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Congratulations, Anja - I hope it works out in your favor!

I am starting the work on the Emma C. Berry and want to be sure i am handling the rabbet the right way. Based on the plans, it appears that what I need to do is cut the rabbet in between the bearding line and the rabbet line - is that the correct approach? Appreciate any recommendations - this is my first POF so not quite clear the best way to handle.

No, the photo predates the Vestal - reported to be sometime prior to October 1909 based on the known history of modifications to the one in the background.

Dang - that was quick!!!! Well played - your turn, Anja!

Thanks, David. That is a very pretty sidewheeler - I like! Seeing we had a request for some Subs, try this one next! Bonus credit if you can also identify the ship in the background...

Is that the Nederland?

Thanks, John - it is a little at a time, but it is progress! Augie - appreciate the kind words. Once I get the main mast stepped I guess it will be time to join the "ratline" race with y'all!

Looking fantastic - very nice work on the cabin thingys!

As promised, a couple of shots of the keel assembly and the side horn timber, which forms a part of the transom and will house the rudder stock. The keel assembly. The side horn timber. My very tentative start at marking out the rabbet on the stem. Any guidance on this would be much appreciated! I think reading the manual and looking at other logs, that what i do is taper from the bearding line to the rabbet line, with the depth at the rabbet line being the thickness of a plank. Is that anything similar to being an accurate approach? Thanks, everyone!

Well, a bit more progress today. I am still working on the main mast - I am installing the forestays and topping lift prior to installing on the hull - to these old eyes, it is a lot easier to seize these knots off the hull than on it. I still need to add a block on each stay before I step the mast.. Topping Lift temporarily tied to the main boom. There will be a block at the end of the lift and then a line seized to the boom that runs through the block, back through a sheave in the boom and belays to a cleat on the side of the boom Mast rings and boom jaws on the cradle. The line coming down is one of the forestays for the main mast. Profile view with the main mast dryfitted - almost looks like a ship now! Also installed the fife rail at the foremast today. Have installed the stanchions and handrails on the starboard side. Still need to add these on the port side. Back to getting the last little bits on the main mast, continuing to manufacture chainplates for the shrouds, then once I get those mounted I can finally install the main mast.

Well, not a lot of progress, but I got the first 3 strakes on both sides today. Will need some sanding and filler, but fortunately this is a double planking model!

Thanks, Richard! The figures I am using are in scale a 1/32. They are available from multiple sources - primary manufacturer I have come across is Preisser (such as these). The ones I have were kindly provided by Maurys. Andy (Realworkingsailor) has provided a good description of scale sizes at http://modelshipworld.com/index.php?/topic/1006-in-need-of-shipyard-workers-or-boats-crewmembers/page-3#entry19739. Best bet is to check model railroad suppliers. "O" Scale is 1:48. You may not find exactly what you need, but you may have some luck locating "blanks" you can "surgically" alter to suit your needs. For anyone else browsing this thread: "G" Scale: 1:22.5, 1:29 and 1:32 "O" Scale: 1:48 "S" Scale: 1:64 "OO" Scale: (Varies Slightly between USA And Britain) Most common is 1:76 "HO" Scale: 1:87.1 "TT" Scale: 1:120 (Rare, hard to find) "N" Scale: 1:160 "Z" Scale: 1:220 Scale people are available in all these scales. Some work may be required to make them period appropriate. I was just looking at some at http://www.micromacromundo.com/preiser.asp?scatlist=186&perpage=5 Hope this helps!

Glad things went well, Frank. We've missed you!

Thank you, Augie! Appreciate that! Poor guy has had a rough life - actually my grandson that lived with us until he was 6, then moved out with his mom to live with the father of his 2 siblings, but spent most weekends and vacations with us. Had a very tough time about 3 years ago and came back to live with us - has been showing continuous improvement ever since. When he first moved back, I couldn't be out of his site - he would even sit outside the WC waiting...now, he is able to stay home alone for several hours at a time without any problems (other than periodic phone calls when he needs to get his lunch etc - just to have someone on the phone). Looking more and more like he and the Admiral may be working together on the Phantom kit I bought him for Christmas - she has been doing a lot of transcription work for the MSB group working on transcribing some of the Joshua Humphreys papers, and also helps edit the MSB journal. ! Thanks, Bob - it's small but as long as I keep stuff separated well it works for now! The Admiral is getting quite interested in ships, and now she is giving some serious thought to getting into model shipbuilding. Think we need to get a larger apartment so we have room for a proper shipyard Anyway, probably more than you ever wanted to know! Off to do some work today on the main mast for the HL - hope to have some photo's up tonight!

Augie - what can I say? it gives me something to work on when the rigging on the Harriet Lane gets to be too monotonous. Still procrastinating, though, on planking the hull on the Detector...really need to get back to that as practice for this one! Keith - my 13 year old is on the spectrum - diagnosed when he was about 9. We have our moments with him, but overall it is just a uniqueness for him that makes our lives richer! Fortunately, my 19 year old is both his "protector" and his best buddy, so that makes our lives much easier. I did get the keel glued up last weekend. I am now pacing the deck, so to speak, and looking at other builds to figure out how to do the rabbet. Does it get carved in between the bearding line and the rabbet line on the plans?

Bet it felt very strange working on those massive timbers for the canoe! It came out very well!

Sarah - good luck on the ratlines! I am just about ready to re-do mine (the original foremast shrouds got replaced when the topmast snapped, so need to retie those several hundred boogers...). I wound up shifting to an embroidery thread for mine - a dark brown, spool says embroidery thread 768 by (I think) Molnlycke. It is much finer than the shrouds and the knots don't look large when tied. Easy to work with and stays well with a dab of dilute PVA. I may have missed the photo, but how did you do the mainmast shrouds - did you wind up drilling the sponson for the chainplates?

That is one impressive looking model - thanks for posting the picture! I see thousands of tiny knots in your future...

VERY impressive work, Danny!

OK, Sjors...I'll give you a break. Take your time fitting those masts - getting them right will make all the difference! Want me to give your boss a call and see if he can install a building table in your bus for you????

Congratulations, St. George! L. Snow & Co., Rockland, Me., launched the three-masted schooner Wawenock in 1907, built for themselves to ply in the coal, stone and lumber trades. Her dimensions are as follows: Length 135.9 ft., breadth 34.3 ft., depth 9.8 ft. She has a gross tonnage of 325, her net tonnage being 258. The story of the wreck is well told in Bertram G. Snow’s The Main Beam, published in 2005 by the Rockland Historical Society with massive contributions of research and photographs by Doug and Linda Lee. The 325-ton Wawenock was loaded with granite curbing stone and was sailing from Sullivan, Maine, towards New York in December of 1928. After temporarily snagging on a ledge in Jericho Bay on the 30th, Capt. Anders Anderson stayed in the area, waiting for better weather. The morning of January 10, 1929, anchored east of Isle au Haut, the crew woke to a southeast snow storm, blowing hard. Capt. Anderson decided to raise the anchor and sailed up the Bay in extremely poor visibility. The schooner struck the ledges on the west side of Fog Island and the men could hear water pouring into the vessel. Not waiting for the captain’s orders, the crew lowered the yawl boat and left the schooner. Soon after, the vessel (still under full sail) freed herself from the ledge and continued on her way, with the yawl boat following. Eventually the crew could see that the schooner had run on the rocks on McGlathery Island, and they continued on to Stonington to report.

Nope, not the Thayer. Wrong coast. Here is a shot of the poor beast meeting her fate...

Jan - Correct on the sub, and close on the ship.

LOL!!! Certainly narrows it down, Kevin! I promise, my next one will be a sub. Do you know which one this is?

Good evening, Anja (hope I got it right this time!) It is not the Sunset Glow either. Right part of the world, though! This one was built for the Coal, Stone and Lumber trades and met a most disagreeable end.