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  1. usedtosail
    Nice looking deck you have there.
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    Looking good Mike. I like your use of rubber bands (or elastics as we say up here in New England) and clamps to hold the wales. All of the false quarter galleries I have seen are badges that fit over the planking, but I am not sure if there would be an opening into the hull under them in the real ships.
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    That book is a great idea and looks fabulous. It is missing your name on the cover though.
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    Sorry Al, its Charlestown, like the movie The Town that was filmed there. Great chase scene in that movie on those narrow streets. Charleston is one (or more) of those cities down south somewhere. I finished the ratlines on the port side, all three masts, and have tied on all the ratlines on the starboard main shrouds. I'll fix those knots tonight. No pictures as its hard to see the ratlines without anything behind them. I am using thin sewing thread for the ratlines, which helps keep the end shrouds from being pulled out of straight and the knots not too big.
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    Glad you got to Fenway Pahk. The game was on at the graduation party I went to on Saturday. It looked like a good one.
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    Here we are. Had a great visit too. You'll have to come back when she is all up and rigged again.
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    Thanks Michael, Vossie, and Al. I don't know about doing a guide. Maybe things not to do more than how to do it right the first time, ha ha. I met up with Sawdust Dave and his son Mike yesterday in Charlestown. We had a great visit over a couple of beers and they headed off to the North End for some good Italian food. Dave is the handsome guy on the right.
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    Sounds like a good plan.
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    Sure. Sent you a PM to work out details.
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    Sounds great Anthony. Will you have a separate build log for it?
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    Bring a warm coat Dave. It has been kind of chilly around here lately.
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    Thanks Michael. Your Halifax is looking so good. You will have plenty of time later to pick up on the Constitution.
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    Congratulations Gramps/Anthony. I am looking forward to following along with your build, as this boat has peaked my interest, being Sicilian as I am.
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    Nice work so far. I look forward to following along with your build. If you have any questions as you go, don't hesitate to ask questions. There are some really good Connie builders on this site.
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    Thank you, and you are very welcome Michael. I enjoy documenting my work and hope it will be a help for others in the future. I look forward to following along with your future build when you get to that point.
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    As promised, here is the jig I started doing the ratlines with. It worked pretty well, but the spacing was a bit uneven with it. I then switched to graph paper as a guide, which is how I have always done ratlines in the past. I tied all of the fore port ratlines before fixing any of the knots. I then started fixing every fifth line, which corresponds to the ratlines that start at the swifter. Once these dry I will fix the intermediate ratlines. I left one ratline off about 1 1/2" below the top for the futtock stave. I split some3/64 x 3/32 " strips to make 3/64" square strips for the futtock staves. I painted these black.
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    Well. my approach for the snakes between the fore and main stays worked out nicely. I basically just tied the snake lines to the stays with clove hitches, weaving the snakes back and forth. It may be hard to see in these photos, but I like the end result. So now I am adding the ratlines. Here are few to start, but I have about half of the fore port ratlines tied on this morning. I have not fixed any of the knots yet, so I can adjust as I go. I am using two 5/32" wide wood strips that I clamp at each end as guides, as well as graph paper behind the shrouds as guidelines. I get some pictures of those tomorrow.
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    I love your attention to detail on those boats. The pinnace is coming out great.
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    Thanks Popeye and all the likes. I am really enjoying the rigging of this ship. There is a lot to do but I think I have a good plan to get it all done in a reasonable time, like maybe this calendar year? I am taking my time though because I don't want to look at something and wish i had done it better. You all know what that is like. I finished adding the mizzen sheer poles and tied off the deadeye lanyards. You can also see in those pictures the breast backstays, which I added to all the masts, but are just hanging loose for now. These were supposed to be added to the mast tops before the fore and main stays, but on the main and fore masts I was able to slide these under those stays. On the mizzen I added them before the mizzen stays. These are just hanging for now because if I rig them now they will interfere with the ratline rigging. I did make the wire brackets that fit over the lower deadeyes that the bottom tackle blocks for these will be hooked to. It took be some trial and a few errors to get something that both looked good and stayed hooked. The plans are not much help with these. These and the triple blocks with hooks that go into them will be put aside until after the ratlines are rigged. Before the ratlines, I am going to add the snakes between the fore stays and main stays. I have done some experimentation and I think I can tie these like ratlines with clove hitches. We will see how that works. Xken has a different method he used on his Connie, which will be my fall back.
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    Its on my possible future builds list, but right now I am dealing with another American icon ship. Yours looks great, Mike.
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    Thanks Rob and Popeye, and the likes. I finished the mizzen stay and preventer stay. These were a little tricky because with the bullseyes they had to go through on the main mast, the serving of the bullseye at the bottom end had to be done in place. I did these, then did the loop at the top for the mouse on the main stay, but the top loop first on the preventer stay. At the bottom, I already had the eyebolts in the deck for the bottom bullseye for these, so I stropped them with hooks that I just hooked into the eyebolts after threading the lanyards through the bullseyes, tightened them up, and tied off the lanyards to themselves. Now to add the sheer poles to the mizzen shrouds.
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    Happy Birthday! Do you believe another year has gone by. Stay well and have fun my friend.

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    Add me to the list of on lookers. I really enjoyed making the cross section of this ship, which itself is pretty big. If i were to try to make the full ship the admiral would have a cow! A replacement keel is the right solution. Hopefully the rest of the kit is OK.
  24. usedtosail
    Nice looking masts, popeye.
  25. usedtosail
    Just found your build log Michael. Great work so far. I look forward to following along.

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