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Title: Rigging colour.
Post by: Malcolm on May 23, 2017, 12:23:56 AM

What colour would the rigging have been on a well-kept pre-war paddle steamer?

Title: Re: Rigging colour.
Post by: Bierjunge on May 23, 2017, 02:59:11 PM

Just like any contemporary sailer:
The standing rigginging black (tar), the running rigging buff (manila).

Moritz

Title: Re: Rigging colour.
Post by: Malcolm on May 28, 2017, 08:33:00 PM

Thanks for that. Black and buff it shall be then.