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Jim Lad

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  1. Hello Turil, and a warm welcome to MSW from 'Down Under'. John
  2. Hello, and a warm welcome to the forum from 'Down Under'. John
  3. A totally different concept of tiller rigging. On the pearling luggers of Thursday Island (Torres Strait, Northern Australia), the boats were steered by the tiller rigging rather than by the tiller itself. The photo below was taken on the lugger 'Sydney', and shows the system in operation. John
  4. Hello Robert, and a warm welcome to the forum from 'Down Under'. John
  5. Hello JBH, and a warm welcome to the forum from 'Down Under'. Looks like you've got some good advice there. John
  6. Hello Marco, and a warm welcome to the forum from 'Down Under'. John
  7. Great explanation of your planking process, Håkan. Thanks for that. By the way, please don't mention the All Blacks - there are Australians on this forum. We haven't won the Bledisloe Cup for 20 years!! John
  8. Hello Simon, and a warm welcome to the forum from 'Down Under'. John
  9. Hello Maciek, and a warm welcome to the forum from 'Down Under'. John
  10. Well, I suppose those spars look fairly reasonable. Very nice work, mate. It's great to see the 'Victoria' forging ahead. John
  11. Hello Cristian, and a warm welcome to the forum from 'Down Under'. John
  12. Hello, and a warm welcome to MSW from 'Down Under'. John
  13. Hello Jölle, and a warm welcome to the forum from 'Down Under'. John
  14. Hello, and a warm welcome to the forum from 'Down Under'. John
  15. Whenever we start a conversation about the tidiness of rope ends on ships - especially naval ships - I am always drawn to this painting of HMS Deal Castle - I especially enjoy the goat lazing on the quarter deck! John
  16. George, the usual arrangement would be for the propeller shaft to emerge through the skeg at the stern. If you google something like 'small motor launch plans' you'll find a lot of examples. John
  17. Hello, and a warm welcome to the forum from 'Down Under'. John
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