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Mark Pearse

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    Sydney, Australia
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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.    popeye the sailor reacted to a post in a topic: Twelve inch to the foot dinghy
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  11.    Mark Pearse reacted to a post in a topic: Schooner Germania (Nova) by KeithAug - Scale 1:36 - 1908 / 2011
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  13.    Mark Pearse reacted to a post in a topic: 10th-11th century Byzantine dromon by Louie da fly - 1:50 - FINISHED!
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  15. Mark Pearse
    Hi Stephen I have a couple of comments, hopefully they might be useful. But they wouldn't affect the rigging so much as giving alternative ideas on how they might have worked with a simple rig that has limitations: Given what you say about the stability of these vessels, it is a possibility that they did not gybe the sails. It is a tricky manoeuvre even in a little dinghy, let alone such a large sail area & a tender boat. It sounds like a possibility that for them, sailing meant heading downwind or within maybe 5-10º off the wind, & to make any angle to the wind
  16. Mark Pearse
    Bravo Stephen, looks amazing. It would still be possible to use the new figures - they could be trimming a sheet.
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    groan
  18.    Mark Pearse reacted to a post in a topic: 10th-11th century Byzantine dromon by Louie da fly - 1:50 - FINISHED!
  19.    Mark Pearse reacted to a post in a topic: Schooner Germania (Nova) by KeithAug - Scale 1:36 - 1908 / 2011
  20.    Mark Pearse reacted to a post in a topic: Deben 5-tonner by vaddoc - FINISHED - Scale 1:10 - a Whisstock yard design
  21.    Mark Pearse reacted to a post in a topic: KAROO 1930 by Mark Pearse - 1:12 - 20' open sailing boat half model - SMALL
  22.    Mark Pearse reacted to a post in a topic: KAROO 1930 by Mark Pearse - 1:12 - 20' open sailing boat half model - SMALL
  23. Mark Pearse
    Hi Carl, yes there's a centreboard for certain - but a boat like Karoo would be pivoting & not lifting like the skiffs.
  24. Mark Pearse
    Hi Vaddoc I was wondering what video was in store for us - it was the Brit! I've sailed a couple of times as main sheet hand on this boat, it was fun & hard work. But she actually does have keel timbers below the rabbet line, although not much at all. Otherwise there would be nothing for the bottom edge of the garboard to sit against. There's a deadwood aft, but again not large. I think Karoo probably had a more of both than Brittania, but maybe not much. If you see how the lines drawing of Karoo shows the lowest line parallel with the waterline, that was another clue - you wou
  25. Mark Pearse
    Hi Vaddoc The clues are in the drawings. In the body plan, the detail below shows the curved line of the planking stopping at a horizontal line, not faired into a deadwood or keel. It's probably clearer in the plan view of the lines, below. At the bow the hull lines do not show the pointed or rounded shape of a stem, they lines stop where the planking would meet the stem. The lines resolve as a line perpendicular to the centreline, not the smooth resolved shape of a stem profile. Below you can see the planking & stem & keel clearly with h
  26. Mark Pearse
    They are like 30' skiffs. On a reach they would be dynamite; it would be interesting to know if they could point well to windward.
  27. Mark Pearse
    Hi Carl Wow, thanks for that. I wonder if they have ballasted keels.
  28. Mark Pearse
    Hi John, of those two, I'll take the first one thanks. Nice to meet Larry, I just looked at your Nimblet builds, very nice boats.
  29.    Mark Pearse reacted to a post in a topic: KAROO 1930 by Mark Pearse - 1:12 - 20' open sailing boat half model - SMALL
  30. Mark Pearse
    Hi Carl, Vaddoc, others Thank you for your concern & I'm very happy to say that I'm mainly well - apart from a heavy snow-skiing fall 2 weeks ago. Neither arm is up to sailing at the moment, but with the Spring sailing season soon I'll be ready for that. In their eternal wisdom our government decided that sailing & fishing were forms of exercise & so we did plenty of both during the worst of the lockdown in Sydney, the remarkable photo below was taken by a friend - us on a family outing one autumn day on an almost empty harbour. The half model is goin
  31. Mark Pearse
    Hi Vaddoc, This has been fun. The model is lovely & you've been very inventive in how you approached the technical aspects.
  32. Mark Pearse
    There's a realistic sense in the variety of postures, hair, skin colour, seating position etc. It's looking very good.
  33. Mark Pearse
    The stands are very nice Maury, they look elegant & suit the boat. Do they need anything further to stabilise the model, or just the two parts are enough?
  34. Mark Pearse
    Hi Steven I'm not trying to bring on another round of pun-making, but have you considered any underhand grips?
  35. Mark Pearse
    well done, going well Vaddoc

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