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Topic: Blackadder (clipper)


  
  Clipper route - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In sailing, the clipper route was the traditional route sailed by clipper ships between Europe and the Far East, Australia and New Zealand.
The clipper route from England to Australia and New Zealand, returning via Cape Horn, offered captains the fastest circumnavigation of the world, and hence potentially the greatest rewards; many grain, wool and gold clippers sailed this route, returning home with valuable cargos in a relatively short time.
Her time along the clipper route of 71 days, 14 hours, 18 minutes 33 seconds is the fastest ever circumnavigation of the world by a single-hander.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Clipper_route   (1518 words)

  
 Thermopylae (clipper) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Thermopylae was an extreme composite clipper ship built in 1868 by Walter Hood and Co of Aberdeen to the design of Bernard Weymouth of London for the White Star Line of Aberdeen.
She was designed for the China tea trade, and set speed records on her maiden voyage to Melbourne -- 63 days, still the fastest trip under sail.
In 1872 she raced the clipper Cutty Sark from Shanghai back to London and won by seven days after Cutty Sark lost her rudder.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Thermopylae_(clipper)   (161 words)

  
 red-duster.co.uk Homepage for the red duster merchant navy maritime information archive
Another fast clipper was the Lothair built by the Walker yard on the Thames for Killick Martin and Co in 1870, and one of the last composite vessels to be built.
The fast passages achieved by clippers were, in many respects due, to the temperament of the captain.
Clipper captains could be bullies, hell-fire preachers, pious, or even strong and silent, but they could all drive ships.
www.red-duster.co.uk /DOFS4.htm   (733 words)

  
 History
Clipper ships built from 1850 onward at the Aberdeen, Glasgow and Liverpool shipyards competed in the famous annual “Tea Race” to resolve who would be the first to unload the new harvest of China tea after a globe-spanning, 16,000 miles regatta.
The Ariel was an extreme composite clipper built in 1865 by Robert Steele and Co., Greenock, dimensions: 197'4×33'9"×21', tonnage 1058,73 tns, 853 NRT.
There is still the mystery and enchantment of the ocean and the excitement of opening each chest of tea however, some of us remain captivated by the stories of the clipper ships who raced their way to deliver their tea cargos from distant lands.
www.carnelianrosetea.com /history.htm   (494 words)

  
 Hull Construction
The last of the true tea clippers was the Lothair, composite built in London in 1870, and two others of the same year were of iron,.the Blackadder and the Halloween, also built in London.
From then onwards the iron and steel clippers, which were not quite so fine-lined and had entered the Colonial trade back in the 1850s for emigrants and wool, were left to carry on the tradition.
If a reader should be desirous of making a model tea clipper without the laborious and uncertain research work required for an actual ship, he could use these plans as a basis and make any changes he wishes, keeping them appropriate to the period.
www.all-model.com /Clippers/Page39.html   (463 words)

  
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Jersey Clipper crossed the finish line of the San Fernando Race at 01:43 GMT on 15th April to take her second consecutive first place and markedly strengthen her second place overall in The Times Clipper 2000, with London Clipper and Leeds Clipper taking second and third respectively.
Clipper, voted as having the best start, was a couple of seconds behind and at full bore - a welcome contrast to their disappointing eighth position in the race to San Fernando.
In Clipper 98 crafty Alex Thompson (winning skipper in Ariel) knowing that the GPS aerial was on the transom would use his portable GPS in the pulpit to gain 60 ft on such occasions.
www.asianyachting.com /Archive/TCLeg10.htm   (5814 words)

  
 Leg 3 Passage 2: Yokohama -- Shanghai
The high pressure to the SE of the Clipper fleet is producing light and variable winds which is making progress slow and frustrating for the boats but turning this leg into a fascinating race for us spectators.
On the positive side they believe they have set a record as the only Clipper to have flown their AP spinnaker in 45 knots, even if it was not set in a very conventional manner.
While the Clipper fleet visits Shanghai we will be getting graphic reports back from the boats about their exploits on the last leg and also what is happening at Shanghai, so keep an eye on the web.
website.lineone.net /~djbland/YokSha.htm   (5373 words)

  
 Sailing Ships: "Blackadder" (1870)
The forecastle was 34 ft long and the poop 30 ft. She was a sister ship to same owner's Hallowe'en also built in 1870.
The Blackadder was named after the river in Berwickshire.
Captain More and part of the crew were transferred to the same owner's clipper Cutty Sark.
www.bruzelius.info /nautica/Ships/Clippers/Blackadder(1870).html   (540 words)

  
 Cutty Sark   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Of all her lovely sisters that roamed the seven seas in the golden age of sail, only the Cutty Sark remains to show the world in which we live, what things of grace and beauty were the clipper ships in the fullness of their glory.
It was awarded to the Clipper winning the great and exciting annual China Tea Race, gaining thereby and setting the premium price for tea cargo for the season, which brought a profit to the owner and a large bonus to the Captain.
She bore the name that was to become famous throughout the world and was destined to win a place in the hearts of British seamen second only to HMS Victory.
www.naplak.com /modeling/articles/cutty_sark.htm   (3229 words)

  
 Blackadder’s Travels, Part 3, Brobdingrag
BLACKADDER NARRATES: And so our master took us to a local eatery, secured a room, and spread the word that rational splacknucks were available for viewing.
BLACKADDER NARRATES: Soon, we were the hit of the roads, traveling from tavern to tavern, showing off for paying viewers.
Zoom in to BLACKADDER clinging desperately to the edge, swinging around like on a Tilt-o-Whirl, they both laugh; giantPATSTONIA sitting at a table while BLACKADDER uses a block and tackle to pour tea for her, they both laugh; at an opera, giantPATSTONIA looks through her glasses at the stage.
elephanticity.250x.com /size/story/travelc.htm   (2773 words)

  
 GUI Frameworks in Python?
In the end, I found the easiest way to *partially* evaluate PyQt on Windows is to download the evaluation version of the "BlackAdder" IDE from "The Kompany".
BlackAdder is a toy IDE (IMO) but it does give you evaluation access to most of the Qt/PyQt libs and to 'Designer' the VERY IMPRESSIVE GUI builder that comes with Qt.
Buying BlackAdder seems to give you access to a subset of the full PyQt/Qt libraries at a significantly reduced cost.
www.codecomments.com /message161851.html   (1519 words)

  
 The Dome on AboutBritain.com
Elsewhere, there are many exciting zones to explore including a tour through the human body, a voyage through space, a trip to a typical British seaside resort, and an evocative visit back to school with school smells and sounds.
Skyscape By day, for the first time ever, see Blackadder on the big screen in a new time-travelling misadventure with characters drawn from the last 1000 years and beyond.
Cutty Sark was built for John Willis to be the fastest clipper on the China tea route.
www.aboutbritain.com /Dome.htm   (1054 words)

  
 Paddle steam ship: "Punjaub" (1854)
In command of Captain J.M. Whyte late of the Blackadder.
Lubbock says that her frames and timber were used for the roof of a church in Port Elizabeth.
It has also been stated that John Willis ordered her lines to be taken off and used in the design of first the clipper ship Cutty Sark and later the clipper ships Blackadder and Halloween.
www.bruzelius.info /Nautica/Ships/Merchant/PS/P/Punjaub(1854).html   (550 words)

  
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We have news from the Volvo and Clipper starts, one coming, the other going, more from Hobart and lots from Coffs Harbour.
Westernaustralia.com, the Australian entry in the Clipper 05-06 Round the World Yacht Race surged over the start line this afternoon after a spectacular in-shore match race that signalled the start of the race north to Singapore....
Blackadder is fast, as Cookson 12’s tend to be, she is leading the PHS A Division, after four races in 2005-2006 Pittwater and Coffs series, with three wins and a second, so she cannot be taken lightly as a long race prospect....
www.sail-world.com /Newsletter_Archive.cfm?nid=455235   (914 words)

  
 caseyporn: The Rage In Placid Lake
Ben Lee, famous for rhyming the word "stoic" when he was about 14, plays Placid Lake, the child of two tragic hippies.
His parents are portrayed wonderfully by Miranda Richardson (who's about the only female actor in all of Blackadder) and the "And Son" himself, Garry McDonald.
They raised Placid on a steady diet of hippy nonsense (a feeling I'm all too familiar with) and is an eternal misfit because of it.
caseyporn.com /blog/archives/000079.html   (347 words)

  
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Therefore, the Board recommends that key escrowing encryption technology not be deployed beyond current implementations planned within the Executive Branch, until the significant public policy and technical issues inherent with this encryption technique are fully understood.
Subject: CPSR Clipper Testimony 6/9 On June 9, 1993, Congressman Edward Markey, Chairman of the House Subcommittee on Telecommunications and Finance held an oversight hearing on Rencryption and telecommunications network security.
This statement was the latest indication that the Clipper proposal has not been well recieved by policy makers.
www.phreak.org /archives/cerias_doc/privacy/NIST_privacy_forum/priv.02.20   (2127 words)

  
 Blackadder: The Real Damn Dynasty
Note: for simplicity, the name 'BLACKADDER' is used in these pages and carries the meaning of the many spelling variants
For privacy reasons, we intentionally do not publish materials for people born within the last ~100 years.
This website is intended for those people researching the name BLACKADDER and the many spelling variants.
homepages.rootsweb.com /~blacader/WC_TOC.HTML   (625 words)

  
 Xtreme Visual Basic Talk - Microsoft and Politics (ADO HELL)
Depending on his client and the visit type the questions to be answered will vary in content and number.
My boss has written this program already in Clipper, and we are just giving it a facelift.
In his older program, he "browses" a filtered table to allow for the shrinking or growing of possible entries.
www.xtremevbtalk.com /showthread.php?t=10620   (851 words)

  
 Xtreme Visual Basic Talk - Who ARE you?
I am currently in the process of attemptig to rewrite a program my boss wrote in clipper six years ago that accomidates direct electronic claims.
I have had the honor of working and learning from some of the best regardless of any official organizational chart — a silly concept in the world of process automation since skill and leadership are not necessarily reflected in bean counter structures.
My favorite languages are Clipper and Visual Basic — but that may change if Microsoft butchers their language.
www.xtremevbtalk.com /printthread.php?t=2314&pp=50   (8119 words)

  
 Paradox Interactive Forums - Industrial score
For example I was offered a Clipper Shipyard for £10,000 but I turned it down as I could build one myself for £3,375.
The next event: A furniture factory for £8,000 which to build only costs me £2,250 and a Telephone factory for £40,000 I dodn't bother to check how much one costs to build.
I was offered a Clipper Shipyard for £10,000 but I turned it down as I could build one myself for £3,375.
forum.paradoxplaza.com /forum/showthread.php?t=205735   (2452 words)

  
 eBay.co.uk - beard, beard trimmer, Hair Removal, Fancy Dress items at low prices   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
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search.ebay.co.uk /beard_W0QQfmcZ1QQfsooZ1QQfsopZ3   (603 words)

  
 Stunningly Stupefying Stereo Stunts
It was a 12 days of christmas things (I was bored and had parts of the song stuck in my head, so says the notes) and parts of it are good.
On a slightly related note *giggle* Our Blackadder was a girl adn we were going to get her adn Darling to kiss at the end.
But real-life relationships between our Blackadder and our Darling (who was really good, despite not actually being Tim McInnerny, I wish I'd seen Blackadder Goes Forth before I ddirected the play, but whatever.) prevented that from actually happening.
feareddirector.greatestjournal.com   (2732 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Red Dwarf 7: Byte 1 (1989) : Video   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Put simply, by killing us, they killed themselves because once we were dead, it was impossible for us to become them in the future and return in time to kill ourselves in the past, even though it was the present." Michael J. Shannon (Kennedy) really has JFK's Bostonian accent down pat.
Stoke Me A Clipper: Originally titled "Natural Born Rimmers", the Starbug crew run into Ace Rimmer once again, to the chagrin of Arnold Rimmer, who thinks that the remaining 3000 vomit bags won't be enough for him.
Unfortunately, 'Ouroboros' introduces Kochanski, who is depicted as snooty, smarmy, stuck-up and in general not likeable (although she is a good navigator and Lister has the hots for her-but will Lister give up his gross habits and curry in order to get lucky with her?).
www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/6305076197?v=glance   (1790 words)

  
 zIWETHEY Comment: "Care to be quotable on code editors?" by slugbug   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Blackadder : Yes Baldrick, let us not forget that you tried to solve the problem of your mother's low ceiling by cutting off her head.
Back in the MS DOS days, Clipper was a pretty good non-programmer environment.
You can't do it on Clipper or VB or Delphi or even JBuilder.
z.iwethey.org /forums/render/content/show?contentid=114252   (7363 words)

  
 Clipper Ship - Civilization Fanatics' Forums
His unit was used as the base for the Clipper Ship.
This one gets 5 Stars- not only is it marvelously good looking but also is it the first unit to close the gap between Galleon and WWI Steamships
Blackadder: "So, your father's German, you're half-German, and you married a German?"
forums.civfanatics.com /showthread.php?t=59758   (1055 words)

  
 Clipper info here at en.beatout.info   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Clipper Nation Stand Up Here's what's being talked about in Clipper Nation:.
Clipper City Interview Clipper City Fine, Handcrafted AleToday, I have a special treat for all of you: an interview with Hugh Sisson of Clipper City Brewing Company in Baltimore, MD....
Hugh is the General Partner at Clipper City and started the company back...
en.beatout.info /what-is-commodity/Clipper   (76 words)

  
 Learn to modify your favorite computer game with a little help from our tutorials, faqs, forums, and downloads.
ive got no bloody idea, i know it involves the clipper tool but all i can do is make clean cuts, not the jagged cuts id like to make
If you want to use the clipper to the max remember that lil slope formula from math class all you need is two points (to make a line).
You can place the points outside of what your cutting to generate any kind of arc your cutting out.....
www.modsonline.com /Forums-top-8589.html   (621 words)

  
 101cd.com - Buy cheap UK - Product Information for catalogue number BBCDVD1356 CDs DVDs   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
When a small clipper runs aground on the crags of Fang Rock, the lighthouse offers shelter to its despeare passengers.
Whilst a private drama unfolds between the survivors of the wrecked clipper, another death occurs.
The Doctor suspects a ruthless alien lurks in the thick unnatural fog around the island, and secures the lighthouse.
www.101cd.com /music/info.asp?id=6254356   (315 words)

  
 Bike bloke sport   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Jokes about women why do you know what fladder as apparently.
People will look back on of the hill skiers used a mode of pagecopyright advocare at blogger.
Is one of sour grapes from the myspace kafuffle.
bloke.sounderpro.com /bike-bloke-sport.html   (193 words)

  
 Jedi Council Forums - Down with CAPITALISM!
To quote the Prince Regent in Blackadder III, "But he's a complete arsehead!"
Stoke me a clipper, I'll be back for Christmas
I got in trouble @ the fam gathering today when we were arguing over the sanitary concerns of the whole blood of christ thing and I argued it depended on how strong your faith was.
boards.theforce.net /Message.aspx?topic=11362690   (1612 words)

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