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  1. Jim Lad
    Michael, Almost all of the running rigging, apart from the braces, runs down inside the shrouds/backstays or straight down the mast to pins at the foot of the mast. Is there any particular item of rigging that interests you? John
  2. Jim Lad
    Hello William, and a warm welcome to the forum. John
  3. Jim Lad
    First class, Danny! John
  4. Jim Lad
    Just catching up, Bob. She really does look the goods! John
  5. Jim Lad
    Looking good, Dan! The hawse pipe covers are (or were) a very common fitting on merchant ships. The idea was to stop water from squirting up the hawse pipes and over the deck when the ship dipped her bow into a sea. They usually simply consisted of a flat steel plate shaped to fit over the top of the hawse pipe and around the anchor cable. They were held in place by angle iron bars down each side of the hawse pipe and which they slipped into. Mostly they were fitted with some kind of simple handle to make sliding them on and off easier. John
  6. Jim Lad
    Hello, and a warm welcome from 'Down Under'. John
  7. Jim Lad
    She's really looking first class, Danny - lots of delightful detail. John
  8. Jim Lad
    She really is looking 'the ant's pants' Keith! John
  9. Jim Lad
    You're making excellent progress, Ken. John
  10. Jim Lad
    I've not seen bowsprits square right to the outboard end, David, but I'm not too familiar with early American craft. Many smaller ships didn't have ratlines, so it may well be intentional. That painted deck looks really nice - well worth preserving.
  11. Jim Lad
    She's really coming along, Danny! John
  12. Jim Lad
    Welcome home, Ron. John
  13. Jim Lad
    An early brigantine by the look of her. Try a Google search on 'Baltimore Clipper' for similar vessels. No idea of the actual ship, but she certainly looks like she'd be worth restoring - although there's a lot of work ahead of you! John
  14. Jim Lad
    She's coming along nicely, Pat. That's going to be one impressive model when it all comes together. John
  15. Jim Lad
    Your blacksmithing is very impressive, Mark. John
  16. Jim Lad
    She's really looking very impressive! John
  17. Jim Lad
    Looks very realistic, Russ. John
  18. Jim Lad
    That's looking really nice, Danny - great job! John
  19. Jim Lad
    Looks a tricky one to build, Russ, but it seems you're on top of it! John
  20. Jim Lad
    She's still coming along nicely, Popeye. John
  21. Jim Lad
    Hello Dave, and a warm welcome to MSW from 'Down Under'. John
  22. Jim Lad
    Just catching up on your progress, Jim - she's really looking superb. John
  23. Jim Lad
    A quick Google search shows this as being advertised for sale in three different books of the time. It is described as being published "On a large broadside of two sheets super royal." That's two sheets each sized 483 x 686 mm. As it was published on two very large sheets of paper, it's doubtful that any copies survive except, perhaps, in highly specialised libraries. John
  24. Jim Lad
    Just catching up, Dan - she's really coming along nicely. John
  25. Jim Lad
    It's good to see you back, Andy, but I'm sorry to hear about your eyesight problems. As was once said to me, "A seaman can turn his hand to most anything," so I'm sure something will turn up that interests you - after all, John Masefield left the sea and became Poet Laureate! John

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