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rwiederrich
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There are plenty of methods and ideas...paper and silk. To sail up my Clipper Great Republic....I chose plain copy paper, cut, ribbed/banded, then , formed and lightly painted an off white, tan. Check out my Great Republic build log to see what I did. They turned out extremely convincing. Rob
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Back on the continent........ Hope to get back to Glory soon... Rob
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I got that…… when you said it. I just wanted to say what/where it came from. Rob
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She most likely came from a whaler who visited those waters regularly. Rob
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I had three of those on our sunset cruise and luau. Snorkeled today…..now going out to BBQ steaks-n-shrimp.
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Thanks Rich. We’re in Hawaii all week ,so I’m not working on Glory. I’ll be back the first of September, and Hope to pick back up then. Rob
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Added the fore brace blocks and I drilled out the hull fairleads for the tacks/sheets.
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Worked a bit on the Mai and topgallany staysail downhauls and haul yards Rob
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Those missing shanks can be accounted for, just place the stay across them(the ones left). Cutty Sark is a clipper, so her sails are bent to the jackstay. My Glory build allowed me to store and furl the sails on top of the yard, like the prototype did. You can do the same on Cutty. Forego or hide the jackstays with furled sails on top of them. Rob
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I use extremely thin orthodontic stainless wire...I then bend the ends at length and then drill holes in the yard and insert the wire into it....making sure the wire rests on all the eye bolt shanks, then use a drop of CA glue to secure. Paint black. Here is another example on my Ferreira (aka Cutty Sark). and a close up on the Cutty Sark.
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Those pins represent the eye bolt shanks for the jackstays....that run along the top of the yard. this is what the sails are bent to. Here they are running along the top of the yards on my Cutty Sark. I glued hair wire(very thin stainless steel wire to them to create the jackstays. Rob
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And a painting of her made in 1919 my marine artist John something or other(can’t remember right now) Rob
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Found a couple new images of Glory. Here is one on the beach…….a different angle Rob
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Oh....I agree. But we have to remember...she had iron stock anchors while being fitted out as a canary. Pics of this time frame don't lie. Now, when she was still active in the timber trade...she did indeed travel North to Alaska to trade timber...we know that from other pictures of her there. She might have lost an anchor then....before her canary days. We need to know if any records show or document such an event. Rob
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Right. There must be some info on if and when she lost an anchor. However, the images of her being fitted out before she left for Alaska.....show she already possessed her iron anchors with iron stocks Interesting notion, if it was true. Rob
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When I saw this the other day , that is exactly what I thought. Her newer anchors had iron stocks. They could be replacements as a result of this lost anchor. Yes. Rob
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Thanks a bunch Rick. The end is off just a bit. Rob
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All the little workers bolted…….apparently they’re all camera shy. However, the likeness is remarkable……if I say so myself. Rob
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Thanks Rich. I just go through my own self assessment now and again and I tend to beat myself up over mistakes I make. My bursitis isn’t lending any encouragement, so I tend to default to self criticism. Not being bi-polar……I still tend to exhibit like symptoms when I’m in pain. Thanks for the back rub……it helps. Now onto more productive subjects. Rob
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Tried a comparison image. Tough to get the correct distortions and elevations Rob
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