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  1. jbshan
    Below the catharpins, I believe, Darrell. They are sort of a ladder strung between the P & S shrouds, also there is a safety net out on the bowsprit.
  2. jbshan
    Yes, Mike, the same display for the gun. This is an early stage in making and setting up the hammock rail.
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    Just beware that some of the stuff between the shrouds is modern safety stuff. Check some of the books to see what should not be there on a period ship.
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    They would have presented their heavy gun to the enemy and would have made a much smaller target, yes, Chuck. That famous Admiral Benedict Arnold was in command: who knows? There was barshot in the barrel of the 12 pdr, and the ball found in situ seems to have entered a bit from the bows: who knows? Maybe they anchored at the bows and moored to the next in line aft, harder to moor to anchors fore and aft with Army crews perhaps.
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    In re the wind direction: The Americans were anchored in a W-E line, heads roughly to the NE. The British were beating up to them from the starboard beam against a northerly wind.
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    In 1/2" scale, so about the size of your gun deck, Mike, I got some square rod, annealed the brass and made big 'U's. I made rings from round stock and soldered them to the tops. Using more of the square rod, I made shallow 'U's with points on the ends. These I soldered to the bottoms of the big 'U's, and these short 'U's are stuck into holes in the cap rail. I think you can just see the double thickness. The short ones are beside the tall ones, not underneath. The photo is kind of poor, so I didn't post it anywhere.
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    Try this link: http://modelshipworld.com/index.php/topic/14557-typical-stowage-hammock-stowagehow-was-it-done-edited-by-admin And here is one of the pics if the link doesn't work.
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    Don, 1. Yes 2. They had lots of spare canvas aboard, both as spare and as used, unserviceable sails. 3. The canvas kept the water out to begin with, and was painted to further water proof it. They got the hammocks up and washed and dried them when they could. 4. Yes. 5. Maybe, but you'd never see it, being covered up with the hammocks. You could use a little thinned white glue or acrylic paint to seal the edges. My 'bag' is hand-sewn, with the seams inside. Eventually I'l put a thin coat of paint on, off-white probably. That'll further seal things up.
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    Umm... My stanchions are U-shaped with two prongs soldered to the bottom and stuck into holes in the rail and the rings soldered to the tops. This is one option I got from the literature. You can see on the HMS Warrior and Jylland pics somebody posted http://modelshipworld.com/index.php/topic/14557-typical-stowage-hammock-stowagehow-was-it-done-edited-by-admin that the finished product is pretty much a big rounded snake-like shape. If the canvas is not to gather water, it has to be pretty smooth. Just fixed link.
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    The canvas on my pic is basically a 'bag' that sits between the stanchions, with sides, ends and bottom. I have yet to add two more horizontal runs of line (based on a print I have of a period painting) and still have to work out how to cover the top of everything with a flap to keep the water out. I think the canvas will have lashings at each stanchion at the level where the lashing lines cross, and perhaps another in the middle where the X's cross. The cover will be sewn on the outside, with the ends and inside lashed down, perhaps with an overlap as far down as halfway on the stanchions. All up in the air (or stuck in my head) at the moment.
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    I've been watching for a while. It's even a better looking ship when you get a finger in the photo and we can see how finely crafted and small everything is.
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    A big step, closing in the hull. Congratulations. A suggestion; don't shake it after to see if anything is loose inside. You'll want to open it up and take out the loose bit.
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    #8 from the right, if it has one edge with no teeth is exactly what I use. You can get right into a corner without making the adjacent side too deep, then you have to come back and square that up, then the other side is too deep, and back and forth until you can drive a truck through what is supposed to be 2 X 2 ft. Coamings in this period could be as much as 9 inches above deck, maybe a bit more. When you measure, don't forget to take account of the deck which you haven't laid yet.
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    I think he's got it. Show them a few completely, then they might assume the others are there as well.
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    See if you can find a flat, non-tapered file with one of the sides smooth, no teeth. That lets you concentrate on only one side of the cut without worrying about cutting too deep on the side you aren't working on. Right angles? You need to develop an eye for it, or some sort of jig or holder that lets you keep your file or sander square.
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    Hi, Derek. The crew was divided into two watches, port and starboard. One half was always 'on deck', the other half 'below'. For berthing purposes, they were split into pairs with one from each watch. That pair's hammocks were slung next to each other and were stowed in the nettings together. At the appropriate time, the off watch partner would go to the nettings and take his and his partner's hammocks below, hanging each from the hooks, battens, whatever. He unrolled his and left his partner's lashed up into a tube. When the watch changed, the one who had been on deck unlashed his hammock and slept, while the one who had been below went on deck for his watch. There were thus only half the hammocks being used at any one time. There is additional info in 'Most Fortunate Ship', about USF Constitution by Cmdr. Ty Martin, including fire watches, sentries, meals, etc.
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    Thanks, Ed, for the info. Since the vast majority of the wood used was oak, we don't use much seriously colored or grained wood, perhaps a binnacle or other fitting, maybe in the Capt.'s cabin if that shows, though some like to simulate the paint or other coatings with colored woods. Grain becomes a problem, as you say, so it's good to have a grainless source.
  18. jbshan
    Just a little cap, Mike; big enough to cover the end of your thumb. It's in one or other of your books. Darrell, I just thought you'd like to know what you've been missing.
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    So that the lashing shows. It doesn't work any better, it just looks more cunning. It's like having all your house windows with their tops at the same level. It gives some order to what might be somewhat chaotic otherwise. I didn't get perfect uniformity, but you can see the lashings.
  20. jbshan
    I do not in any way recommend this I do not in any way recommend this, but the ratlines historically ended with a spliced eye that was lashed to the outer shrouds. Also, the end of the shrouds, after being lashed to the upper deadeye, had a little leather cap, 'to keep their heads warm and dry', as one of my correspondents says. Try either one of those and your eyes will certainly cross. I do not in any way recommend this I do not in any way recommend this
  21. jbshan
    You don't necessarily need a pin rack, just a cleat, maybe one each side for when the ship tacks.
  22. jbshan
    The belaying pin has the advantage that if the gaff moves further from the belay point the halliard can be lengthened to accomodate the new position and belayed again. I have seen diagrams with a belay point on the boom, but this also I think would need to be adjusted as the boom and gaff changed relationship with each other. Different size ensigns also would need more or less line, as the halliard was not permanently fixed with hooks or toggles, but the flag went into a gap or break in the line with loop and toggle. When no flag was flown, the ends of the halliard would be hitched together to maintain the integrity of the line.
  23. jbshan
    You got it. Now just make 40 more. :-)
  24. jbshan
    Something like that, Mike, as long as you have a turn at the midpoint., so it shows at the fold.
  25. jbshan
    There was sometimes a thimble lashed to a shroud, a fairlead as it were.

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