Paul Le Wol

Rick, John, Keith, and Al. Thank you so much for your great Comments!

Thank you Rick. I really appreciate your comment!

Hi Everyone, wishing you all well. Thank you all for the Comments and Likes. This build seems to be coming together quickly. This update consists of a bunch of little things. The first thing that I wanted to do was to tie off the standing ends of the lazy jacks to the foremast. Too many ropes and not enough cleats. The ropes were marked where they pass the center of the cleats and tied together on the marks. The pairs of ropes on each side of the mast were then pulled down and hooked under the cleats Rope coils should hide this indiscretion. The stove pipe on the cabin roof is made from excess parts of carrier sheets and a thumb tack. After priming, the parts that are supposed to be made of metal were painted with Vallejo Steel Grey. The dredge rollers are made from aluminum tubes telescoping from 1/8” down to 1/16” with #22 wire acting as an axle. The rudder was glued into place with CA and the main sheet horse was also attached with CA. And finally the main boom was mounted. A piece of #22 wire is used for a pin to secure it to the mast. The lazy jacks were threaded onto the boom first. Once again the rope is allowed the settle into place. The gaffs will be next. Hope to see you then!

Gary, thank you for adding so much how-to information to your post. The portholes are phenomenal. Well actually everything is!

Thank you very much Gary. Hope you’re having a great Thanksgiving weekend!

‘Dave, thank you very. I really appreciate your support.

‘David and Ian, thank you very much. Your comments mean a lot to me!

Thanks so much Keith, you are very kind.

Hi Everyone, I hope you are all well. Thank you very much for your Comments and Likes. The fore boom has been made, painted and installed. Before mounting it I wanted to rig the center board lanyard. The rope attached directly to the center board is.023” and the rest of the lanyard is.018”. I forgot to mention last time that the mast hoops were made from 3/8” styrene tube and painted with Vallejo Old Wood. When I first put them on the mast they looked a little small so I made 20 more using 7/16” styrene tube. They ended up looking too big so I went with the 3/8” ones. This is the fore boom being made I would like to thank Joe @Thistle17 for posting the photos that David Bennett of the North Carolina Maritime Museum sent him. They are on Joe’s “Florida Sharpie Fishing Schooner of 1899 “ build log. They help a lot with trying to understand how these boats were rigged. The fore boom topping lift runs through an 1/8 inch block mounted on the main mast. The rope used is .013”. I’m guessing about how the lazy jacks are routed and tied off. Using 3/16” blocks at the top of the masts and bringing them down to a cleat. It is a real balancing act to get the sheets, lazy jacks and topping lift all tensioned properly. The main boom is being worked on but before it is installed I would like to finish the stove pipe on the cabin roof and the rudder. Thank you for dropping by and hope to see you soon.

Whatever this is it seems like it might be behind the post .

Hi Keith, there does seem to be something between the starboard post and the wall about six rows of siding down from the top. Maybe a support?

Really nice refit hamilton, I think the owners will be very pleased.

Hi Cisco, I agree that your windows look very good. Really like how you used mica for the glass. We’ve all come to realize that cameras cannot be satisfied.

Dan, congratulations on finishing your Flattie! Beautiful boat and beautiful photos.

Glenn, sorry to hear this news. Have you considered using something like styrene tubing possibly cut in half length wise, glued and clamped.

Hi Toni, welcome to MSW. Your project looks very interesting. I look forward to seeing your progress.

Keith, the finish on the hull is amazing but more importantly is the doll house going to be a separate log?

Hi Bob, good to see that you are back to work. Everything is looking great!

John,congratulations on finishing your yawl. Beautifully done! Is there going to be a ship in this yawl’s future?

Very nice photos Jacques. It’s always interesting to see how crews rigged their boats.

‘Robert and John, thank you both for the wonderful feedback!

Chris, exceptional work! I especially like the photo from last night with the fade to black border. ( Can’t remember what that is called. )

Gary and druxey, thank you gentlemen for your very kind words!

Hi Everyone, I hope you are all well. Thank you for your Comments, Likes, and visits. This update is about the installation of the jib boom. The first image was clipped from a photo posted on “ villagecraftsmen.blogspot.com”. I haven’t mastered adding a link yet but on the right side of the page is a blog archive menu. These photos are under 2013 / September / NC Sharpie Schooner. Lots of interesting articles in these archives and thanks to them for sharing these high definition images. After looking at the traveler rod and car for quite some time I decided right or wrong that the car was a plate with a swivel mechanism for the jib boom attached to it. This was loosely clamped to the rod enabling boom to slide fore and aft. So the adventure of making this started. A 1/16” steel rod was slid inside a 1/8” diameter brass tube. Stakon pliers were used to squeeze the tube until it clamped the rod. The tube with the rod inside it was heated and the tube was flattened on either side of the rod in a vise. Holes were drilled in the tube and a copper loop was soldered in place while the steel rod was still inserted. A ferrule for the end of the boom was made from 3/32” brass tube I blackened the traveler car but that ended up being removed. I then assembled and primed everything but the primer didn’t stand up very well with all the handling so the primer was removed from the brass parts. They will be painted once the boom is installed and rigged. The blocks were converted to internally stropped by attaching 28 gauge annealed steel wire with CA. Wood filler and primer was applied a number of times. Every time I took a picture I would see that they needed more work. Finally they were painted with Vallejo Old Wood. They look okay if you’re riding by on a horse. The jib sheets and the lazy jacks were rigged and left to settle in. The fore boom will be next.

Hi Gary, glad to see an update to your Pelican build. Everything looks so good!