maurino

Accessories on board .......

The bucket on board....

A copper bucket .......

23 hours ago, wefalck said:

The wooden crate looks good!

Thank you very much 

The fishing net inside a wooden basket ....

Anchor on board ......

The anchor rope collected in a basket ...

The anchor, actually a fishing hook (important to have a fisherman friend) adapted to the purpose ....

The compass on board ....

While I ponder the final destination of my schooner, I begin to assemble  keel and frame .......

The compass ......

The flag and the wind-vane .....

I'm finishing the bragozzo and I've started to get my hands on the Mamoli Marseille kit. I really like the line of this schooner, much less its use as a training ship for gunners. At this point I was thinking of mounting some guns and making her a privateer schooner, or of not mounting any at all and making a merchant schooner ...... I'll have to think about it.

Practically finished model, details of the rudder ......

The rigging of the "bragotto"......

23 hours ago, wefalck said:

Did the bragozzo really have shrouds? In many cases with lateen rigs the haliards of the antenna seem to serve as shroud.

Yes, I confirm the presence of asymmetrical shrouds on the bragozzi, as can be seen from the drawing of the monograph .

The asymmetry of the shrouds is even more evident at the bow, where the port shroud is absent....

The asymmetrical shrouds of the mainmast, on the right is placed an extra block because this part is subjected to greater stress by the sail. When the sail receives the wind from the left it rests on the mast and the shroud is less tense.

The "bragotto", a sliding rigging to orient the main sail.

Rope band ......

Mast heel ........

Mast in position .....

The laying of the luff cord on the sails .....

Painting of sails ....

Preparing the sails .....