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rwiederrich

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  1. Masterful work...just wonderful. Rob
  2. Every application can have a different process.... in your application of furled sails...I agree. Adding the sails and its associated blocks to the yards prior to fixing to the mast is a preferred method. Easy, repeatable and efficient. However, in my application, I required the sails to be billowed and that billow needed to originate at the sails origin...where it is bent to the yard at the jackstay. Not to hang limplessly as in drying or in a doldrum, but naturally as if in a stiff breeze. My technique, required the yard to be firmly fixed to the yard so the sail, when positioned properly, could then be supported and glued in its correct attitude. A vary hard thing to do if the sail was first bent to the un- mounted yard. Rob
  3. I don't know...On my current build of the Clipper Great Republic...I preferred to install all the yards on the mast first..then rigged all the blocks and then installed the sails. I found it actually easier then rigging the yard prior to install. The main benefit was once the yard was installed I could glue the sail at the right billowed angle...supporting it from the mast. Rob
  4. Just so everyone knows the scale I'm working in..here is a simple comparison....I places a penny next to the aft house and mizzen fife rail. Rob
  5. I also finished adding the main royal stay as well(not pictured). Once I get the port mizzen shrouds finished...I'll get to ratlining all the shrouds .... Lots of work done on this wet and rainy day.... Rob
  6. Well I worked on the main backstays and finished them up..here are some pics. Rob
  7. Thanks so much Popeye...yes I'm feeling much better and the numbness has diminished considerably....allowing me more fine detail work to be done. I plan on putting many hours in the shipyard tomorrow..so that means some rigging is getting done........Yippy. Rob
  8. Bob..as much as I would love to accommodate you....I think I'm going to stick with just the main sails....like in the painting of her. Just a reminder: The area she will be mounted won't be able to accommodate that extra width. I have entertained the notion myself....but the fact of the matter is...the Great Republic never ever set her stunsails as originally designed. It must have been a real sight of the imagination to have seen her in that rig under a brisk flury. I have nothing but respect for your opinions...never *Hate*. Even if it means having to tare stuff apart and redo all kinds of stuff and add more stuff with more rigging and stuff...... Rob
  9. Thanks. Even when I think I know everything there is to know about this ship...I surprise myself. I've tried so many new techniques and perfected others on this build it's dizzying for me. But I think the result is acceptable to most. Trying to cram in as much detail as possible in the wake of EDT's fabulous YA build is a daunting task and in a far smaller scale to boot. The bar is surely high. Rob
  10. Thanks Grandpaphil. I hope to get moving along...so much still to do. Rob
  11. Finally, are some pics of the main backstays and also of the mizzen main and the topsail stays. Slow going, but I'm exercising tha machinery... and soon the yard will be back in full operation. Rob
  12. Well it's time to get back to the shipyard...my hand is doing better, though I still have some numbness..I can work around it. I finished up the fore mast stunsail booms and I worked on the mizzen main stays and I worked on the main backstays. First, here are some images of the booms and their ironwork. Much better then before. Rob
  13. Starting back up in the shipyard is a slow process. My arm is slowly healing and most of the pain has subsided, but I still have lingering numbness in my hand and fingers...though I can successfully use them to some degree. Fine work is still an issue. I also returned from a weeks long holiday at Sunriver in Bend Oregon and at Cannon Beach on the Oregon coast. I feel very refreshed and had a most wonderful time. I spent about an hour last night working on the Port side stunsail booms...so not much to report, nor do I currently have any new images to post. I'm gearing up to begin the final backstay install on the main mast before I finish up with the main stays. Balancing out the forces imposed on the mast is a crucial process if one wants the masts to remain undistorted. More to follow. Rob
  14. Wonderful....just wonderful Ed What a relief to finally be complete. She is magnificent to say the least. so much to glean from. Rob
  15. Welcome clipper fan..from another clipper fan. Try https://www.castyouranchorhobby.com/Category/deadeyes I'm currently building the clipper Great Republic. Rob
  16. Right. This is my first full set of sails implemented,...until now, Running the braces never extended me this problem. Your solution for the crojack yard braces works, even thought the fulcrum angle is not overly taxed. These clippers (GR, YA) were build in the same year and it can be safely assumed the solution was universal. Paintings do not replicate this epiphanous revelation. 2 dimensional images can easily mask 3 dimensional issues. I will surely make known my resolution for the brace issue...when I can return to the shipyard in full health. Thanks for the fine comments and observations. Rob
  17. Wonderful work Ed...Interesting solution to the lower mizzen braces. I discovered a while ago that I too will be facing this dilemma with my Great Republic...even more so, because I have no space to fudge, since I have sails that will definitely be in the way of many braces. Ingenious disguising will have to prevail. I have fully enjoyed your log and have gleaned much. Not sure you caught this, but it appears the aft backstay may have slipped out of its place on the main mast. The image you posted of the main mast braces definitely shows the aft port backstay out of its station. Thanks for the wonderful way you presented this build.....Clippers being my love...you kept me enthralled. Rob
  18. Wonderful work and attention to detail... Beautiful model. Rob(dust-er off)
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