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Federal Navy: Start to about 1825. the Subscription Ships. Carved Decoration on Early U.S. Naval Ships
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Remember the shroud length increases as they go aft ( mast head to deadeye ). I think it is harder to get the deadeyes even, rigging off the model. - Hal
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I love your work. Your ongoing story line with the workers is great fun. I enjoy watching your ship come together. Excellent work! - Hal
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Your ship is coming along very nice. As for bending wood, I do almost the same but I soak the wood before I bend it on a form. then I mircowave it for about 45 seconds. I use this on Cherry up to 3/32 's. I use this method for the head rails and anything I need to bend. I use rubber bands to hold the piece to the form, nothing metal in the microwave,It would Not like that! LOL! - Hal
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Just an observation, many years ago, The boats I ran were still coppered, unless they were sitting for a while, the copper was bright as a new penny. The salt water acted like sand paper keeping it clean. The company switched to a type of plastic sheeting which was cheaper and lasted longer then the copper. Out of the water the copper browned and turned green quickly. - Hal
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Topsail schooner sail plans and rigging
Seahawk1313 replied to Dr PR's topic in Masting, rigging and sails
Very nice. Just a note: Some topsail schooners used a horse (?) in front of the fore mast that the fore course yard rode up and down on so it didn't get in the way of the fore gaff. It was a rope set up in the top and a deadeye on the deck, this allowed the gaff to be lowered easily. found this in Chappelle's book on Baltimore Schooners. Almost ready to rig U.S. Schooners Enterprise and Experiment. I'm still not sure how I'm rigging the Main Stay, a double stay rigged to the deck with block and tackle. Interesting subject - Hal- 23 replies
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