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Cruizer-class Brig-Sloops of the Royal Navy
realworkingsailor replied to molasses's topic in Nautical/Naval History
Agreed, very interesting stories surrounding this class of ships. Thoroughly fascinating reading Andy -
I'm really not too far away from home, the company has a office outside of Hamilton (about and hour's drive from home) Over the next few years the company will be updating all the ECDIS systems, so we're all being sent for training on the new system. Andy
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Well the shipyard will have to take a short break, I've been sent on a one week training course... Hopefully I'll have a couple days when this is over before I have to go back to work Andy
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Sorry Popeye, I have to disagree, if anything, I'm more like 75% right handed and 25% left handed.... The worst of both... Andy
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Grant, don't even worry about it for one minute Every little tidbit of extra information is always appreciated. The timing may not allow me to implement the correction, but don't worry... As I've said there's always "next" time Andy
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Yowsa.... You're nearing the home stretch...looks amazing Andy
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And according to TFFM IV it depends on if the shroud is 3 or 4 stranded.... I dunno... I'm happy with it, and I'm glad that everyone else thinks so too Andy
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Yup... Always a smart thing to walk away for a bit... Keeps nerves and tempers from getting frayed.... So lets see some SI progress (emphasis on "see") Andy
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Minty? You've got a toothpick in there somewhere we can't see?
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Am I left handed? .... well... the answer to that is long and convoluted... I think by default I am right handed... but it could have gone either way... I play hockey and golf left handed, I can swing a baseball bat either way (although a bit more effective left handed), tennis right handed. I write right, but apparantly way back when I was first being taught to write, I was constantly switching hands, and my teachers would consistently put the pencil back in my right hand... although for all intents and purposes, my hand writing goes from illegible to atrocious.... I'm not ambidextrous.. so who knows what the heck I am.... Mark, Peter, Popeye, Aldo, and everyone else, thanks for looking in, I'll try not to let all this positive feedback go to my head. Anyway... a small progress report... finished the mizzen shrouds. And yes... I probably wrapped the deadeyes incorrectly, but I'm not changing that now.. it isn't something that really bothers me too much... maybe next time. I've still only left the lanyards secure with a single half hitch and I've also left them a bit overlong. When I get the stay on, then I'll do a final tension adjustment and secure everything properly. Andy
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Thanks Augie... Nothing like a haphazard comment to send us all into paralytic confusion (no offence meant to you, Grant, maybe on my next ship I'll remember to do it correctly ) Andy
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Uh.... Oh.... Hmmm..... I've got it set so that on both sides the dead end is on the aft side of the shroud.... I hate to say it, but it's a small detail that I think I shall choose to overlook.. So I am in no position to say you are right or wrong.. I'm just going to do it my way, but thanks for your compliment Andy
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Randy and Sjors.. sorry if I've been a bit vague about the whole thing.. For knots I secure them with a small dab of GS Hypo Cement. http://georgestrains.com/search/?query=Hypo+Cement&records=6 This stuff is great, a little smelly, but it soaks right into the line and dries with a little flexibility in it. After that I'll brush on Acrylic Matte Medium instead of wax to cut down on the fuzzies and whatnot. A 500ml Bottle of premixed (diluted) medium from Scenic Express goes for about $6: http://georgestrains.com/product/81555-scen-matte-medium-16-oz/ BTW, if you can't find a local supplier, George's Trains will ship internationally and overseas. In the case of my servings, after making up a run on my machine, I'll just coat the whole thing in matte medium and let it dry before removing the rope. Anyway, I've re-jigged the first mizzen shrouds.. much nicer now.. The lanyards are sill just held with a single half hitch in case things need to be adjusted. Andy
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Whoops... Just missed you Kevin... Thanks Andy
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Thanks David I've just finished serving a replacement shroud, and I'm waiting for the acrylic to dry. That stuff is great to use on rigging.... I highly recommend it for anyone. Not only good for dealing with fuzzies, it has provided extra reinforcement for my knots and servings, and when I pulled the shrouds off, all the loops at the top have held their shapes... (But nothing is too stiff or brittle either!) Andy
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Yup... Seems the consensus agrees with me..... In another manner of speaking....I'm not crazy Thanks for the input, and Sjors, thanks for that quantifiable answer... Andy
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Ok... back to the task at hand.. or rather.... what I intended to do yesterday... I had started work on the mizzen shrouds and I got about this far. Things were going well, but I had to pause for a moment. I'm wondering if the deadeye lanyards are a bit too long. I'm not adverse to redoing the shroud if the expert opinions deem it so (it is only one pair so far). I've only secured the forward lanyard with a single half hitch so undoing it won't be much of a challenge, and neither will be remaking the shroud again... Let me know what you all think.. Andy
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I have actually sounded with a leadline... It's not easy from a moving ship. You have to hurl the lead far enough ahead that by the time it reaches the bottom it will be abeam of you... Not an easy thing to judge... A wonderful little (sort of) project Andy
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I'd stay away from number 4.... That cross grain could be nothing but trouble. Number 2 doesn't look too bad, but as far as colour goes, I would have to agree with the crowd on number 3. Andy
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What a monster ship... but she looks really nice. Can't wait to see her all finished. I can understand the delay in the update... you had to entertain a pair of lost Netherlanders... Andy
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Eric, the spacing was needed because of the size of the gears. they where the only ones the hobby shop had on hand, so to avoid rapping my knuckles on the spindle I needed to add a bit of spacing. Larger gears would eliminate the need for the idler gear. Kevin, according to TFFM 4: The middle quarter of a pair of shrouds is to be served. (for example, my mizzen shrouds are approximately 15 cm, x2 means 30cm total length, so a quarter of that is 7.5 cm). Also on the fore and main masts, the leading shroud is supposed to be served its entire length, but whether I do that or not is still up for debate. Robbyn... ok... I wasn't sure, have a nice trip and good luck at the hobby shop. Patrick, thank you very much for the compliment, let me know if you want my more complete instructions Anyway.. I hoped to have more done today, but a phone call first thing this morning (not work BTW) had me dashing up north... seems our lake rose 2 feet overnight and a few things where in great peril of drifting away, namely the dock boards, and needed to be rescued. We got off pretty lucky... a few people at the south end of the lake are going to have problems.. they left their boats on mooring lines a bit too short... and as the water rose... well... the lines got tight and well... they're now the proud owners of outboard submarines.... Andy
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Very nice finish! **applause** Andy
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Not my original intention... And I firmly believe that when it comes to these sorts of things, I usually only get lucky once... So mass production is out of the question... Although I did PM Robbyn something that might pass for instructions, I may have her scared off making her own as I haven't heard back as yet... Andy
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