Age of Sail Despatches #61

[sharpiefan]

Note from the Editor:
This week's edition is long on research, short on fic, unlike our usual offerings. Enjoy!

Fanfic:
Khat's Cradle by esteven; Aubreyad; NC-17; Jack/Stephen

Son et Lumière:
ilthit posts an Aubreyad Art Dump

Of historical interest:
vanilla_elf posts Is This the Watch of Vice-Admiral Cuthbert Collingwood?
vanilla_elf posts Research: Collingwood watch: More information
vanilla_elf posts In the 18th Century, even the shoes were naughty...
hm_jollies: wayward_shadows posts Marines in action
hm_jollies: sharpiefan posts Of Serjeants
hm_jollies: sharpiefan posts Of Disciplining young Soldiers for Land-Service (Part 1)
hm_jollies: sharpiefan posts Of Disciplining young Soldiers for Land-Service (Part 2)
hm_jollies: sharpiefan posts Questions to try to find Answers to
hm_jollies: sharpiefan posts Sea Duty
hm_jollies: sharpiefan posts Sentries
hm_jollies: sharpiefan posts Of Corporals
hm_jollies: sharpiefan posts Of Soldiers
hm_jollies: sharpiefan posts Short instructions for Soldiers sent to attack on Shore (Part 1)
From ageofsail_feed: Lieutenant Robert Pigot on the St Mary's River

Miscellany and meta:
sharpiefan posts Get the kids started young: Yoho Ahoy
latin_cat posts Book Sale and Commssions

Communities and challenges:
showthecolours is holding an anon kink meme
temeraire is holding a Temeraire Kink Meme
mandc_read will begin reading Blue at the Mizzen this weekend.
mandc_read: esteven posts Aubreyad Food Read

Rec of the Week:
Waiting by barefoot_bard; M&C; Surprise's crew just before the action aboard Acheron.

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Comments

"In the 18th Centurey even the shoes were naughty"

[derien]

I tried to follow that link to Joyful_Molly's post and ended up with a message:

The sky above the port was the color of television tuned to a 404'd page.

We can't find that page. If you entered the URL directly or pasted it into your browser's address bar, make sure you didn't typo, paste too little, or paste too much. If you followed a link, you may want to report this to the maintainer of the page that linked you here.

Re: "In the 18th Centurey even the shoes were naughty"

[sharpiefan]

Oops. A missing quotation mark is all it was - try now?

Re: "In the 18th Centurey even the shoes were naughty"

[derien]

And indeed, it seems to work perfectly, now.

Oh. My.