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The Portuguese »patacho de guerra« 1616 — ships’ drawings are born

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It is also worth noting that the amount of numbered frames on both sides of the master frame (in this case, 16 on each side), which determine the placement of both quarter frames, is fully consistent with the recommendations of Fernando Oliveira from 1580, i.e., it is equal to or slightly less than the length of the keel in rumos (in this case, 17 rumos). Of course, in order to maintain the overall consistency of this way of determining these positions, the scantlings of the floor timbers and their spacing had to be standardized.

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