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Jim Lad
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Looking good, Popeye. That certainly is an unusual rig on the sheet! John- 377 replies
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Hey, Mark, that's not the way the real ones were done! She looks fine, mate - I'd leave it at Mk. IV. John
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Mike, With the sails stowed, the clewlines and sheets will still be shackled to the foot of the sail except, of course, that the sail will be furled on the yard. With respect to the upper topsail, the sheet won't be shifted from its position either sheckled to the lower yard or set up in the tip with a tackle. John
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Lovely work on those very complex pieces, Juergen. John
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Not quite, Augie! I'd rather meet a bear dropping than a Drop Bear!! John
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Crikey, Grant, don't mention Drop Bears - you'll frighten the tourists away!! John
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Rope coils, clockwise or anti clockwise
Jim Lad replied to S.Coleman's topic in Nautical/Naval History
Kester - remember that as the right side of the brain controls the left side of the body, only left handed people are in their right minds!! As for ropes, if you coil a right handed rope anti-clockwise, it will kink when you run it out! John -
That looks very nice, Juergen. I like the way you have fitted the upper frames into the bulkheads! John
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And each one of those bolts is threaded and had to be screwed in! John
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Bite! John
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Crikey, Jason, you're nearly there! Another 'Mercury' almost ready to sail! John
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Danny, Looks like I'll need to take a drive up the F3 when I need some serious metal working done! John
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Very nice looking stern timbers! John
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Gripos-kaiki by Giorgos - FINISHED
Jim Lad replied to Giorgos's topic in - Build logs for subjects built 1851 - 1900
A very interesting and nice looking boat. She'll make a fine model. John -
sail powered submarine - moved by moderator
Jim Lad replied to Kevin's topic in Nautical/Naval History
I bet someone got it in the neck over that empty reserve tank! Strangely enough, that photo Kevin posted is the only one I can find of the R14 under sail - you'd think that such an unusual incident would have bred more photos. John -
She has sails! She has sails! looking good, Popeye! John
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This sounds like it will be an interesting project, Wayne. John
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Thanks for your 2 cents, Håkan! I know these craft were beamy, but there seems to be very little under the water and contemporary paintings show them carrying an aweful lot of canvas in fairly strong conditions. John
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Great, Michael. There seem to be quite a few manufacturers who have all the dimensions published. John
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Sorry, Michael. I saw your question and then forgot to answer it! And I'm afraid my answer is - I'm not sure; I only build 'em! If you go back to page 1 of this more or less rebuilt log you'll see the only known painting of the Stag showing her under full sail. Like all other paintings I've seen of such cutters, the mainsail is hauled in fairly flat - maybe to stop it from blanketting the square sails, which would give her a lot of driving power. of course the paintings may simply be using artistic licence to show a 'romantic' view of the cutters under full sail. It would be a pretty easy job to slack away the lee backstay - it's only two tackles to let go. I'd be intrested to hear from anyone who has any actual information on the sailing of these ships. John PS Actually I'd like to get some information on how they managed to keep these craft upright when they were under a press of sail - they don't draw a lot of water!!!
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Thanks Tony! John
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Michael, Have a look at this web page - it's a manufacturer's catalogue with thimble sozes. http://www.nobles.com.au/3dissue/section03/files/14.html John
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Thanks Andy - we tend to call both 'bottlescrews' (or sometimes the open sided one 'rigging screw). John
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Michael and Andy, I always thought that 'turnbuckle' was the North American word for 'bottlescrew', but you've both used both terms - Is there a difference? Michael, you could always put a Senhouse slip on the lashing for the dinghy! John
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