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    We own a small classic yacht - a gaff sloop - which is excellent for day use & racing also. Cherub gets lots of use.

    I enjoy fishing & used to surf a lot. These days I'm a family man but we sail together.

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  1.    Mark Pearse reacted to a post in a topic: Twelve inch to the foot dinghy
  2.    Mark Pearse reacted to a post in a topic: Schooner Germania (Nova) by KeithAug - Scale 1:36 - 1908 / 2011
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  7. Mark Pearse
    Hi Keith Your machinery skills are a pleasure to follow. On the repair using paint question, wouldn't the deck darken over time but the paint stay the same?
  8.    Mark Pearse reacted to a post in a topic: Miss Caroline by Bedford - Scale 1:8 - model of my full size build
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  11. Mark Pearse
    HI Steve the work is very delicate. The way you've used two contrasting colours of the timber also looks superb. I like the idea of the stand, but have you tried it upside down? To me it needs a solid base & delicacy where it meets the hull - I like the concept but I think that design unfortunately obscures too much of the hull. The idea of making look like a 1:8 cradle is clever, & I encourage you to not discard the entire concept.
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  15.    Mark Pearse reacted to a post in a topic: Small 8" Pop Pop boat by Peter Cane
  16.    cog reacted to a post in a topic: Deben 5-tonner by vaddoc - Scale 1:10 - a Whisstock yard design
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  18. Mark Pearse
    HI Vaddoc is it possible to use solder for fixing the shackle pins?
  19.    Mark Pearse reacted to a post in a topic: Deben 5-tonner by vaddoc - Scale 1:10 - a Whisstock yard design
  20.    Mark Pearse reacted to a post in a topic: Miss Caroline by Bedford - Scale 1:8 - model of my full size build
  21.    Mark Pearse reacted to a post in a topic: Venetian round ship 13th century by woodrat - 1:32 scale - fully framed
  22.    Mark Pearse reacted to a post in a topic: Miss Caroline by Bedford - Scale 1:8 - model of my full size build
  23.    Mark Pearse reacted to a post in a topic: Centerboard Schooner C. Chase 1846 by Maurys - Scale 1:48
  24. Mark Pearse
    Hi Maury is there a functional reason for the rings being offset like that?
  25. Mark Pearse
    a great result Steve, very delicate
  26. Mark Pearse
    thanks Helmut lovely boat & a beautiful model, Mark
  27. Mark Pearse started following Carrack Santa Maria by luponero - scale 1/50 - diagrams of Adametz and Miss Caroline by Bedford - Scale 1:8 - model of my full size build
  28. Mark Pearse
    Hi Steve, lovely work, & it's great how a model is every bit as fascinating as a full sized boat. I'll be following along with great interest for the rest of the ride. PS If you are interested, the Balmain Regatta Sunday week has a waterman's boat event, I'm entering & launching across the bay at Woolwich....be in touch if you are interested, we could meet & row across together all the best, Mark
  29. Mark Pearse
    Hi John it's really nice to watch how the feel of the boat increases with each addition.
  30. Mark Pearse
    Hi Dick mysterious - what do you interpret the parts to be from the drawings?
  31. Mark Pearse
    Hi Vaddoc nice work all around, especially the leatherwork details. When you say 'near the gooseneck', I'm assuming that you mean on the boom near the gooseneck. In which case, be aware that you wouldn't usually put belaying pins - or another sort of cleat - on something that moves unless the rope that's going to be tied off there is moving with it. So a sail halyard that goes to the top of the mast can go to a pin or cleat on the mast. You can use a cleat near the gooseneck on the boom, but only for a line that does something on the boom (sail outhaul for example). all the best
  32. Mark Pearse
    Hi GL that's beautiful, & it really looks like the boat. (It's a photo of our boat Cherub, which is 24' - 4' shorter than the model design, but with the same beam dimension & cockpit size). Very well done & I hope this one gives you encouragement to do some more marine paintings. I'm very glad you liked this photo enough to paint it. Mark
  33. Mark Pearse
    Hi Steven speaking as a practical sailor & not a marine archaeologist, I'd say that the reason for the three hole is clear - but I tend to leap to conclusions... One side of that block has 5 or 6 ropes, & say the capacity is 100kg each, the other side of the block needs to be able to take the total load of 500 or 600kg. The point of the block is leverage, 5 or 6 to 1 in this case, but the effect is to increase load. The other side of the block must be able to equalise the load, so it's the standing rigging multiplied to be able to withstand the load of the block - I reckon it's a rope wound around several times to take the load. If my idea is correct, it would be instead of the lateral hole & rope you put in.
  34. Mark Pearse
    it's a detail that will really enliven an already beautiful model
  35. Mark Pearse
    Hi Vaddoc, a good result, very nice. My experience is that CA can be brittle if there's not much surface area for it to work with.
  36. Mark Pearse
    thank you all. Steve, the Maluka to Hobart article here will interest you: https://sasc.com.au/wp-content/uploads/SASC0217W.pdf

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