Kanonjoll history:

	I got the idea for this boat in the book, Oared Fighting Ships, by R.C.
Anderson (1962 Percival Marshall, London), and also got additional information
and pictures from a couple of websites which I forgot to bookmark. Just search on
kanonjoll. The kanonjollar were introduced by Sweden in the late 18th century during
her conflicts with Russia. They were small (41 ft. long) vessels equipped with two
masts and nine pairs of oars. They carried a crew of 24.. The kanonjollar were
armed with a single 24 pdr. gun facing aft. The boats were double-ended 
underwater, making it easy to row forwards or backwards. The stern was cut down
to the waterline to allow for an unobstucted field of fire for the gun and to allow it to
be mounted closer to the center of the boat. 
	The kanonjoll design was copied by the Russians and later by the Danish.
From the paintings I saw of these boats in action from during the Anglo-Danish war
(1807-14), they would get a bunch of kanonjollar together and gang up on larger 
British ships.

Construction notes:

This came out fairly close to the real thing, the differences being:
-bow too pointy
-greatly compressed (as with all LEGO ships)
-sails mounted too high: this was to make room for the figs
	
The things I was very happy with:
-color scheme: pretty snappy if I do say so myself, plus the figs match
-use of 1x4 brackets to hold (lack of nautical terminology) oar holders and rope-tying pieces
-rigging looks fairly good

Things to improve:
-sails: look pretty raggedy; next time I'll use glue
-I would like to obtain white lances to replace the brown ones
-how do you steer this thing?: I could never find pictures of a tiller or wheel