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Brunelrussell here: having fractured a bone in my left pinkie and being a southpaw I am temporarily barred from the shipyard, so I've decided to do some research on the rigging, even though that phase is far in the future. I'm pretty much up on squaresails but less so on the fore-and-aft kind. The Great Eastern has a loose-footed gaffsail on every mast. Since these seem to be employed on steamships for the most part, Mr. Underhill has little to say about them. Mowell's book on the Great Britain has a lot of info plus a belaying chart which is very helpful, and even Bowcock's book on the C.S.S Alabama has some very clear diagrams. It seems that the sheets of these sails ran through blocks on deck and from there to somewhere on the bulwarks. I seems to me that this would make getting around on deck a bit of a pain, though it explains the row of ringbolts on deck just outside the saloon decks that I've noticed in photographs. If any of youse guys can help me with this I'd be plumb grateful. I'm also in doubt about the fore staysail sheet, which also apparently runs through a deck block to a pin. In other words, I need to get my sheets together. Maybe some of you rigging experts out there can hep me. Thanks in advance!
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Several years ago I ordered some cannon kits (from Amazon, I think) that with a bit of alteration were perfect for the Great Eastern; that were brass and had the neatest little disassembled carriages. I ordered 4. Recently I learned that the ship had 6. I can't seem to find them anywhere now, even on the company website. I could make them from scratch but the hobby shop didn't have any plus I am congenitally lazy. They were 31.5 mm long. If anyone can help me with this I'd be plumb grateful.
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