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| - | + | The '''Ringle''' is a two masted [[schooner]], of the type known as a Baltimore clipper. [[Jack Aubrey]] won her from [[Heneage Dundas]] in a game of [[backgammon]] at the end of [[The Wine-Dark Sea]]. Like others of her type, she is a very fast sailer, can point much further into the wind than a square-rigged ship. She is used by Aubrey as a tender to his 74-gun ship ''[[HMS Bellona]]'' in ''[[The Commodore (novel)|The Commodore]]'' and ''[[The Yellow Admiral (novel)|The Yellow Admiral]]''. | |
The ''Ringle'' is named after Ken Ringle, a ''Washington Post'' journalist who sent a book about the Baltimore clipper to [[Patrick O'Brian]] in 1992 just before he wrote the final chapters of ''The Wine-Dark Sea''. O'Brian was so grateful that he intoduced the ''Ringle'' into the books and named it after the man who had introduced him to the type. | The ''Ringle'' is named after Ken Ringle, a ''Washington Post'' journalist who sent a book about the Baltimore clipper to [[Patrick O'Brian]] in 1992 just before he wrote the final chapters of ''The Wine-Dark Sea''. O'Brian was so grateful that he intoduced the ''Ringle'' into the books and named it after the man who had introduced him to the type. | ||
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*[http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/feed/a19768-2000jan8.htm Washington Post article on O'Brian] | *[http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/feed/a19768-2000jan8.htm Washington Post article on O'Brian] | ||
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Revision as of 20:11, 11 June 2007
The Ringle is a two masted schooner, of the type known as a Baltimore clipper. Jack Aubrey won her from Heneage Dundas in a game of backgammon at the end of The Wine-Dark Sea. Like others of her type, she is a very fast sailer, can point much further into the wind than a square-rigged ship. She is used by Aubrey as a tender to his 74-gun ship HMS Bellona in The Commodore and The Yellow Admiral.
The Ringle is named after Ken Ringle, a Washington Post journalist who sent a book about the Baltimore clipper to Patrick O'Brian in 1992 just before he wrote the final chapters of The Wine-Dark Sea. O'Brian was so grateful that he intoduced the Ringle into the books and named it after the man who had introduced him to the type.
