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  1. Hubac's Historian
    It’s just insane the amount of rigging on this beast. Beautiful progress, Bill.
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    Maybe check-in with Mark, AKA SJSoane.
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    Either of those will be great. There is some really interesting Cutty kit-bashing happening on Kevin’s page, if you haven’t yet been following it: Whatever you choose, I’ll be there watching.
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    Simply magnificent! I know you have your qualms, here and there, but from here I see perfection. What’s next?
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    Spectacularly clean work!
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    Sweet hull, Druxey! Is this your latest project in development?
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    So mathematics gets you close, but the bow shape is still in the eye of the shipwright.
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    Do any of those formulas address the shaping of the bow? Thank you for the insight into this book. When things settle down, over here, I will pick up a copy. As for user names, I suppose you could insert the user name just as you would their given name. My name is Marc, so whichever you prefer is fine with me 🙂
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    It is amazing how all of those layers of rigging really flesh-out a clear portrait of a sailing ship.
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    Ondras, I was surprised to see how far behind I was in your log. Your progress is astounding and the craftsmanship is just brilliant!
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    I think it is, perhaps, fair to say that the Album describes a step-by-step process, and that process to some degree informs design. As for Dassie, while the illustrations are cartoonish and not to be taken too literally, there does seem to be some effort to apply mathematics toward predictable/repeatable outcomes. I will have to get my hands on a copy, at some point.
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    I am still curious to know your point of comparison between JCL and specific contemporary lines plans. You say that the two are incompatible, but how specifically?
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    Two sources of more immediate connection to French practice in the 1670s/80s would be Album de Colbert and Dassie’s L’Architecture Navale. I have not yet obtained a copy of the latter, but would be curious to know what, if anything, he has to say about the process of establishing the form of a hull. Have you read Dassie?
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    Actually, just re-reading your original post. The JCL curve you are referencing is actually for the Francoise of 1683. What puzzles me is that lines plans for this period do not exist. As I understand it, hull shape was derived primarily from the placement of three frames along the keel; the main frame, a frame forward and one aft. If you have contemporary lines plans from this period, I would love to see them.
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    Okay, all very interesting. So, when you compare JCL’s curve with other contemporaneous vessels, for which there are lines plans, do you have an example where you can show this discrepancy. Does the Jazon, for example, have a full draft of lines? Obviously, what you are drawing attention to is an important consideration as it directly impacts the interior layout and functionality of the warship.
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    Great! I will look for it there.
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    Why presume that this is not of general interest to the forum? A good many of us are interested in both the how and why.
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    Sounds like a plan - Merci Marc!
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    Any word from Gerard's forum on the stern counter/lower stern balcony?
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    Sweet progress, Greg! I can't argue with you about Syren's rope. I had considered making rope, and I will do so on a future project, but I think I will buy Chuck's rope on this go-around. Anyway, fine line is nothing without tremendous skill, and you are doing a fabulous job.
  21. Hubac's Historian
    Don’t sell the machines. Our projects help maintain a sense of purpose, in our lives, which can still be quite long after retirement. I have seen a number of guys (tradesmen) retire in the past decade, and really struggle to fill their days with anything meaningful or inspiring.
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    You are quite welcome, Vic. The inspiration runs both ways, my friend!
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    It’s all good, but September always a tornado of activity, even if you aren’t moving house. It always takes mr a best or two to re-acclimate to the school year.
  24. Hubac's Historian
    Thanks, Bill. Painting is in the cut-in stage. Will finish this week. Packing underway. School starting, sports too. Birthday parties on the horizon. Who was it that said “life is just one Goddamned thing after another?!”
  25. Hubac's Historian
    Well, this came out well: It only took a couple weeks of intermittent effort. Time to glue it to the starboard headrails: OH 😐🙁. Oh, well, I guess I’ll have to re-do that one. Silly mistake; sure it’s the starboard headrail, but I actually needed the port horse print for the inside carving. Not a big deal, though.

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