iMustBeCrazy

39 minutes ago, BANYAN said:

bracing for incoming fire

Only friendly fire.

I concur with both thoughts.

7 hours ago, bruce d said:

I'm wondering if the mystery items are for a specific task.

I would think so, but I also think it's a boat built for a specific task rather than modifications. It's too nice a drawing.

The bow roller looks like a normal anchor handling roller, the stern roller 'feels' like it serves the same purpose but the drawing provides no details.

It's possible not impossible that these could be used together to carry a cannon slung under the hull. Combine that with four swivel guns and we may have something fit to support a landing somewhere. Not impossible but...........fantasy perhaps?

4 hours ago, Roger Pellett said:

C is definitely the horse for of the fore sail sheet.  The circular arc allows the sail to cross over without releasing the sheet  when the boat is tacked; a self tacking sail.

Yes, but it's backwards.

4 hours ago, Roger Pellett said:

A wild *** guess.  I wonder if it is a pump.

I don't think so but it's a better guess than any I can propose at this time.

32 minutes ago, allanyed said:

Please correct me if I am wrong.

I can't correct you as you are correct.

20 minutes ago, vaddoc said:

If you guys could turn a blind eye, we could go for 40 cm that is technically much more feasible and still give the visual impression of a log oar.

Well, they might reach the water when fully loaded Hmm, I thought I did a similar cheat on my 16ft cutter but now I'm not sure. I think I dislike oars.

2 minutes ago, vaddoc said:

For a 21 foot boat, oars would be 13 feet length

Won't work, my best guess is about 16 feet. 13 might be ok for a double banked.

G'day Allan. This drawing contains a few enigmas doesn't it?

'A' and it's mate/s in the bow look like sockets to me, the top section being drawn in black ink suggests they are near or on the gunwale, either for an awning stanchion or a small swivel gun. THIS would fit nicely.

'B' No idea at the moment but the red ink suggests it's near the centre line.

'C' (just in front of the mast) You didn't ask but it's probably a 'horse' for the jib sheet, Maybe?

It would have been nice if the showed A, B and C on both drawings.

Other interesting things: Double lifting eyes fore and aft, rollers fore and aft, cant frames fore and aft.

1 hour ago, vaddoc said:

on to the oars it is

They look way too short to me, you didn't make them half scale did you?

Looks great! I really like the colour choices.

1 hour ago, vaddoc said:

but surface underneath far from perfect

I think you and I suffer from the same issue, the desire to make a wooden hull hewn with hand tools look like fibreglass popped from a mould.

1 hour ago, vaddoc said:

Still have to make oars though

At least it's single banked, only six to make.

And so we come to a rather delicate subject, one not much talked about in polite society since the advent of indoor plumbing. The backside!

So she has an issue with her backside It seems to be a genetic flaw common to her sisters but never discussed.

Her transom is wrong! It's wrong and it can't work. It will have to be bodged, fettling isn't enough

7 minutes ago, allanyed said:

THANK YOU!!!

No worries

28 minutes ago, DocRob said:

It looks like this, hope that helps (yes, it's not up to even my standards today).

The bones are still there and everything but the deck gets covered up anyway

15 minutes ago, oakheart said:

what's it like

Tough question. Expensive-ish. Very fine grain, often highly figured ,sometimes dead straight (like mine), growth rate can be < 1mm per year, often half that. Very long lived.

Can no longer be felled, only salvaged. Very smooth finish, polishes to a high sheen without any need for oils or varnishes. Fades to a soft buttery yellow.

https://www.australianwoodwork.com.au/blogs/news/what-is-so-special-about-huon-pine

https://www.tasmanianspecialtimbers.com.au/special-huon-pine-slabs-for-sale/

Welcome Rob, there are two other build logs here for the early version and they both started very slowly. The instructions are pretty poor if you're trying to do a serious build but we'll get there somehow.

As mentioned earlier I do intend to fit the bulwarks prior to finishing the first planking as I'm not an octopus. I'll also fit the keel before starting the second planking so that it all 'blends' nicely.

2 minutes ago, oakheart said:

What woods came with the kit?     

1st planking is Ramin, softish but doesn't bend well.

2nd is Mahogany or more likely Sapelli. It doesn't look too much like the Mahogany I know.

I don't know many 'exotic' woods.

On the other hand I finally bought some Huon Pine which will be reserved for models.

16 minutes ago, oakheart said:

Did you turn the barrel ?

No, they were supplied. But they're only 4 pounder pop guns.

17 minutes ago, oakheart said:

How is your planking going?

Slowly, about a third of the way through the first layer.

16 minutes ago, oakheart said:

maybe a jar of distilled water might be better.

Water spills, trust me.

17 minutes ago, oakheart said:

I have some sandpaper glued to a dowel for the lower curved part

Don't use too small a diameter, trust me.

7 minutes ago, oakheart said:

I would worry about glue getting on the front surface of the planks.

Keep a few cotton buds handy, dampen them with saliva and wipe up the excess. But I don't often need them.

Also my sanding stick is a fairly flexible ply about 20 x 180, it spans a few frames and follows the curve.

21 minutes ago, oakheart said:

What have others done about it?

I glue the plank edges. I do it full length using a syringe but even a few spots would help.

2 minutes ago, oakheart said:

Not sure if I will take it off and fettle it or not.

I don't think I'd bother.

6 minutes ago, allanyed said:

what is the ZAZ number on the bottom left

6844  https://www.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/rmgc-object-86635

Two examples,

On the left 1 tap at the hull to let water drain into the well to then be pumped out.

On the right 2 taps one at the hull and one at the base of the pump, this allows you to do the same as above or to pump from outboard without filling the well.

Wow, that's looking really good Tim. Perhaps a hair (literally) more off the highpoints of strake 5 but that's being pedantic.

The concept works, but back to planking for now.

3 minutes ago, oakheart said:

Now, I know you really are crazy.

Getting there, getting there.

Well, if I can pull this off the guns will have functioning carriages.