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Repairs complete. Easier than I thought it would be.
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I was bringing Pegasus up from the shop for some proper photos and tripped. Down she went. What a mess! Landed stern first, shearing off the taffrail, light, mizzen gaff (broke). Mizzen topmast, main T’gallant mast and fore T’gallant masts broken. Luckily, the bow was undamaged, including the figurehead and bow sprit. No damage to any of the carvings, all of which were simply repositioned on the repaired raff rail, which by dinner, was back in place with a couple of improvements. Starboard mizzen chains will need to be redone. The rest will be easier. My wife was a witness and was much more upset than I was.
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Many thanks for the kind words. I’m awaiting delivery of piece of wood for a base and the use of a regular sized lathe of friend to shape a pair of brass pedestals before taking final photos. Henry
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With the topgallant rigging complete, attention was directed to the ship’s boat. I had a plug left over from the same task on the Gros Vendre build, so that was shortened and the stern modified. Midship frames were dry steam bent and the rest sawn with the lot glued to the keel with.CA. I used Swiss Pear for the bulk of it, with the shear and cap in Walnut. It was then glued amidships to the spare top masts and rigged to the mainstay pendant tackles. That pretty much concludes the build except for repairs, dusting and paint touch up here and there. Final photos to follow.
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Now the t’gallants!
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Having completed the lower yards and mizzen gaff rigging, it’s on to the topsail yards. Nothing particularly complicated about this, but to get the details right, a lot of time and fuss. It’s a pleasure, tho, to see it come alive.
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Rigging progressing slowly.
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I like your practice of pinning the gun carriages to the deck. I’ve just used glue under the wheels, but no matter what type of glue I use, they seems to come lose all too often, which creates a super headache particularly under a planked deck! I also pin the trunion caps, with glued pins, but have had the same issue. Henry
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Now on to the rest.
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That completes the standing rigging for this build. I can identify with Blue Ensign’s comment about the effect of rigging on the back and neck. With Spring now upon us in southeastern Massachusetts, I think I’ll take a break and prepare for the eminent Striped Bass arrival. We live on property that extends to the banks of a tidal river on the coast where the Spring migration of Stripers offers excellent fly fishing opportunities from shore, a good diversion from endless hours in the basement. Henry
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Deadeye plates utilized as advised. Difficult to achieve good parallel alignment however with the surrounding deadeyes due to special confinements in my build.
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Great! Will do. Thx.
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