Ferrus Manus
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The rigging is, i think, done. I still have no idea what the little thing in the middle of the bottom of the sail is supposed to be.
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I also considered adding reef points and those little things used to tie up the sail, but this thing has to be done by Sunday.
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It means unprepared. I thought it might also have meant something else Upside Down.
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help with Corel Mystique running rigging
Ferrus Manus replied to edite's topic in Masting, rigging and sails
One thing of note: Check if HiSModel has a rigging plan for the kit. Most widely available kits are listed on the site, and they make their own plans for a lot of the plastic kits, even the obscure ones. I wouldn't be surprised if custom plans exist for the Mystique, and if not, they likely exist for a similar Pollaca Xebec. -
This is the completed halyard. The reason why the rope coil on the deck looks so beefy is that it contains enough line to allow the yard all the way down the mast, not just a scaled down version. I absolutely love how reactive the sail is 😁
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This is the sail and yard, with all blocks attached: And the sail with the halyard and clewlines, mounted on the yard with rope parrel attached:
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Steven, you have a great point. I think you have to look at shipbuilding trends across Europe and how they relate to the sociopolitical tide at the time. This vessel would have existed shortly after the 12th Century Renaissance. Thus, therefore, we can assume that nautical technology also took a relatively steep upturn at that period. Ships probably got much less complex after the Fall of Rome, as well as after the Black Death. My opinion is that theoretical reconstructions of ships, and especially ships from this time period, need to take into account the time in which they existed. Therefore, in my opinion, i believe my prior theory of combining known elements from both earlier and later ships is correct, or at least feasible.
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Oh, i have never seen the cutwater on this kit done better. Personally, i would have just filled in the gaps with putty and called it good. Did any of the cutwater on the original boat survive? Is there even a theoretical reconstruction?
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I highly doubt the rigging was actually as simplistic as the images suggest. That simply would've been unworkable.
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I was thinking braces, topping lifts, the actual main lift, clew lines, sheets, tacks, bowlines, and that special little thing in the middle of the bottom of the sail.
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So you're telling me that the rigging of nefs was simpler than the rigging of viking ships?
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I have now come up with a set of measurements for the ship. Length stern post x stem post x keel: 36 inches Width master frame: 14.4 inches (l/b of 3) Width tail frame: 10.5 inches
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The second construction of the ship's lines, this time factoring in the height of a man:
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A second scale drawing of the ship's stem, stern, and keel, but with more clarified relationships and a theoretical sketch of the ship's lines. Edit: I erroneously labelled the wing transom as "f.p." (fashion piece)
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Take heart and fear not: The Senora Fielden lives! This is not a dead build log- She was just asleep. When the Nef build is over, i shall begin the full-scale drawings, as well as some design revisions.
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@Louie da fly what do you recommend i do for the sail/running rigging? I plan on combining rigging elements of both Viking ships and ships of the Late Middle Ages.
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Let's embark on the journey of standing rigging! I got all the shrouds and the forestay done today. And that was my theory. On every Nef image i saw, the forestay was simply wrapped around the stempost and that didn't look right. So, i had a theory: What if there was simply a block and tackle system that was omitted in the interest of simplicity, and the bottom of the stay went through a hole and wa siezed or tied there, and the tackle for the stay was wrapped around the stempost. So, that is what i did: i made the best of both worlds, combining logic and observation.
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Dude, this format for uploading updates is PERFECT. More, please.
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