Bill97
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Ian, a visit back to your Victory blog to study the gaff and boom for attachment to the mizzenmast because I, as well, did not think I was getting the correct height on the gaff peak (I am just holding it in place). I knew the catharpins where placed correctly according to Longridge. Futtock stave same distance below the mast top as the mast cap is above the top. I felt for sure the gaff throat had to attach below the catharpins or else the fore side of the sail could not reach the mizzenmast. After scratching my head for a while I of course said, almost out loud, “what did Ian do?” 😊 I see you had the same concern. I am going to follow your lead and mount the gaff throat as high on the mizzenmast with enough angle to just miss the catharpins. I also notice in your photo you have the bottom boom at a bit of an angle instead of parallel to the deck. By the way I cut out the plastic sail Heller provided (not going to use it) to see if I could at least use it to position the new drivers, and it did not fit because of the catharpins, which Heller does not instruct you to do.
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Making parrals with Evergreen and dead beads for the mizzenmast top and topgallant yards.
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Mizzen topmast yard installed. Once glue sets up I will add parral and single tye as described by Longridge on page 258. While I wait I am reading ahead about the Driver Boom and Driver Gaff. I again have my Longridge book and studying pages 254-257 to include Fig 180. Any advice you guys can send my way before I get started as always is appreciated.
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I have been back in the shipyard about a week now so I thought I would post a progress report. Completed the parrals on the fore and mainmast yards that required them. I then moved to the mizzenmast. Completed the attachment of the crossjack yard to include the sling and pendants, and the mizzen topgallant yard with it’s tye. Still need to add the parral. Working with the parrals on the fore and main mast I have discovered it is easier to attach the yard using a pin into the mast and epoxy. Once dry and hardened I add the parral. Much easier this way and still adds strength to the yard mounting. Saved the middle yard to last since I find rigging it the most complicated with its tyes rigged to a modified block attached to the backstays.
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Thanks Marc. It was a great bi-annual trip with my very large family to the Gulf coast of Florida. In the picture I am on the back row, left of center, next to a guy with a grey beard (son-in-law), and behind a lady with grey hair. What a crew from Louisville to be on vacation with. Needless to say, much Kentucky bourbon was shared in the evenings with those age appropriate! 😀 Good to get back to my Victory.
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Doing a little long range thinking. As I mentioned before I plan to furl all my hand made sails so as to reveal all the ship craftsmanship. When it comes to the rigging I know there are a number of ropes (threads) that attach to the unfurled sails. What comes of/with those lines in a furled sail situation?
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Ok, much better. I changed out the tyes to smaller thread, replaced the single and double blocks, and improved the connector for the double block to attach to the backstay. While I was at it I also replaced the single and double blocks on the pendants above the deck opening where the boats go. Kevin’s painted printed blocks look better than the wood blocks at had there before. I am now back to where I was before going to the beach. Just better now
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Ok my MSW friends, I am back from the sea. Back in my shipyard and ready to do a bit of corrective surgery on my tye rigging. Going to replace the .75 mm thread I used for the tyes on the fore and main mast topsail yard with a .3 mm thread I have. Also debating, but not sure yet, changing the blocks I modified to attach to the backstays. Going to double check the size Longridge suggests for these blocks. I am thinking I maybe gone with a block just a bit smaller. I have to admit that never before on any ship I have built have I gone back and redone something already completed! Maybe I am maturing to a better craftsman. 😊
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Ocean and beach colors are beautiful this morning. Got to make the best of these days before heading back to the ship yard.
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About 2 hours to the beach. Wife driving a little and my thoughts drifted off to the Victory again and my wrong thread size. When I get back to the ship yard I am going to correct the fore and main mast topsail yard tye and halliard. I am going to leave the .75mm tye on both since that involved a lot of rigging and blocks. I know it is about .20 mm to big but I can live with that. I am going to replace the 4 halliards with a .25mm thread. Should be able to salvage the 4 long lengths of .75 thread for a future use. Should not be a difficult repair then on to mizzenmast.
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I am in route Ian. Wife taking a driving shift. So my two ropes should be .5mm and .25mm?
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Longridge says the tye was a 6” rope and the halliard was a 3 1/2 rope, about half the size. My trusty 1/100 converter shows a 6” rope would be 1.5mm and a 3 1/2” rope about .75mm. Does that sound right? A 1.5mm rope (thread) for the tye seems big. I used a .75mm for the halliard. Is that correct? I used a .75mm for both the tye and the halliard. Or am I completely wrong on both? 😀
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Shutting down the ship yard and sending on the workers on vacation for another week! Off to the sea shore and beach again with the other side of the family 🌊🏊♂️🏖. Had a goal of completing the initial installation of the yards on the foremast before shutting down but came up a little short. As shown above I have the foreyard done. Today I got the necessary blocks installed and tyes for the topmast yard. Did not get the topgallant yard tye installed or the parral for the topmast yard or topgallant yard. I am thinking I may have used the wrong diameter thread for my tye system on both the foremast and mainmast? I think it is to big at 7.5mm. When I get back I may have to redo both. I used the same size thread for both the tye and the halliard. Will have to check Longridge again. Haste may very well have made waste of my heavier thread.
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Got the three yards mounted on the foremast. Completed the sling, truss pendants, and jeers on the fore yard. After I took the blog pictures and finished working for the day, I looked back at my photos. I noticed I tied the jeers to the yard outside the jeer blocks instead of between the jeer block and sling. Will need to correct that.
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Primary yard installation of yards on main mast completed (slings, truss pendants, jeers, tyes, parrells, etc). Moving on to foremast then mizzenmast. Once completed I will return to do the lifts, buntlines, leachlines, cluelines, etc).
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Ian I had my fingers crossed that I would get a 👍on my tyes! Woo! That is a relief! 😀
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My very first perrel in place on the main top mast and the topmast tyes with the double blocks altered to connect to the backstay.
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This is my first try at an idea. Added some additional horizontal groves on the double block from the center to the one edge. Then I took some heavier gauge wire and made some basic staple shapes the exact width of the block. I added a bit of CA to one side and slid the wire shape into the groves. The opposite side I will wait to add the CA until after I put it around the backstay. That is if I am able to gently pry the “staple” open enough to slip the backstay in without the dried CA on the other side breaking loose. Then it will simply be a matter of connecting the tye to it. Once I attach the tye to the block the rope will butt right up against the ends of the “staples” to give a more finish d look. I may paint the staples black, not sure. This idea seems close to the way the double block attachment to the backstay is shown by Longridge in Plan 7. Stay tuned to see if it works. If not I will try plan B.
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Ian checked the rigging looking at your reply. It makes perfect since. Now looking at my double blocks to determine the best way to attach a couple fabricated fittings so I can attach it to the backstay. 🤔
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See Ian you make it make since! I was not thinking about this logically. A dua moment. Of course with the block system at the top, as the yard lowered the double block would be pulled up, not lowered along with the yard. Of course. Thanks for the digital tap to the back of my head!
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Ok Ian needs some help with your’s and Longridge‘a direction. This may be a case of me not understanding what is being explained. In both of the directions (your’s and Longridge), “when the topsail yard is lowered down to the lower cap , these double blocks should be level with the cap.” Are you talking about the same cap? The lower cap is the only cap below the topsail yard? In Plan #7 the double blocks are already below the cap with the yard in the raised position. I can’t understand how if I lower the topsail yard the double blocks would move up? It would make since if the instructions said the double blocks would be level with the mast top if the yard was lowered, not the mast cap.
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