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Great question. I've never seen that one before. I have never seen a reference to the origin of rigols. The word itself is from Middle English. Its meaning is a gutter. Regards, Henry -
Glen, The drawing above is not wrong. The question is what to do with the tackles? Which way do they go? Straight down to the deck or to another block under the top. Constitution has hers rigged with a block under the top so that the tackles lead upwards from the yard. Then the single hauling part of each tackle comes down to the deck to be belayed at the foot of the mast or the fife rail. Regards, Henry
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For the jib sails, use a pendant with two legs seized to the clew of the sail. Each leg of the pendant takes a sheet. Another way to attach the pendant to the clew; middle the pendant and then pass the bight through the clew and then over the legs of the pendant. Cinch the bight up tight to the clew. The legs were often seized to the bight to prevent loosening. Regards, Henry
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Glen, There are no rings used in the sling. There are simple eye splices that are seized or lashed together, end to end. Also, on Constitution the truss tackle pendants have a double block seized in and the tackle runs up to another double block seized to an eyebolt under the top before leading down to the deck. Regards, Henry
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Sheet Bend. Regards, Henry
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It should not be any great problem to pass the eye of the shrouds up through the lubber hole in the tops and then over the mast head before settling them down in the proper sequence over the bolsters. Regards, Henry
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USS Constitution Breast (shifting) Backstay Rigging
popeye2sea replied to Glen McGuire's topic in Masting, rigging and sails
With the double block on top and the triple below there is really only one way to reeve the fall. The standing end of the fall is bent to a becket on the bottom of the double block. Reeve the fall through the blocks passing the line from outboard in on the triple block. The hauling part will pass through the third sheeve of the triple from outboard in and then finish by bringing the end of the fall up and hitch the end of the fall around the backstay, similar to a deadeye, expending however much hauling part you wish around the backstay and seizing in place. Regards, Henry -
Your hooks look fine. Gear up; your going to need hooks, too! Regards, Henry
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If it is to be taken as a list of actions it doesn't work grammatically. Beat to Quarters, Stow'd our hammocks, ________? in the tops, fill'd our Lockers. There is a verb missing. What happened in the tops? Regards, Henry
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For vertical ladders, if you mount the ladder so that it is off of the bulkhead with spacers, the rungs and sides become handholds. For inclined ladders, I have never once, in 24 years of naval service, gone down an inclined ladder backwards. That is a sure sign of a landlubber aboard ship. Vertical ladders, can only be traversed facing the ladder. BTW, ships do not have stairs. They have ladders. Regards, Henry
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Since the reef points seem to be at the bottom of the sail it sems to me like they would shorten sail by lowering the yard and gathering the foot of the sail up to each succeeding reef band. This style of reefing would almost naturally morph into bonnets and drabblers laced to the foot of the sail. And then the next step was reef points at the top of the sail with the reef band lifted up and gathered at the yard. This was also accompanied with the addition of footropes. Regards, Henry
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Gap on flat bottom
popeye2sea replied to WGibson's topic in Building, Framing, Planking and plating a ships hull and deck
What about hiding the small gap with a waterway? Regards, Henry -
Officers and gentlemen were required to display a level of disinterest and decorum at all times. They had to hold themselves above the fray. Even in social situations. It was one of the ways to show your social status and worthiness to be called a gentlemen. Officers were also on display for the crew. The sailors would be more likely to follow an officer who did not show fear in the face of danger. Regards, Henry
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Does anyone know what this rigging is called?
popeye2sea replied to RobMann79's topic in Masting, rigging and sails
Crowsfeet in other applications are there to distribute the pull on another piece of the rigging. For example, in the 1600's or so crowsfeet were rigged on spritsail backstays, some yard braces, mizzen topping lifts, etc. Often the crowsfeet were employed where there would be excessive pull on another rope so as not to pull it out of alignment, ex. the spritsail topmast backstays pulling against the fore stays, or braces pulling against a shroud, etc. Regards, Henry -
Does anyone know what this rigging is called?
popeye2sea replied to RobMann79's topic in Masting, rigging and sails
Actually, the function of the these crowsfeet is to prevent the topsail from getting caught beneath the top. Regards, Henry -
Each strand of the netting material is doubled on the top rope. The top rope will be stretched between the stanchions. The side ends of the netting are simply the last leg of the doubled netting that will run vertically from top to bottom. I actually don't know how to end the mesh on the bottom rope. I will try to look it up in Ashley's book and let you know. Regards, Henry
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Here are a couple of ways to make a netting. These are from The Ashley Book of Knots. 3780 or 3781 and 3782 are probably the easiest. The use of a spool or dowel to control the spacing is also very helpful. Regards, Henry
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cutting, feeding, fixing model ship rope
popeye2sea replied to palmerit's topic in Masting, rigging and sails
If you want an authentic way to finish a rope end, whip the end with thread before trimming the rope close to the whipping. Might be worth the effort for the larger ropes used on a ship. Probably not worth the effort for smaller stuff. Regards, Henry -
Furled , unfurled or no sails -Preference
popeye2sea replied to Canada Steve's topic in Masting, rigging and sails
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Those are called reef points, and many modelers include them on their builds. The hardest part of including them is getting them to lay down in a natural fashion. Regards, Henry
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I do not think square riggers had or even needed tell tails on their sails. Fore and aft rigs are, naturally, different, and I have no knowledge one way or the other of tell tails on their sails. Regards, Henry
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Spritsail yards on Niagara and Constitution
popeye2sea replied to gak1965's topic in Masting, rigging and sails
Footropes were still fitted to facilitate getting out to the ends of the spritsail yard. There is an endless amount of maintenance that needs to be done on even the standing rigging. Regards, Henry -
I have a pair with tips starting at 4mm and tapering down to just less than 2mm, but I modified one tip so that it tapers down to about 0.5mm in order to make really small hooks, eyebolts and rings. That one plier will suffice for any size rings that I am likely to encounter. Regards
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Most of the discussion above applies to smaller fore and aft rigs. Big square riggers act very differently. I have read that one of the reasons for mast rake in large square rigs is to get the yards pivot points more aligned in the vertical plane. Each additional upward section of mast being stepped slightly in front of the lower section. Regards, Henry
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If the stem sweeps up to meet the underside of the bowsprit won't you end up with a higher beak head? Henry
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