Christopher V

Hey guys, 

I am building a two masted topsail schooner which has two square-rigged sails aloft and was wondering if there is a rule of thumb for where the halyards, braces, bunt and clew lines are attached to. Specifically the fife rail beneath the mast or the outer pin rails- I would assume that the lines which carry more load would be attached to the outer rails and the ones that carry less are closer to the mast. I also know that the braces for the higher yards are directed to the mizzen mast and then down to the deck, but would these also be fastened to the outer pin rails or the fife rail?

(The plans for this kit were garbage and so I am basically constructing it by general historical plans and rigging standards. The ship is a baltimore-clipper type privateer).

Thanks for any info,

Christopher

Thanks for the info guys. This is actually my first model sailing ship- I have never rigged anything this complicated before and I want to make sure its as accurate as possible!

Hey guys- I am building a model of an 18th century privateer topsail-schooner. The instructions for this specific kit were terrible and a lot of scratch building and extra research was necessary. I am about to install the masts and was wondering about the mast foot or the "fife-rail" and how the lines attached to it are fastened to the mast and spars above, and to what purpose. Many pictures of mast rigging are pretty tangled and difficult to discern where certain things are tied on. 

To be more specific, the lines in this image.

Thanks!

Thanks for the info- I asked mainly because of this picture of the Lynx out of water during construction which shows a completely green bottom and was wondering if this was a top coat or some kind of underlying modern protective paint. 

I am about to paint the waterline on a generic Baltimore-clipper type privateer. I was wondering weather it would be historically accurate to paint the waterline green because I have seen some reproduction ships with green paint instead of red, but most of the models of the ship I am making don't even paint one- it is just left black. The time period marked with the kit is 1847 although I suspect that is is more in line with 1812 to 1820. I will probably paint it red rather than black, but was curious about the historical usage of paint and other anti-fouling colors. Thanks a lot!

Christopher