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@Jared I know exactly what you mean. I've been on the decks of the Frigate USS Constitution "Old Ironsides", the whaler Charles W. Morgan when she was still a full-rigged ship as she was launched and the barque USCGS Eagle. Each time it was a dizzying experience to comprehend the gossamer webbing of lines, blocks and tackles.- 367 replies
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@Jared It constantly amazes me how much complex rigging is involved in these beautifully designed clipper ships. Painstaking doesn't even come close to describing the immense patience required to successfully duplicate this in scale.
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@druxey it's those waterline grids, buttock lines and diagonals that were key in achieving the progress I've made so far. Getting everything aligned properly is the tricky part but it also practically guarantees results will be accurate once done correctly. When I sketch out these plans, all grids will be precisely parallel and 90° perpendicular to each other. I will also precisely measure out each distance to match all specs supplied in the Boston Daily Atlas. This is the only way to accurately recreate Stag Hound.
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@Jared she's shaping up to be a very impressive vessel.
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@druxey to give you an idea of where this began, here's the original image. It looks like I've taken this as far as possible with a limited cell phone app....
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@druxey thanks for challenging me to improve the body plans. I took a closer look at the original source and did the following revisions. Not perfect but I think you'll agree these are improvements. The bow looks damn near perfect, based upon the straight alignment of the lower scale. The stern is very close but still has slight curling at the ends of the scale. However, the pronounced "v" is gone. None of these preliminary plans are to be considered finished products. They're merely guidelines which I intend to use to create more accurate illustrations.
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While we're waiting for Rob's return, I figured this would be a good time to update my progress on illustrating Stag Hound plans. Anyone who's been following Rob's build by now knows I'm working on developing the most accurate Stag Hound deck and sheer plans possible. Focusing on Chappelle plans from the 1967 "The Search for Speed Under Sail" I now have five digitally virtually identical sections combined into coherent units. I will reconcile sheer and body plans with Vladimir's cgi work based on the Cornelius McKay hull model. Next, in this process is to trace these patterns with specific emphasis on maintaining accurate specifications. Then I will recreate all deck furnishings based on the McLean descriptions in the Boston Daily Atlas article.
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@rwiederrich Enjoy the wedding, have a great vacation. Stag Hound is proceeding beautifully.
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More examples of American clippers which all had double rigged shrouds irons. Earliest known pre-clipper, the Baltimore, MD built Ann McKimm, a Mystic, CT built clipper, Galatea, Massachusetts and David Crockett, Mystic, CT.
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Daniel, Everything we do is based on following accurate historic images and documentation. Here's two such images confirming that McKay had always installed double channels on his vessels. First is an 1854 daguerrotype of the clipper Champion of the Seas. Second is of the 1869 clipper Glory of the Seas, taken in 1911. Both have double channels installed.
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@Jared Stuns'l booms definitely add color contrast and interest to your yards. Mentioning incense sticks, besides being an innovative idea brings me right back to the 70's when everyone who was anyone had sandalwood punks burning in their homes....;-)
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@Rick310 perhaps that's why the stuns'l booms were hung below yards as well. That way the booms wouldn't interfere with crew working the sails.
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Rob, Using genuine old-fashioned paper "cut & paste" I finally combined all 4 Chappelle clipper Stag Hound hull & deck profiles to create one full image. Each section is correct but wrinkles in paper make it appear distorted. The stern still appears to be too small in comparison. I also used the same procedure on the 1881 Hall clipper Flying Cloud which was cleaner as it was just 2 halves. Next step is to trace these prints to generate a more accurate plan.
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@Jared I hope you don't mind but I realigned both images and took some of the graininess out of your enlargement. No surprise, I agree with Rob. Stowing stuns'l booms in a traiangular criss-cross setup must have only been employed while a clipper was docked for an extended period of time. At sea, it would make sense that these same booms would be rigged for most immediate deployment as circumstances demanded.
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