. Seawater is > corrosive. Give it enough time, and it will destroy almost anything immersed > in it.
By talking about an 'around the globe' trip, I tried to exclude ships which can manage 3,000 or 4,000 miles, straight line, and then fall apart. > For a transoceanic exploration voyage, I think your only viable choice for > a pre-industrial civilisation is such a wooden hull, ideally held together > using metal. That reminds me: The Romans used lead to coat their hulls, and later designs copper-plated the bottoms. VE has metal armor at TL4- -- should I include DR 1 metal armor on top of the wood? My feeling is that this is too advanced for a small exploration vessel ... _______________________________________________ GurpsNet-L mailing list <[email protected]> http://mail.sjgames.com/mailman/listinfo/gurpsnet-l
