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Although there is inconclusive evidence (I just made it up) that there were spinnakers on ancient galleys as well!!!
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Sarah - thanks for the Bratwurst! Sjors - thanks - we enjoyed the Pizza!!!
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Congratulations, SIR! Since Lt. Commander Sjors has seniority, is it not correct that he hosts the "wetting down"?
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I was actually thinking research vessel - that is one heck of a large "A" frame - submersible launching maybe?
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So, you are new to wooden ship building and are wondering where to start to learn the terminology, methodology and all that sort of stuff. Don’t feel bad – it is intimidating at times and can seem like a foreign language! Figuring out where to start to try and understand the ins and outs is a challenge. There are, to be sure, many exceptional books that describe the process of building a model. Some, more than others, relate the process back to the days of old when a shipwright worked as much from intuition and experience as from formal plans and blueprints. To understand how the shipwrights of old built a wooden ship is an interesting (and sometimes confusing) journey. The brief list of references provided below are not intended to cover the total breadth of shipbuilding, but rather to allow you to sample the flavors and textures over a period of about 120 years. There are, to be sure, older references, and there are newer ones, but these will place you in the heart of the most heavily modeled time periods. The following list of downloadable resources is far from complete – in fact, it is only a beginning. There are so many more! It is also, and for this I apologize up front, nearly exclusively in the English language. You see, I don’t read nor speak anything other than English and some teenagerisms (and a smattering of baby talk), so I really couldn’t say whether a French or Dutch document was describing building a boat or baking a cake, so to avoid leading you too far astray I have steered away from those resources. I do have a few which, if you speak the language, I will gladly share. So – in no particular order, and for your reading pleasure, here is what I would consider to be the Introduction to Shipbuilding 101 list of readings (all are no longer protected by copyright). David Steel - The shipwright's vade-mecum (1805) http://archive.org/details/shipwrightsvade00steegoog John Fincham - An introductory outline of the practice of ship-building (1825) http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/009723747 John W. Griffiths - Treatise on marine and naval architecture; or, Theory and practice blended in ship building (1854) http://archive.org/details/treatiseonmarin00grifgoog ----- The ship-builder's manual: and nautical referee (1856) http://books.google.com/books?id=el9JAAAAYAAJ ------ The Progressive Ship Builder, Volume 1 (1875) http://books.google.com/books?id=IoJIAAAAYAAJ ------ The progressive ship builder, Volume 2 (1876) http://books.google.com/books?id=CIJIAAAAYAAJ Richard Montgomery Van Gaasbeek - A practical course in wooden boat and ship building (1919) http://books.google.com/books?id=MvsOAAAAYAAJ Charles G. Davis - The building of a wooden ship (1918) http://books.google.com/books?id=Zu4OAAAAYAAJ
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As many of you may be aware, the Mystic Seaport Museum is in the midst of a restoration of the Whaling bark Charles W. Morgan. Plans are firming up to re-launch the Morgan on July 21, 2013. The restoration is moving along at a brisk pace. The Shipwirghts Blog currently has a number of photo's showing the hull planking and beginning of copper plate installation. While there are some decidedly modern tools being used, it gives a good idea of the challenge of planking a vessel of this size!
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Congratulations, Anja! With your charm and good natured personality, the second interview should be a piece of cake!!!!
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Sjors - If you had coppered the hull below the waterline I would say yes, but with just the varnished wood, I would leave them as is. They really standout well against the planking this way!
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Your saw work is lovely, the timbers so clean if I weren't so clumsy To try this I would lean! Very nice job, Sherry - thank goodness I have 3 kits to finish before I contemplate moving to the dark side...but I think I'll start more simply with a cross section of some sort! Very nice job on these pieces with a coping saw!!!!!
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Woo hooo! Another promotion party! Senior officer on board hosts (looks like that would be Sjors...)
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as to the Steamboat Robert E. Lee, there are a few contemporary paintings and sketches. Here is one from the Louisiana State Museum that may be a good reference. The next is a Currier & Ives print of the "great Race" with the Natchez.
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Mistah Popeye, sir - 'twas a listening to one of them new fangled CD things tonight with mothah, and thaht I would share with you one of the stories told by Mr. Marshall Dodge. great man, he were. This heah is the story about a day on the watah with his mother in law lobsterin'. I hope, sir, that you enjoy! http://www.islandportpress.com/BIseteragain.html
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Very nice looking build thus far!!!
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That one is interesting - it looks familiar for some reason, but not sure why. I would hold off on hints for a while and see what folks come up with!
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Kester - when you click on the picture to enlarge it the name of the ship is the name of the picture.
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ancre Le Fleuron 1729 by rekon54 - 1:24
trippwj replied to rekon54's topic in - Build logs for subjects built 1501 - 1750
Beautiful work! thanks for sharing this masterpiece!!!! The pictures are such quality as to make it easy to believe this was a full scale vessel rather than a model. -
Hello, Josh - thought I'd "pop in" about the waterline. If you intend to paint the boat, the waterline is important for the reason noted above - the area below the waterline would usually be a different color since some type of anti-fouling paint (red on this boat) would be applied below the waterline. Since anti-fouling paint is much more expensive, it was not used for most other areas. On larger vessels, the waterline is also the separating point for copper sheathing.
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Take your time, Sjors - you are doing a great job. I am very impressed with the detail work you have done.
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Nice work on the jibboom - I chickened out on drilling the holes and used a seized loop instead. Are you going to use the brass wire for the chain plates or try something else?
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