fabius.b

Hi Joachim,

You're a lucky man. A Mediterranean sailing trip is one of the best experience you can do. Have a good time! (I'm sure of this)

I understand your disappointment, but a kit, althought expensive and detailed, can never be so accurate as a personal research and study, from various sources.

I can recommand to visit the vespucci, if you can. Is a beautiful experience, and the real souce of information.

If you want you can phone at Ufficio Cerimoniale della Marina Militare, to La Spezia (It).

They can help you, with the program of Vespucci, and the ports that vespucci will visit, next time. telephone number is:  0039 0178/782337

Fabio

I'm following your log in all the sites where you post. It remains to visit your workshop. I'm so near to you, please, can I see your work live ? Thank you

Hi Joachim,

Strangolacani = is another word to say caricabolina, but also a tipe of slipknot

Cappello = is hat, but you must say me the entire sentence. For example "fare cappello" it means when the boat with centerboard turn upside down. I believe in this case, it means a set of cable and pulley, to lift the heaviest part of the bigger sails.

Drizza = (plural drizze) are the ropes used to lift the sails, the flagpoles, or the flags

Mure = (sing. mura) is a nautical term that means the ship-side from where the wind arrives and is opposite to the direction of the boom.

(we say in italian language:  "mure a dritta" when the wind blow from right to left and the sails are positioned left from longitudinal axis of the boat -  "mure a sinistra" the opposite.)

Imbrogli = all the ropes used to close the sails to the flagpole,  (caricabolina, caricascotte, caricamezzi, stangolacani, caricabasso, imbrogli di penna, di gola e di sotto)

Mustacci =  are the bowsprit shrouds

Ostini = they are two ropes, fixed to the upper masts (named "picco") of mainsail, when we speak about trapezoidal sails (named "vele auriche"). They serves to direct the "picco" and so , the sail.

(you can see the picture below, with vela aurica and picco. The "Ostini" are'nt drawn)

bye bye

Good idea.

I used bottle corks, suitably cutted. 

I tried also gasket for chair legs, they are made with hard rubber and have the right texture.

for male genre

singolar :   the word ends in -o   example:     gatto (cat)  

plural:        the word ends in -i    example.     gatti (cats)

female genre:

singolar.    the word ends in -a   example   gatta (cat)

plural:        the world ends in -e    example   gatte (cats)

when we have not genre we must consider the word that you try in dictionary and you discover also the plural word, such as:

vela = sail

vele = sails

albero = mast

alberi = masts

Hi Joachim,

When you see the word “carica” it means uplift, load up, arise, send up

The words you did not understand are composed by two words togheter: 

carica-bolina   carica-scotte   carica-mezzi               carica-basso (alabasso)

We are speaking by square sails (eccept alabasso, that is used for triangular sails). 

They are ropes used  to close the lower sail of each mast.

Carica-bolina,  red arrows in the picture

It is fixed and secured around the middle, of the vertical bolt rope of each sail, bilaterally

Carica-scotte, green arrows in the picture

It is fixed and secured at the extreme lower angle of each sail, bilaterally, to uplift and close every angle of the sail to the center of the flagpole

Carica-mezzo,  blue arrows in the picture

It is fixed in the middle of the bottom edge of the sail, to uplift and close the bottom of the sail to the flagpole

Scotte

All the ropes, used to tighten the sails towards aft, and keep well open the sail. Square sails  had 2 “scotte”, one for each angle.

Alabasso or caricabasso:

It is a rope into a pulley and serves to pull and tighten down the sliding attachment of the boom, so to tighten the mainsail to mizzenmast (auric sail)

Since one picture is better than 100 words, below you can see the crew of Vespucci, closing the mainsail to the flagpole.

And in the second picture, the red arrow indicates the alabasso (or caricabasso)

http://www.straulino.it/straulino/nelWeb.htm

Ship Vespucci exits out Taranto's channel sailing, under the command of legendary commander Captain Agostino Straulino, golden medal at Helsinki Olimpic Games Star Class

Yes, of course. Is a pleasure try to help you.

we can begin with the 4 principal masts of the Amerigo Vespucci, from bow to stern:

albero di bompresso = bowsprit

albero di trinchetto = fore-mast

albero di maestra = main-mast

albero di mezzana =mizzen-mast

everyone is composed by 3 sections:

bowsprit :            only with 4  sections      (asta di controfiocco -  asta maggiore - bompresso  - buttafuori di briglia)

Fore-mast lower—Fore topmast—Fore topgallant mast  -                       (trinchetto - parrocchetto - velaccino)

Main-mast lower—Main topmast—Main topgallant mast—                       (maestra  -  gabbia   -   velaccio)

Mizzenmast lower—Mizzen topmast—Mizzen topgallant mast -                 (mezzana - contromezzana - belvedere)

and  now the ship watchword, aka,  "motto della nave":  "NON CHI COMINCIA, MA QUEL CHE PERSEVERA" 

(Not who starts, but who perseveres)

a link of a very accurate italian site, about masts sail and rigging of Amerigo Vespucci:

http://www.mondovespucci.com/ITAL/PAGINE/velealbe.html

Hi, schiffebastler,

I'm happy to help you to translate, but I'm not so sure I can, quite for the right naval words.

I can try, if you want.

Hi, helmsman,

I'm following your very interesting topic.

Your Connie is beautiful, and I take a lot of ideas and solution for my one.

Simply fantastic. I'm always amazed by ability of modellers, but Anatoly has a higher-gear. His homemade jigs  are beautiful. Very very good job

I like it very much. With this type of mechanism, you can connect every type of tool. A saw, a disk grinder, a drum and so on.  Wonderful.

I'm a surgeon, and my favourite hand tools are my two lancets, n° 15 and 22.  But also haemostat, tweezers, caliper and so on....

Good choice, Wouter.

Great job, Geoff. 

I'm watching to take some information for my Connie.

I will continue to follow your log

Bello.

I'like it very much. It' simple, fast, cheap. Bravo

Ok 42rocker, but It's quite expensive .  1200-1400 $, if I don't make a mistake

we have to consider a charge of € 150 for DS 230 model and 350 € for DS460 model

Hi wouter,

I have a Proxxon DS 230 E, and it works very well.

Probably maybe a little more expensive, though it is an entry level, but in Italy we say: "Who pays more, pay less"  (after)

Yes, it's useful wefalck.  But I would like to improve it.

thanks maaaslo, but I would control by the foot,  just like the dentist, when using the drill.

Hi folks,

I built a pedal switch using a button bell. (as you can see in the pictures under)

It works very well, but now I need to turn it in a switch-controller, to control rpm.

I don't know how and I do not understand anything of transformers, resistors, etc.

Is there anyone could help me, please ?

Thanks everybody

This is a little masterpiece.

I'm amazed....

The screws seems to be well allocated into the drum IMHO, because the sandpaper make an inner angle.

Very interesting.
I like particularly the system to prevent the jigsaw blade to bend sideways. It 's very smart.

Great job.