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LyleK1

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  1. 10 hours ago, AJohnson said:

    Hi Lyle,

     

    Yeah, stuff does happen, too often to my models, but I must be clumsy. 😬

     

    But more importantly I hope your wife and you are doing okay and you can return to finishing your wonderful Bounty when time allows, I'm looking forward to seeing that and hoping it will inspire me to get mine finished after coming up 14 years! 🤭

    Clumsy and not paying close enough attention... it happens to the best of us!

    I appreciate your thoughts... no changes at home... unfortunately.

    However, I do have some help and wandered back to my workshop a few days ago!

    Although, I cannot spend as much time as I was on her... expect to see some updates again in the near future.

    The Bounty will get done!

  2. On 1/23/2024 at 3:18 PM, LER said:

    At the bow of the boat there are two lanterns, and you mounted them on small metal tubing to allow led lights to go up into the lanterns. My question is how did you bend the tubing without it crimping?

    Lee Richards

    They are on the stern... but I get your question.

    I used a brass tubing which is softer and easier to work... using a small amount of heat and a thread spool as a form, I just heated it up and bent it around the spool.

     

    As a side not, unfortunately, I bumped the starboard side tubing during some of the rigging work and broke the wire going to the light in the lantern... about made me cry!!

    I tried for several hours to get a piece of the wire pulled out to reconnect it... in the end, I had to give up... just is not possible. Makes me sick!

    But stuff happens!

  3. Just a quick update...

     

    Some times in life we are dealt a hand that doesn't seem fair!

    I'm dealing with that right now as my wife is very ill and I am spending most of my days caring for her.

     

    The Bounty is on hold for now but not forgotten and I will finish her but priorities come first.

     

    Hope all of you have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

    I see you all then!

  4. Takes a bit to get back into things!

    But after a few days of familiarizing myself, I got moving on finishing the main mast.

    I decided to furl the sails on the main mast. It keeps the sails and associated lines present but leaves the ship more open to viewing. And it still meets the look I am trying to achieve

    Here are a few pictures with  top gallant and top sails essentially done and the course sail in progress with the lower yard just installed today:

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    And off we go!

    More in a few days as I am focused on getting through the build by years' end... but not rushing it!

  5. So for this update, I thought I would go through how I mount a sail to the yard and then mount the yard and run the rigging for that sail.

    The sail I'm working on is the Main Top Sail.

    I begin by cutting several small ropes about 2.5" long to tie the sail to the yard. Once cut, using a needle, I attach each piece to the sail:

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    ... and tie it to the yard using a simple overhand knot. After all are attached and the sail positioned equally side to side, I cut the excess rope and use a dab of CA glue on the knots to ensure nothing comes loose:

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    Next, I layout the position of the blocks to be added to the sail and tie the block needed:

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    The blocks are attached with a simple overhand knot and the loose ends removed, again, using a spot of glue on each:

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    I cheat a little when hanging my yards! Trust me, it makes thing soooo much easier in the long run. There is so much work that goes into each and every sail that it is nearly impossible to get the yard to stay put!

    I cut a small piece of brass rod and drill a hole into the mast and the yard in the position that I plan to mount the yard. A dab of CA is used on the mast side of the rod only... I do not glue the yard to the rod. This allows me some freedom of movement but not so much as to be frustrating:

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    The yard is mounted:

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    Let the rigging begin! I do the yard lifts first. I run the lines to their end points but I do not tie them off until I have the lines run for each type. So, for example, I run all the bunt and leech lines before tightening and tying off:

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    And then I realized I had forgotten to attach the Parrel to the yard before hanging! Not too difficult to recover! But would've been a whole lot easier to have done it on the table:

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    Once all the lines are run, I begin drawing them up to shape my sail. As noted, I'm displaying my Bounty with the sails in a dry-set configuration. The sail is shaped but still needs some finesse! In this case, I'll leave the lines loose until I have the Main sail up and can figure out what will look best:

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    It looks similar to the Fore mast top sail... maybe to much... dunno yet!

     

    I am going through rope so fast! I have to stop and make more before moving on.

    Be back in a month or so!

    Off to Europe for a month!


     

     

  6. What a great summer!

    Lots of boating, sunshine, good friends and good food!

    Back in the work shop for a few weeks before heading to Europe for a month later this month!

     

    After tying a whole lot of blocks, I've completed the main mast and mizzen mast yards. Additionally, the mizzen booms are done too:

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    With all of them completed, I'll be concentrating on aging the sails (method shown in a previous post) and hanging them on the yards and boom. Hoping to get this work done before leaving... again!

    Still hopeful of finishing her by years' end! We'll see!

  7. My final update for a few months... off on the boat until late August!

    Just about finished with the yards and booms for the main mast and mizzen mast:

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    Some quick pictures of the current state of the Bounty:

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    Be back at it in September! Expecting to finish by years' end.

    Have a great summer and thanks for hanging with my log!

  8. 3 hours ago, AJohnson said:

    Your making great progress Lyle, do you think you will have finished in time for your vacation? 😲

    My wife just asked me the same thing!
    No... I have all the yards and booms built but they need to be painted/stained and all the blocks, etc still need to be added. All that has to be done before I can get back on the sails and running rigging.

    Additionally, there is the touch-up work and all the staging of the interior.

    I'm leaving on the 2nd of July and not returning until late August and then again in late September until November!

    As I'm sure you know, you just can't rush this work... it is very time consuming.

    Hoping to finish in December!

  9. Foremast is mostly done... still a few lines that need to be buttoned up but that will come a little later.

    It never ceases to amaze me at how many lines are needed to operate the masts, yards and sails... these sailors were/are a marvel!

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    Starting on the main mast yards and I think I'll go ahead and build up the mizzen mast yards and booms before moving on to the next set of sails and rigging.

    Only a couple of weeks before we leave for the summer and early fall. We'll see how much I can get done before the 4th of July!

  10. Two down and many to go!

    Please leave a comment on the way I've set the sails... I'm looking for that furled and dry-set state. Although the sails are well made, they are bulky and I think will be better displayed with a mix. Additionally, I get the added bonus of leaving the ship easier to view since the sails will be one way or the other.

    So far, I think it looks good.

     

    Thoughts?

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  11. Still some time before our next trips get started!

    So back at it!

    The fore top gallant yard and sail were hung today.

    I attached the halyard to the yard and then bent (?) the sail to the yard. After tightening and knotting, I ran the halyard line to the deck for attaching later. I also attached blocks on the lower corners of the sails for rigging.

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    I'll set the sail after getting the yard rigged.

    On we go! 

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