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  1. Jim Lad
    Delightful work! John
  2. Jim Lad
    Looking good, Popeye! John
  3. Jim Lad
    Excellent blacksmithing there. Just a bit of advice - don't fit them permanently until you need to - they'll catch on everything within ten metres! John
  4. Jim Lad
    She's coming along nicely, Ollie. Just a totally trivial point - did you know that for some totally unknown reason most boats stowed on stern davits are stowed with their bow to starboard? It's not a rule and it's not invariable practice, but it just seems that most boats are stowed that way! Re your deadeye spacer;- that's the type used by Harold Underhill, but I've found that a 'single hole' type spacer is a pest as the deadeyes keep trying to turn around the spacer while you're working on them. Try a 'two hole' type for comparison. Get a small scrap of wood and, using a deadeye as a jig, drill two small holes spaced so that they line up with the two parallel holes on the deadeye at each end, spaced so that the deadeyes will be the correct distance apart. glue short pieces of wire into the holes and the spacer can then work by holding two holes on each deadeye, preventing them from turning when you put tension on the shroud. John
  5. Jim Lad
    That looks really good, Bob! John
  6. Jim Lad
    Just catching up, Piet. That's coming along really well. John
  7. Jim Lad
    Very nice indeed, Danny! John
  8. Jim Lad
    Great sawdusting, Mark! Now that you've made big pieces of wood out of the little pieces that you made from big pieces, you can proceed to make littler pieces! John
  9. Jim Lad
    Well done, Ollie! John
  10. Jim Lad
    Well, Danny, if you're not making a silk purse, you're at least making a fine linen one! John
  11. Jim Lad
    Aha! Back in the shipyard - great news, Augie! John
  12. Jim Lad
    Nice to see this interesting build continuing! John
  13. Jim Lad
    The country, type of ship and time period would help, mate! John
  14. Jim Lad
    You have been busy indeed, mate! John
  15. Jim Lad
    All up to your usual standard, Remco! John
  16. Jim Lad
    Just catching up, Mark. She really looks first class! John
  17. Jim Lad
    Nicely done, Ollie. A good finishing detail might be a painter spliced to that ringbolt forward and coiled down in the bottom of the boat. John
  18. Jim Lad
    Great stuff, Kats! John
  19. Jim Lad
    Yep, lash 'em down, Ollie. John
  20. Jim Lad
    She's coming along very nicely. John
  21. Jim Lad
    Very nice indeed, Mark! John
  22. Jim Lad
    I agree with Tom - six oars would be better - and stow them with the blades facing forward as with your test oar in the photo. John
  23. Jim Lad
    That boat's turned out well, Ollie. It was quite common for cutters to carry their boats on deck (less chance of damage that way) and as King clearly shows his boat on deck, then why not stow it here? You have a clear primary source for it being stowed on deck! John
  24. Jim Lad
    By the look of all that fiddling, it might have been just as quick to plank the entire gun deck in the first place! John
  25. Jim Lad
    Very impressive indeed, Grant! Well done, mate. John

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