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    Michael...you had better hold tight to that artifact of Lightning....I might just slip in one night and relieve you of it.....of course while I'm sleep walking..... of course. Since I won't be responsible for my actions.......HeeHeeHee I wonder if you could possibly double your value, by using your band saw and cutting it in half down through the treenail....making two manageable displayable parts? Possibly with a nice weathered brass placard describing the artifact? You really wouldn't be destroying it...but rather proclaiming it.......twice! I appreciate your viewing of the thread....it gladdens my heart to know an artist of your caliber finds interest in these pages. Rob(Humble purveyor of Glory history and artifacts)
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    I agree...protect and label Rob
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    From those extremely clear images of Glory's figurehead and hood...I see now that her bowsprit is not parallel to the hood at all. The root of the sprit sits down deep and the hood is much fuller then in both of our drawings. You can clearly see she is protruding beyond the hood...probably just below her shoulder blades. I knew my representation of those elements were not as accurate as I had pleased...but as all things...they too will be refined. From my drawings imposed on Dan's originals...you can clearly see the rake of her photographed prow, that you have been attempting to point out. One thing I did notice is that from all the images you posted of her on the ways...by looking at the close up of her figurehead it dawned on me that the hood was being masked by the angle of the photograph. It too takes on the impression that it is shorter then it actually is...so all the computations we have been applying to other elements, must surely apply to it. Just a thought. Still....we are far closer to her actuality then when we first began with what we had to start with....I'm sure. It's fascinating to me to wonder that all of the years (65 or more) that Michael has dedicated to this study, coupled with the efforts we two and others(from Australia) have contributed....have brought us here to this place were we are on the cusp of reimagining Glory of the Seas true dimensions and beauty. How wonderful it is. Rob
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    Look at the growth rings in that sample. That was an old tree when that log was cut for that timber. Love it Michael. Rob
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    Arina...you're doing a wonderful job. Should we begin now by using the new email address to communicate with Mike? Since I'm assuming all that communication will be Glory or nautical centered? Rob
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    This pic is of the redrawn bow from the 1/8" drawing from Ron I have corrected some issues with the stem leading to the figurehead and the naval hood. Also raked back the overly vertical cutwater from the curve of the stem to the keel foot. Included are the original and my mods. Rob
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    The hood is still too long...her head, neck and partial shoulders should extend past the tip of the hood. Making her the most forward structure to the prow. The hood appears to be flat on its top...just under the flat surface of the bowsprit. Rob
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    Oh....I already did on my new drawing I'll post this afternoon. You gave that post it to me several years ago I believe. Rob
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    I might note that your original drawing of the figurehead, was pretty close to what I gathered...though with a slightly elongated hood and stem Photographic Images show the top of the hood is fairly flat under the bowsprit . Rob
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    I've done that already. Ron's depiction shows the waterline 3ft higher then the 22' recorded and his curve of the stem is all off because he does not take into consideration the Naval hood above the figurehead. So his stem curve become the top of the Hood. I've done some redraws over the 1/8" example Mike gave me and I left the original lines drawn by Ron so one can see the difference. I'll post this when I get home. Rob
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    The key to a firm conclusion was to eliminate the usual incline of the ways...which I determined was roughly 3deg established from plumb derived from her port anchor shank and martingale. Establishing that, I could determine the horizontal..by which I was able to work out the true plumb/vertical of the hull. From there, easily determine that the inclination of the bow below the radios of the stem(57%) was -7deg. All of this combined with your own assessments and observations/impressions...places the truth of her bow within our grasp. This...being evidenced by Mike's own admission that he wants Ron to readdress his own drawings. Success favors the prepared mind...and we have several minds working in concert. I will again apply my measurements to a 1/8" enlargement of the bow Ron drew to see the corrections necessary. Rob
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    I think that might be a great idea. I did ask Mike what images he was referencing that he said he gave Ron. Are they from his extensive collection, or are they some that we have been drawing? I hope the latter. Rob
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    Robert....Mike is sending Ron images via snail-mail...and he informs me that he just sent some to him and he doesn't expect to hear from him for several weeks. He communicates via email and snail-mail. Mike is requesting that Ron revisit his drawings and use some of these new images to aid him. Rob
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    This image shows the bow clearly and almost to the keel foot... Rob
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    Dang Michael....you've spoiled us with your perfect example of woodworking.....and metal working. Rob
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    Richard...remember the Donald McKay's lines are pretty close to Glory's...apart from the more vertical stem below the waterline. So close but not full enough.
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    Just for giggles....here are some more images of her bow...photos and paintings Though in the painting, her cheek ornamentation (beneath/behind her figurehead) did not extend onto her hull.
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    I wish to share an edited email I received from Michael. It sheds some light on our discussion. The main reason why I want to be patient. "We have to remember that both Patterson and Walters were both professionals but that they were not infallible (Other artists such as Charles Waldron, George Ekren---who commanded Glory in 1902, William Coulter, and several others also made paiintings of her. Whereas, the actual photos do not lie and the launching image which distinctly shows her stem as straight below the waterline can be discerned when you put a straight edge next to the photo image. That is one of the images Ron Haug worked from when he did his drawing and he has the skills developed from being a shipwright for all of his working life (he is 83 years old). I will be writing him a letter this coming week and I will send him copies of photos (I don;t recall what ones I sent to him ten years ago) and ask him to see whether he sees anything different than what he did. Please note that I have close to 80 drawings which Ron has done over the years and this includes his preparing drawings of many of McKay's clippers. He not only worked from builder's models but also worked from offsets preserved in U. S. Customs records held by National Archives. These offsets, derived from Custom House admeasurements are the actual dimensions derrived by government employes to establish gross and net tonnages by actually measuring the interior of a hull according to Custom House regulations. Unfortunately, the original admeasurement for Glory was burned in a filre at the Boston Custom House in the year 1893 so we have to 'guess' what she looked like other than photo analysis. My 'challenge' is indexing all of my existing photographs and catagorizing them by period. When you figure, I first started gathering information on Glory of the Seas back in the year 1957 and thereafter have accomulated photos of her besides getting copies of plans drawn by a number of people My goal is to incorporate this into a revised set of plans similar in format to those I drew in 1979" Rob
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    The ultimate consequence of using the medium of wood to construct your creations. All I can suggest is that you, as myself, wait for Michael to provide photographic evidence to aid in any conclusive decision concerning her lines. Physical evidence(such as what we are gathering) is tough/hard evidence....and we both see the same things in each photograph....but Michael assures me there are so many more images to scour through that any premature conclusions....regardless of how convinced we may be from what we have already gathered, so we must be patient to gather all available data. And Brother...we haven't seen everything. But if this is all we had...then I think we could be close. Keep at it...your tenacity is assuring. Rob
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    One reason why I am holding out from making a final decision...waiting on Michael to provide more images to aid in either aiding in our conclusions or diminishing them all together. Tell Michael we are so excited and the passion for accuracy is what drives us to be as precise as possible. Rob
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    Michael tells me that her gunwal was over 6'....Evidenced by first hand accounts of her crew commenting on how high her sides were from deck level...making a simple look over her sides a near impossibility for the average sailor. This causes one to conclude that all those folks hanging over her rail amidships in her launching image..must have been standing on something on the deck....possibly finishing lumber or kneeling on her pin rail. See how tall her sides were. Great sleuthing..... Rob
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    Here are some more measurements. thangle hasd to be reversed from the line drawn down from the martingale. the 90deg is established from the line of the keel. Note the 90deg on the hull. All of the angles are noted. Remember the ship was on her ways..probably(from my measurements was roughly 3deg. It appears from my measurements that the incline of the stem was roughly 83deg, I noted both angles for the stem curve from the cutwater to the figurehead. One from true plum(from the martingale) and one from the actual 90deg. from keel horizontal. Upon further eval it appears the curve of the stem is a slight paraboloid. But photographic anomalies might be at play..due to the angle of the photograph. Your view/opinion up to now? Rob
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    Isn't it interesting that in the top picture..she retains her royal masts....but this is after she received her helm house up in the mizzen....but when she was first hauled up to Alaska she didn't have the helm house nor the royal masts..not to mention the backstays required to maintain them. Just another weird mystery. Rob
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    Where did you get that...I want one. Just found one and bought it...yeah! Rob
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    Here is another image with some elevations and measurements...note the slight angle to the bow from true perpendicular/vertical. Rob

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