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  1. Jim Lad
    Beautiful decoration work on the stern, Nils. John
  2. Jim Lad
    Looking good, Cathead. Because of the open nature of the build you should be able to get something in there to measure the missing stack position pretty accurately. John
  3. Jim Lad
    Hakan - 12 men and a woman in that photo. Most of them would have been passengers of one sort or another. Luggerite - The structure on 'Francis Pritt' is at least 5' 6" high. The is a good clear photo of her unloading at the Roper River in 1908 which was taken from the port side and clearly shows a full door - pretty sure it's the dunny. John
  4. Jim Lad
    G'day, Hakan. Dunny - Australian slang for an outside toilet. That's it there behind the main shrouds. John
  5. Jim Lad
    The real north, Michael - heat, humidity, cyclones, mangrove swamps, crocodiles, swarms of mozzies, etc. etc. John
  6. Jim Lad
    There's just no stopping you, is there? John
  7. Jim Lad
    Again, thanks for the comments and 'likes' one and all. Michael - screens? screens? In those days, if you worked in the north you put up with the conditions of the north! John
  8. Jim Lad
    Just catching up, Alexandru - everything looks up to your usual very high standard. John
  9. Jim Lad
    Thank you all for your comments and for your 'likes'. The oval ports with wooden shutters are 100% Australian pearler design. They had no glass in them and the cabins must have been horrendously hot and stuffy (as well as humid) during the wet season with the shutters closed. John
  10. Jim Lad
    Just had another thought, Mark - will she be ready for this year's Sydney/Hobart? John
  11. Jim Lad
    And so she proceeds. The main deckhouses are now finished (apart from final cleaning up) and have been brought home for a couple of coats of wipe-on poly. They won't be finally fixed until all the deck details have been completed so I have more room to work around the deck. The only deckhouse to be made yet is the 'dunny', which was a definite addition to her when she was converted to a mission ship and can be left to very close to the end. Pearlers didn't have such woosy structures, but when you're carrying families some concessions to the niceties of life have to be made. John
  12. Jim Lad
    So what did you do on your days off then, Mobbsie? John
  13. Jim Lad
    Just beautiful. John
  14. Jim Lad
    That's really coming along nicely, Mark. You're doing a fine job. John
  15. Jim Lad
    Class! John
  16. Jim Lad
    She's coming along nicely. John
  17. Jim Lad
    Beautiful job of the wheels, mate! John
  18. Jim Lad
    Just to make life more interesting for all, here are a couple of photos of the 'Edwin Fox' (1853) in Picton, New Zealand. The lower plates clearly overlap the upper plates - oh, the bow is to the left in these photos. John
  19. Jim Lad
    Absolutely delightful engineering work, Glenn. John
  20. Jim Lad
    Nils, the painting of the hull really makes her come alive. John
  21. Jim Lad
    Michael, hope Judy will be OK soon. John
  22. Jim Lad
    Good job they were 'winged' and not 'whinged'! John
  23. Jim Lad
    Very nicely executed metalwork, Chuck. John
  24. Jim Lad
    Sounds like you may be vaguely pleased to have found this one, Clare! John
  25. Jim Lad
    Mark, I sure hope the pain clinic can do something. Both Pam and I suffer from minor back problems, so we know how painful it can be! John

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