Veszett Roka
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Sometimes i have a feeling that we were sailing together in the past Except we had only 3 canvas, and one of them is the Spinnaker, the rest is so familiar. -
Here in Budapest 13 Celsius, 55 Fahrenheit was the peak. In morning it was 5 C 41 F. Pretty warm though, the usual should be around -2/28. Wish you guys Merry Christmas!
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Let me guess Valery, this is another model from you? Looks like a second class torpedo boat from a battleship, i seen similar boats on Panteleimon/Potemkin and Retvizan.
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Keith, Eve is a lovely boat for a lovely owner! My concern is the keel, what material it is? If thats wood, you might want to add some ballast to its bottom, to avoid capsize and tears. I did not said anything, if thats a piece of tin or something. I will try to dig up my heritage 'scharenkreutzer' from 1946 to make some pic.
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Braided ropes still in use today, although not hemp but nylon, and not only 3 line but 6 or 8. https://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.americanrope.com%2Fpub%2Fmedia%2Fcatalog%2Fproduct%2Fcache%2Fd3ceb0298ce06b26d9e80afba584030f%2Fa%2Fn%2Fanchor_rodes_8strand_800_6.jpg&imgrefurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.americanrope.com%2Frope%2Fanchor-rodes.html&tbnid=X6vJkL8Iieeh1M&vet=12ahUKEwi6tfas2_j7AhX087sIHcoGCcQQMyhaegUIARCMAQ..i&docid=50IWRblxZN8tqM&w=300&h=300&q=historical braided anchor rope&client=firefox-b-d&ved=2ahUKEwi6tfas2_j7AhX087sIHcoGCcQQMyhaegUIARCMAQ
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Hi Keith, doubled jib sheets aren't unusual on racing yachts. Primarily it is for adjust the shape of the jib (the luff) by modifying the tension point, but it also helps to change tack faster.
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Very well done Fuji, great looking ship. As she wear the US flag i believe they are on expedition somewhere near Key West National Wildlife Refugee
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Excellent work Burma. I can smell the light wind and hear the ship "speaking"
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Thanks Valery, i thought something similar. You're a man who wrote my nickname correctly For the community who don't understand hungarian: Veszett Róka meaning 'rabid fox' and i got this nickname ..phew, more than 30 years ago. Valery wrote Róka with special character ó
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Privet Valery, Just for curiosity, how did they swing the guns in casemates? The wires which holds the cover plates will interfere the moving gun, did they remove that wire in wartime?
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I like it especially for that taste. We are different, and this is what i love a lot in this site: No one say that 'this is a crap' or 'Laphroaig just for idiots' just that 'it is not in my tase'. Respect, Marc
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Single malt lover here too. Bill you really need to come to Budapest one day!
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No, it didn't worked. After Captain Bartlett decided to try run aground the Britannic, he ordered to keep boats ready on board. Unfortunately a few boats were already in the water and one smashed by the still running propellers. When Bartlett realized that he cannot save the ship (8:35), he orderd to lower the boats, but that was too late, all of the port side cranes were unable to launch any boat due listing of the ship. Starboard cranes wasn't fast enough to release their lifeboat, because weren't enough men to move the boats from lower storage. Many of the survivors were survived because one of the officers (his name didn't preserved) ordered his men to throw the collapsible life rafts and deck chairs overboard. At this time (8:45) all the cranes were unusable, because the forward set was underwater, the others due the listing. Please note the difference: Britannic had 3309 bed for wounded men, and had 1106 for RAMC and crew. This totals 4415 and there were 1066 persons only on board when she sunk. They hadn't have to manage to release all life boat, but still failed to release them for all men, many survivors had to jump and climb into boats later. The theory to keep boats on top of each other proved wrong, and later ships were built with individual cranes for every boat to allow them to launch simultaneously.
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Of course she hadn't sailed without crew. 🤪 I mean there were no wounded men in the hospital, the ship's rooms were empty. The medical crew, the sailors, the officers were on board, but no 'passengers'.
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Kev, i'm afraid the aft staircase skylight is 90degrees rotated. The dome should be parallel to the center axis.
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Britannic had plus boats stored on those racks, because it converted to a hospital ship. After the Titanic tragedy the outdated BRT/boat rules was changed to 'boat for everyone' rule, but Britannic had extra boats too, more than needed. Check out the Olympic refit: she sailed without those extra boats from 1913 until she scrapped. (1922 pic below) Too bad that Britannic's boat racks would be useless in case of emergency (no time to move the boats from lower positions) and fortunately the ship was empty when sank.
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Yes, me too. I'm a big fan of clippers and windjammers, my general interest is sailing from mid 19th century to today. And my current dilemma is how to display my Pamir: - full sail, to demonstrate the giant work to handle sails well - furled sail, to emphasize the rigging - no sails, to show the rigging in full glory and not obstruct by sails. I tend to use the furled version as a good compromise between sails and rigging. But Burma's sails are extraordinary good, i do love this accuracy: So the attach the main staysail to its stay and its wrinkles. Spectacular!
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Yes, they are from the net, except my plans. I'm doubt of the replica, as i read it will be built with full alu hull and a keel-step carbon mast.
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Unfortunately not too many, will share them if you're interested. I have a directory on my work laptop.
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My future project (have to finish the Pamir first) is the Royal Cutter Yacht Britannia 1893. 😉
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I have no words Keith. Former comments said all superlatives i could say, and no one too much. Believe me, hard to see this professional model anywhere. A million dollar baby.
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Totally agree with this sentence. Satisfying to watch from this side too (i mean this side of the display)
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Hi Kev, the structure is right, but evergreen is too sturdy, too thick. I'd go for copper wire instead, or lighter material like stretched sprue. The boat rack is way over scale now i think. Otherwise it really catch the original.
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