EdatWycliffe

Preliminary work is done--skimmed Chuck's prototype document (a lot of skimming) downloaded from NRG, and read the instruction book a couple of times. The shippyard is clean and all tools are in place to start Syren's hull. (The rigging tools and material used for Fair American are put away and ready for Syren many, many months from now.) Plan to start the build next week. Since I hope to build most of the parts from scratch, I invested in the Dremel Moto-Saw (very good price from Amazon). I took it for a test drive and it cut smoothly and accurately. 
 
The pic is my shipyard. I just got my replacement wood package from Crown Timberyard. Each size strip and sheet is clean, milled beautifully and labeled/packaged separately. Excellent lumber source and real easy to work with.
 
Regards to all,
Ed
 

Preliminary work is done--skimmed Chuck's prototype document (a lot of skimming) downloaded from NRG, and read the instruction book a couple of times. The shippyard is clean and all tools are in place to start Syren's hull. (The rigging tools and material used for Fair American are put away and ready for Syren many, many months from now.) Plan to start the build next week. Since I hope to build most of the parts from scratch, I invested in the Dremel Moto-Saw (very good price from Amazon). I took it for a test drive and it cut smoothly and accurately. 
 
The pic is my shipyard. I just got my replacement wood package from Crown Timberyard. Each size strip and sheet is clean, milled beautifully and labeled/packaged separately. Excellent lumber source and real easy to work with.
 
Regards to all,
Ed
 

Good morning from Denmark...  Here´s an update on the Syren, It´s beginning to take shape... 
 
Got the stern framing in place, painted the gunport and made the filler blocks. 
 
Off to charpter 5. Looking forward to that.. 

Hi everyone, I started working on furled sails on my Badger build and posted a mini summary on my Badger build log.  At the suggestion of a couple of friends, I thought it might be helpful to repost my technique here on this forum, instead of it possibly being buried in my build log.
 
Here are the pictures of the topgallant yards, which still can use a bit of tweezer work before being set with diluted PVA.  I think there's some room for improvement, but overall I was pleased with how the furled sails are coming out.  I'd love to hear of other techniques or possible suggestions for enhancements.    Thanks!
 
 
 

Preliminary work is done--skimmed Chuck's prototype document (a lot of skimming) downloaded from NRG, and read the instruction book a couple of times. The shippyard is clean and all tools are in place to start Syren's hull. (The rigging tools and material used for Fair American are put away and ready for Syren many, many months from now.) Plan to start the build next week. Since I hope to build most of the parts from scratch, I invested in the Dremel Moto-Saw (very good price from Amazon). I took it for a test drive and it cut smoothly and accurately. 
 
The pic is my shipyard. I just got my replacement wood package from Crown Timberyard. Each size strip and sheet is clean, milled beautifully and labeled/packaged separately. Excellent lumber source and real easy to work with.
 
Regards to all,
Ed
 

Preliminary work is done--skimmed Chuck's prototype document (a lot of skimming) downloaded from NRG, and read the instruction book a couple of times. The shippyard is clean and all tools are in place to start Syren's hull. (The rigging tools and material used for Fair American are put away and ready for Syren many, many months from now.) Plan to start the build next week. Since I hope to build most of the parts from scratch, I invested in the Dremel Moto-Saw (very good price from Amazon). I took it for a test drive and it cut smoothly and accurately. 
 
The pic is my shipyard. I just got my replacement wood package from Crown Timberyard. Each size strip and sheet is clean, milled beautifully and labeled/packaged separately. Excellent lumber source and real easy to work with.
 
Regards to all,
Ed
 

Preliminary work is done--skimmed Chuck's prototype document (a lot of skimming) downloaded from NRG, and read the instruction book a couple of times. The shippyard is clean and all tools are in place to start Syren's hull. (The rigging tools and material used for Fair American are put away and ready for Syren many, many months from now.) Plan to start the build next week. Since I hope to build most of the parts from scratch, I invested in the Dremel Moto-Saw (very good price from Amazon). I took it for a test drive and it cut smoothly and accurately. 
 
The pic is my shipyard. I just got my replacement wood package from Crown Timberyard. Each size strip and sheet is clean, milled beautifully and labeled/packaged separately. Excellent lumber source and real easy to work with.
 
Regards to all,
Ed
 

Preliminary work is done--skimmed Chuck's prototype document (a lot of skimming) downloaded from NRG, and read the instruction book a couple of times. The shippyard is clean and all tools are in place to start Syren's hull. (The rigging tools and material used for Fair American are put away and ready for Syren many, many months from now.) Plan to start the build next week. Since I hope to build most of the parts from scratch, I invested in the Dremel Moto-Saw (very good price from Amazon). I took it for a test drive and it cut smoothly and accurately. 
 
The pic is my shipyard. I just got my replacement wood package from Crown Timberyard. Each size strip and sheet is clean, milled beautifully and labeled/packaged separately. Excellent lumber source and real easy to work with.
 
Regards to all,
Ed
 

Doing some initial planning for this build. Reading through the entire instruction book to get a feel for the overall model and checking out the build of some pros like Dubz, Augie and Thomas. Should be able to start the actual build in a few weeks. Just finished MS kit Fair American (Kitbashed per Lauk Street Shipyard practicum). Fair American was my first plank-on-bulkhead build after completing the solid hull MS Phantom starter kit.
 
For Syren I ordered lumber from Crown Timberyard--holly for the deck and waterway and boxwood for deck furniture and hull planks above the copper. I must say that Jason at Crown Timberyard was extremely helpful In selecting woods and helping to determine what lumber I needed to build parts from scratch. I highly recommend the company. I'll order rope and Gratings from Chuck Passaro at Syren.
 
I'm very excited for this build!

Preliminary work is done--skimmed Chuck's prototype document (a lot of skimming) downloaded from NRG, and read the instruction book a couple of times. The shippyard is clean and all tools are in place to start Syren's hull. (The rigging tools and material used for Fair American are put away and ready for Syren many, many months from now.) Plan to start the build next week. Since I hope to build most of the parts from scratch, I invested in the Dremel Moto-Saw (very good price from Amazon). I took it for a test drive and it cut smoothly and accurately. 
 
The pic is my shipyard. I just got my replacement wood package from Crown Timberyard. Each size strip and sheet is clean, milled beautifully and labeled/packaged separately. Excellent lumber source and real easy to work with.
 
Regards to all,
Ed
 

Great gift! Spend more time with the girlfriend and less time with Syren. Ed

Great gift! Spend more time with the girlfriend and less time with Syren. Ed

Great gift! Spend more time with the girlfriend and less time with Syren. Ed

Great gift! Spend more time with the girlfriend and less time with Syren. Ed

Thanks, Gundorph. I'm still impressed. Recently ordered some balsa. Will try to emulate when it's time for filler blocks. Ed

Doing some initial planning for this build. Reading through the entire instruction book to get a feel for the overall model and checking out the build of some pros like Dubz, Augie and Thomas. Should be able to start the actual build in a few weeks. Just finished MS kit Fair American (Kitbashed per Lauk Street Shipyard practicum). Fair American was my first plank-on-bulkhead build after completing the solid hull MS Phantom starter kit.
 
For Syren I ordered lumber from Crown Timberyard--holly for the deck and waterway and boxwood for deck furniture and hull planks above the copper. I must say that Jason at Crown Timberyard was extremely helpful In selecting woods and helping to determine what lumber I needed to build parts from scratch. I highly recommend the company. I'll order rope and Gratings from Chuck Passaro at Syren.
 
I'm very excited for this build!

The gun ports look terrific, Gundorph. Very smooth. I'm also impressed with the contours of the filler blocks. How did you get them to flow so well with the shape of the hull? Ed

Thanks, Gundorph. I'm still impressed. Recently ordered some balsa. Will try to emulate when it's time for filler blocks. Ed

Thanks, Augie. Your mentorship will be very much appreciated. Ed

Thanks, Augie. Your mentorship will be very much appreciated. Ed

Doing some initial planning for this build. Reading through the entire instruction book to get a feel for the overall model and checking out the build of some pros like Dubz, Augie and Thomas. Should be able to start the actual build in a few weeks. Just finished MS kit Fair American (Kitbashed per Lauk Street Shipyard practicum). Fair American was my first plank-on-bulkhead build after completing the solid hull MS Phantom starter kit.
 
For Syren I ordered lumber from Crown Timberyard--holly for the deck and waterway and boxwood for deck furniture and hull planks above the copper. I must say that Jason at Crown Timberyard was extremely helpful In selecting woods and helping to determine what lumber I needed to build parts from scratch. I highly recommend the company. I'll order rope and Gratings from Chuck Passaro at Syren.
 
I'm very excited for this build!

Doing some initial planning for this build. Reading through the entire instruction book to get a feel for the overall model and checking out the build of some pros like Dubz, Augie and Thomas. Should be able to start the actual build in a few weeks. Just finished MS kit Fair American (Kitbashed per Lauk Street Shipyard practicum). Fair American was my first plank-on-bulkhead build after completing the solid hull MS Phantom starter kit.
 
For Syren I ordered lumber from Crown Timberyard--holly for the deck and waterway and boxwood for deck furniture and hull planks above the copper. I must say that Jason at Crown Timberyard was extremely helpful In selecting woods and helping to determine what lumber I needed to build parts from scratch. I highly recommend the company. I'll order rope and Gratings from Chuck Passaro at Syren.
 
I'm very excited for this build!

Fair American has launched two years and two months after the keel was laid. Some pictures of completed the ship are attached. Most important, thanks to all of you who helped me through this first ship after the Phantom starter kit, especially Bob (Rafine) and Ken (KenW). In a couple of weeks, I'll start Syren with new wood to be ordered from Timberyard Crown (Jason is great to work with) and rope and blocks from Chuck at Syren. Thanks, much, everyone!
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Finally some Fair American buildlog photos. Overall, the work is progressing. The spritsail yardarm, gaff, spanker boom, lower yard arms and lower yard arms have all been hoisted and pinned. (I also rigged the main topmast staysail downhaul and halyard, the main topgallant staysail downhaul and halyard and the Burton tackles.) I'm using the rigging order described in the Syren instructions.
 
The gaff, boom and spritsail are fully rigged. I also added boom guys since I thought that made sense to help guide the boom to the port and starboard. The slings and lifts have been added to the lower yardarms. Braces, clues, sheets and tacks for the lower yard arms will wait until the topsail and topgallant yard arms are mounted and rigged. The main topsail has its yard parrels installed, as well as the tye, halyard, halyard runner and halyard tackle. (I'm very grateful for help from KenW and Rafine). (I tried to conform to Petersson and Lees as much as I could, but given the limited belaying points and belaying plan in the FA kit, I added a pinch of imagination.)
 
The topgallant yard arm needs to be installed before I can rig the main topsail lifts (per Lees). The photos:
 
Boom, Gaff and Guys
 

 
Sprit sail
 

 
lower yard arms and spritsail overview
 

 
main top with parrels not yet rigged
 

 
main top with Burton tackles waiting to be belayed
 

 
spritsail rigging
 

 

 
yard arm overview with main topsail pinned
 

 

 
main topsail halyard runner  (port) and tackle (starboard)
 

 

 
fore topsail yard arm with Burton tackles belayed to main top
 

 
fore lower yard arm and spritsail yard arm
 

 
view down from onto the main and fore tops
 

 
As far a workmanship and skill sets--that too is a work in progress (from a D when I started to a C+/B- today. I made a lot of errors. Some are visible; some not, but I've learned from them all. Still great fun and wonderful learning experience. (I look forward to Syren as my next build.)
 
Ed (EdatWycliffe)
 
 

Finally some Fair American buildlog photos. Overall, the work is progressing. The spritsail yardarm, gaff, spanker boom, lower yard arms and lower yard arms have all been hoisted and pinned. (I also rigged the main topmast staysail downhaul and halyard, the main topgallant staysail downhaul and halyard and the Burton tackles.) I'm using the rigging order described in the Syren instructions.
 
The gaff, boom and spritsail are fully rigged. I also added boom guys since I thought that made sense to help guide the boom to the port and starboard. The slings and lifts have been added to the lower yardarms. Braces, clues, sheets and tacks for the lower yard arms will wait until the topsail and topgallant yard arms are mounted and rigged. The main topsail has its yard parrels installed, as well as the tye, halyard, halyard runner and halyard tackle. (I'm very grateful for help from KenW and Rafine). (I tried to conform to Petersson and Lees as much as I could, but given the limited belaying points and belaying plan in the FA kit, I added a pinch of imagination.)
 
The topgallant yard arm needs to be installed before I can rig the main topsail lifts (per Lees). The photos:
 
Boom, Gaff and Guys
 

 
Sprit sail
 

 
lower yard arms and spritsail overview
 

 
main top with parrels not yet rigged
 

 
main top with Burton tackles waiting to be belayed
 

 
spritsail rigging
 

 

 
yard arm overview with main topsail pinned
 

 

 
main topsail halyard runner  (port) and tackle (starboard)
 

 

 
fore topsail yard arm with Burton tackles belayed to main top
 

 
fore lower yard arm and spritsail yard arm
 

 
view down from onto the main and fore tops
 

 
As far a workmanship and skill sets--that too is a work in progress (from a D when I started to a C+/B- today. I made a lot of errors. Some are visible; some not, but I've learned from them all. Still great fun and wonderful learning experience. (I look forward to Syren as my next build.)
 
Ed (EdatWycliffe)