Masting, rigging and sails

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1. Seven-Ten-Seven (7-10-7) template for making masts from square stock

   By Chuck, August 8, 2021
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   • Nunnehi (Don)
   • August 8, 2021

2. Making your own rope? Want to know how? See these tutorials and topics....

   By Chuck, February 6, 2021
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   • Chuck
   • February 6, 2021

3. Tapering Masts and Arms the easy way

   By Johnny Mike, Friday at 05:39 PM
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   • Y.T.
   • 4 hours ago

4. Double Channels

   By hof00, October 3   

   • Flying Cloud
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   • hof00
   • October 5

5. Possibilities of a visual reference for sail configurations

   By N Mart, September 29
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   • grimey
   • September 30

6. Mara thread - what colors do you use for fabricating ropes

   By Sterling59, August 16
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   • Sterling59
   • September 20

7. SF BAy Area - Lecture on Traditional Rigging of Freda - 1885

   By Cast Off, September 10
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   • Cast Off
   • September 10

8. Sail design for 18th-century longboat? 1 2 3

   By Cathead, May 15, 2016
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   • ajromano
   • September 8

9. Footropes, Flemish Horses and Stirrups

   By hof00, August 23
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   • hof00
   • August 29

10. Making Ship Model Sails

    By Pete Jaquith, June 8, 2014
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    • Snug Harbor Johnny
    • August 25

11. Vanguard models without simplified rigging

    By Strand, August 21
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    • Strand
    • August 24

12. On Royal Navy snows, how was the rope mast attached?

    By Pitan, August 19
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    • Pitan
    • August 20

13. Ancient Greek Sail Rigging

    By bear, February 15
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    • Pitan
    • August 19

14. Rigging the boom

    By ZhangRenWing, June 17
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    • ajromano
    • August 17

15. Iron Stropped Blocks - Kate Cory Whaling Brig

    By Capt. Kelso, August 4
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    • wefalck
    • August 16

16. Late 19th or Early 20th Century Running Rigging

    By GrandpaPhil, August 11
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    • BANYAN
    • August 14

17. Tips for making lines look loaded

    By Cast Off, August 12
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    • wefalck
    • August 13

18. Spanish Galleon Rope Sizes

    By Bill Jackson, August 2
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    • Bill Jackson
    • August 9

19. How to make some ropes

    By Amedeo Riga, July 27   

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    • Gregory
    • July 29

20. Sails for Lady Nelson?

    By Pitts2112, July 17
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    • Pitts2112
    • July 17

21. Diameter of shrouds Heller 1/100 HMS Victory

    By JEFFRAV, July 13
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    • dafi
    • July 14

22. Topsail Ties and Halliards on 16th/17th Century Galleons

    By Mashuno, June 24
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    • popeye2sea
    • June 26

23. HMS Victory Sail room

    By vincewilliams, June 22
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    • vincewilliams
    • June 25

24. Where can I get small grommets?

    By Seamus107, May 27, 2023
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    • Thanasis
    • June 25

25. Grommets for 1930 Pond Yacht Sails

    By Kimberly, June 20
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    • paul ron
    • June 24

26. Ironing Paper Sails

    By JacquesCousteau, June 18
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    • JacquesCousteau
    • June 22

27. Belaying Pins

    By bigcreekdad, June 20
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    • bigcreekdad
    • June 21

28. shiny rope

    By grsjax, June 14
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    • uss frolick
    • June 15

29. Sea Witch Bowsprit Rigging- Tying the forestays and other standing Rigging

    By KimW, May 20
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    • KimW
    • June 12

30. Block size calculations

    By OtakiriLad, August 28, 2014
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    • GGibson
    • June 11