I also make no claim to expertise on ship maintenance in the early days, but I have read accounts of ships on long voyages. In these historical books, ships made port calls for maintenance such as re-caulking during the voyage thus I find some credence to the original question. TomBeatty, 199 --- [email protected] wrote: > > In a message dated 5/1/2007 12:45:07 P.M. Eastern > Daylight Time, > [email protected] writes: > > Les. > > My opinion is that it is highly likely that the ship > made a couple of > voyages a year. Considering that it took six to > eight weeks each way, > that is more than enough time for a ship to make two > voyages a year. I > am not a nautical expert, but I suspect that ships > were refitted at > longer intervals. You might check with the staff of > the Peabody Museum > in Salem, Massachusetts, which has one of the > premier nautical > collections in the nation. > > John > > > > There is also [email protected]_ > (mailto:[email protected]) which > has list members who know a lot about Salem and > Essex County, eh? I do not > know from the above what is the name or nature of > the ship you are asking > about; nonetheless, I am sure if you write to the > web site,t above, someone > (there may not be zillions but many) will steer > your appropriately. Thanks. Don > Beattie in Winthrop, ME. > > > > ************************************** See what's > free at http://www.aol.com. > When replying to a digest message, quote only the > specific message to which you are replying, removing > the rest of the digest from your reply. Also, > remember to change the subject of your reply so that > it coincides with the message subject to which you > are replying. > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email > to [email protected] with the word > 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and > the body of the message > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com