Andrea Rossato

Right observation on double-planked, the introduction I took from an article in a nautical magazine, and looking at the various sections of the project I found a double-planked in the bow and stern ... this is one of the aspects that I need to verify in the design phase. Normally I never do double-planked if not present in reality, I work more and useless. There have been some major renovations, the last in 2005 which led to changes compared to the original project, this will also be the subject of my study wherever possible. I apologize for my terrible English.

Yes, stainless steel is difficult to work with, to bend, the only thing that is easy is to weld it, I have welded a lot in my life and always with castolin brazing

Some drawings 😁... i’ve a big work to transform project in model project I’m sorry to the bad photos but i make with my smartphone

yes, beautiful, with a nice historical value and a definite difficulty, due to details in stainless steel / chrome, furnishings, etc ... the scale then requires not to neglect anything. It is 50 feet and in 1:32 scale it is large enough

Years ago I was lucky enough to be able to have a copy of the original designs of this very important yacht, very important both historically and for those who have used it over the years. The drawings are complete with structure and interiors. I am now building the Schooner Etoile, but it is my habit to take a few years to do proper historical research and drawings before starting to build a model. Yesterday I started looking in my archives for what I already have on a documentary level to understand what information I lack. Marlin Designer: Walter J. McInnis Builder: F.D. Lawler Where: Quincy, Massachusetts When launched: 1930 First owner: Edsel Ford Second owner: Schenley Distillers During Second WW drafted into coastal patrol service (Coast Guard) Third owner: Yellow Cab Company of Cambridge, Mass. Owned from 1952 to 1970 by the Kennedy family Present owner: Diego Della Valle, Italy (since 2005) These are the words of President John F. Kennedy, addressing the crews of Weatherly and Gretel in Newport, Rhode Island, during the America’s Cup in 1962. JFK’s passion for the sea is well documented. In photos, he looks most at ease on the water, spending time with family and friends. One of his favorite boats was a power cruiser named Marlin. Purchased by the Kennedy family when JFK was a young senator, Marlin became a Cold War conference room for the president as he dealt with complex postwar issues. The 52-foot powerboat — with a double-planked, mahogany rumrunner hull — was designed by Boston naval architect Walter J. McInnis for Ford Motor Co. heir Edsel Ford. She was built at the F.D. Lawley yard in Quincy, Massachusetts, and launched in 1930, powered by twin Chrysler Royal engines. (Marlin was repowered twice, the Kennedys replacing twin 6-cylinder Sterling Dolphins with a pair of Chrysler V-8s.) The original design showed an uncovered bridge. There was a stateroom for the owner, crew quarters and a galley abaft the forward cockpit. The boat also sported a fathometer and a ship-to-shore radio. Ford sold the boat in 1935 to the Schenley Distillers family. Commandeered by the government, she was used for coastal patrols during World War II. She later was sold to the Yellow Cab Co. of Massachusetts, which put her at the disposal of the state’s governor. The Kennedys acquired the boat in 1952, and it served the family for almost 20 years. On becoming president, JFK often used Marlin for meetings and discussions with U.S. and world leaders. He was on board with his advisers in August 1961 when he was informed that the German Democratic Republic (East Germany) was erecting the Berlin Wall. Marlin was donated to a university in 1970 and sold at auction. The 87-year-old boat today turns heads in the Mediterranean.

Very interesting your technic to build hull!

First block construction test. Not having tools like a lathe I have always had to strive to find alternative solutions

Etoile schooner finishes and equipment are missing then the first lifeboat is finished

@tkay11 My hands are always glued to the strips ... they are sticky with epoxy ... they peel off vinyl and finally ... full of cuts, chips, abrasions. But they remain the best clamps

Thanks a lot to Google Translator

Wow!

@tkay11 I totally agree with your thinking. Sharing is for learning, teaching, giving and receiving ideas. For example, I have only 2 dremels of electrical equipment and a self-built column drill, a drill and all the other tools are manual. I therefore have to find solutions to build everything by continuously creating tools that help me and often ideas that are not directly applicable to me allow me to have ideas to solve. I am attaching the photo of the drill press ... it is built starting from a broken Black & Dekker column, an electric motor of a brush cutter :). I hope I wrote something understandable ... I have to apologize but my English is terrible.

@tkay11 Yess that plans Thanks to appreciate my work I just took a quick look at your work ... I was speechless ... simply amazing!! I use many techniques too ... with much lower results :), but I have already seen some tricks that I have never used and that are brilliant Thanks also for the ideas! Andrea

Étoile is a French naval schooner used as a training vessel. She was built in 1932 as a replica of a cod fishing vessel used off Iceland, as a training ship of the students of the École navale. During the Second World War, Étoile sailed to the United Kingdom after the Fall of France and was used by the Free French Naval Forces, returning to Brest in 1945. The schooner as well as her sister ship Belle Poule are still used by the École Navale as training ships in European waters. In the early 20th Century, the French Navy scrapped its aging traditional sailing ships, Melpomène in 1904, and Borda in 1914. In the following years, it emerged that student officers would benefit from at least some sailing training. Since it would consist only in short cruises around Brest rather than long cruises, the school decided not to build a three-masted ship. Instead, it chose a replica of a cod fishing schooner, which had the advantage of being both maneuverable, and strong enough to sustain the weather of the winter around Brest. in 1931, the Ministry of the Navy ordered two such ships, as to allow enough of the students to embark at the same time. The first was Belle Poule, and the second, Étoile. Étoile was launched on 7 July 1932, at the unusual hour of 1 in the morning. Lieutenant Richard, who oversaw construction for the Navy, was worried that Étoile would not be completed for the launch date, and had had an argument with Lemaistre, the engineer in charge of construction. Lemaistre proceeded to the launch in the night of the day chosen for the ceremony, and officials coming for the occasion were surprised to find Étoile already afloat.