tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-839525549786745818.post8836890811042590316..comments2024-03-26T17:38:35.264+00:00Comments on Catherine Curzon: All Aboard! A Spell for Safe Sea Travel during Regency TimesCatherine Curzonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05763562687608837832noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-839525549786745818.post-55693790346192545102016-11-16T02:45:27.136+00:002016-11-16T02:45:27.136+00:00I needed some of this info. Wonderful blog post as...I needed some of this info. Wonderful blog post as always. :)Angelina Jamesonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12116611874220200028noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-839525549786745818.post-7525604775787169302016-11-15T16:41:29.288+00:002016-11-15T16:41:29.288+00:00Thanks for the post! Some really good information,...Thanks for the post! Some really good information, Shereen. I have not taken Vallor's course, but I have done considerable research for my two Georgian novels set on ships and am now writing another. In my reading of novels set on ships, particularly romances, I see many errors in ship terminology (there are, as you know, no floors, ceilings, walls or hallways on ships) and errors in configuration of decks below the weather deck. Another thing to note on "ship" vs. "boat" for vessels with fewer than three masts: I would never call a two-masted schooner in the Regency era a "boat", mostly because today it would be thought of as a ship and modern readers couldn't visualize a boat of such proportions. Same with a two-masted brig that might carry 18 guns and 100+ crew. Also, what liquor was available on a ship of the era might depend on whether it was French or English or American. Regan Walkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02977297105533227463noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-839525549786745818.post-76889229001547122592016-03-13T19:32:03.669+00:002016-03-13T19:32:03.669+00:00Congratulations to David Wilkin for winning the Ki...Congratulations to David Wilkin for winning the Kindle copy of A Perfect Curse! Copy has been send. Enjoy.Shereen Vedamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14867040013088485852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-839525549786745818.post-30828285047211741202016-03-07T14:42:49.104+00:002016-03-07T14:42:49.104+00:00Hi Kathleen, thanks for dropping by!Hi Kathleen, thanks for dropping by!Shereen Vedamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14867040013088485852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-839525549786745818.post-72969097857280662992016-03-07T14:42:30.066+00:002016-03-07T14:42:30.066+00:00Hi Alice, great you could check out the post.Hi Alice, great you could check out the post.Shereen Vedamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14867040013088485852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-839525549786745818.post-70635956901114097392016-03-07T14:41:54.252+00:002016-03-07T14:41:54.252+00:00Hi Sylvie, thanks for dropping by!Hi Sylvie, thanks for dropping by!Shereen Vedamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14867040013088485852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-839525549786745818.post-43451884221576786442016-03-07T14:41:35.167+00:002016-03-07T14:41:35.167+00:00Thanks for checking in, Alice, glad you enjoyed th...Thanks for checking in, Alice, glad you enjoyed the post. :)Shereen Vedamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14867040013088485852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-839525549786745818.post-69247800463209337382016-03-06T19:11:09.405+00:002016-03-06T19:11:09.405+00:00Fascinating! Can't wait for the book.Fascinating! Can't wait for the book.kathleen Lawlesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17791153368022534856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-839525549786745818.post-84767016017576641122016-03-06T06:05:43.583+00:002016-03-06T06:05:43.583+00:00Lots of info, Shereen. Very useful.Lots of info, Shereen. Very useful.Alice Vhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00218095053108888830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-839525549786745818.post-81801763347984409062016-03-05T21:57:33.293+00:002016-03-05T21:57:33.293+00:00Hello Shereen,
Great post, I look forward to readi...Hello Shereen,<br />Great post, I look forward to reading the book,<br />Sylvie GraysonAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18282789362239329670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-839525549786745818.post-42943157124977691442016-03-05T19:37:37.480+00:002016-03-05T19:37:37.480+00:00Very informative in such an entertaining way. Tha...Very informative in such an entertaining way. Thanks, Shereen. I'll save this for future reference.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14526141952514575751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-839525549786745818.post-5049781946864972402016-03-04T14:25:01.273+00:002016-03-04T14:25:01.273+00:00Excellent answer, David, I can see you are a seama...Excellent answer, David, I can see you are a seaman at heart. Love the idea of a Bosun's chair! I think Nevara would have been delighted to go up on one of those, just for the experience, and to avoid that slippery ladder. But then lowly maid/companions could not afford luxuries in the early 1800s. So, yes, cramped quarters, superstitious sailors and much lack of dignity, even deep sorrow at loss of life after a difficult sea journey, are all in poor Nevara's future. But there will also be some romance, adventure and moments of awe, to balance it all out. Thanks for playing along. :)Shereen Vedamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14867040013088485852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-839525549786745818.post-26209464336645503892016-03-03T17:20:25.388+00:002016-03-03T17:20:25.388+00:00Perhaps I would have gone with the times and allow...Perhaps I would have gone with the times and allowed a Bosun's Chair to save me such indignities. It is also often hard to move from a boat to the ladder, requiring jumping and timing depending on the seas condition, hence even making it worse. Why, portly admirals have been known to use them, and no sailor would dare question their dignity. But I digress, Nevara should know that 1) It is bad luck for women to be aboard a ship or so every superstitious seaman would say, 2) with quarters cramped, and her lodgings already being very small, the chances that they had more than one cabin for women, her and her maid, would be hard to fathom, unless this was an indiaman where then someone paying for passage would bear the expense, and also the ship would dock at a pier negating the climbing of a rope ladder perhaps...<br /><br />I fear unless a person is quite vain, dignity when traveling outside of England is something that those who were doing it, did not give much thought to.David W. Wilkinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10171335840275083654noreply@blogger.com