Masting, rigging and sails

1,889 topics in this forum

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. Spare yards on 19. century ship?

   By RolandR, Thursday at 03:09 PM
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   • RolandR
   • 7 hours ago

4. Rigging Help Needed

   By OldFatDog, Thursday at 12:07 PM
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   • ccoyle
   • Thursday at 01:51 PM

5. question about waxing thread

   By ford34tom@comcast.net, October 26
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   • RolandR
   • Tuesday at 02:59 PM

6. Sails for Lady Nelson?

   By Pitts2112, July 17
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   • stevenba21
   • November 9

7. Bullseyes & Lanyard - some help please.

   By Capt. Kelso, November 8
   • 5 replies
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   • Capt. Kelso
   • November 9

8. Length of boomkins on Pegasus?

   By Knocklouder, November 6   

   • Boomkins
   • 3 replies
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   • Keith Black
   • November 6

9. HMS Bounty - Artesania Latina model

   By Drew Mackay, May 7, 2021
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   • Amedeo Riga
   • November 4

10. The 1794 Edition of Steel's Elements and Practice of Rigging And Seamanship

    By cardely, November 23, 2014
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    • Marcus.K.
    • November 2

11. Need small repair done on jibboom of Le Superbe model

    By Mr. Matt, October 26
    • 4 replies
    • 248 views
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    • ccoyle
    • October 27

12. Preparing Standing Rigging.

    By ford34tom@comcast.net, October 25
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    • palmerit
    • October 26

13. Stranded copper wire for standing rigging? Bluejacket Friendship sloop 1900

    By gsdpic, October 19
    • 4 replies
    • 296 views
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    • wefalck
    • October 21

14. Tapering Masts and Arms the easy way

    By Johnny Mike, October 10
    • 26 replies
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    • Y.T.
    • October 19

15. Warped Dowel for Small Masts

    By acaron41120, October 15
    • 6 replies
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    • Keith Black
    • October 16

16. Double Channels

    By hof00, October 3   

    • Flying Cloud
    • 3 replies
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    • hof00
    • October 5

17. Possibilities of a visual reference for sail configurations

    By N Mart, September 29
    • 5 replies
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    • grimey
    • September 30

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

    By Sterling59, August 16
    • 29 replies
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    • Sterling59
    • September 20

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

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

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

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

21. Footropes, Flemish Horses and Stirrups

    By hof00, August 23
    • 10 replies
    • 993 views
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    • hof00
    • August 29

22. Making Ship Model Sails

    By Pete Jaquith, June 8, 2014
    • 3 replies
    • 5.8k views
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    • Snug Harbor Johnny
    • August 25

23. Vanguard models without simplified rigging

    By Strand, August 21
    • 3 replies
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    • Strand
    • August 24

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

    By Pitan, August 19
    • 2 replies
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    • Pitan
    • August 20

25. Ancient Greek Sail Rigging

    By bear, February 15
    • 4 replies
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    • Pitan
    • August 19

26. Rigging the boom

    By ZhangRenWing, June 17
    • 4 replies
    • 725 views
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    • ajromano
    • August 17

27. Iron Stropped Blocks - Kate Cory Whaling Brig

    By Capt. Kelso, August 4
    • 4 replies
    • 545 views
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    • wefalck
    • August 16

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

    By GrandpaPhil, August 11
    • 5 replies
    • 528 views
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    • BANYAN
    • August 14

29. Tips for making lines look loaded

    By Cast Off, August 12
    • 5 replies
    • 583 views
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    • wefalck
    • August 13

30. Spanish Galleon Rope Sizes

    By Bill Jackson, August 2
    • 13 replies
    • 836 views
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    • Bill Jackson
    • August 9