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Jim Lad
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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
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Hello Robert, and a warm welcome to the forum from 'Down Under'. John
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Hello JBH, and a warm welcome to the forum from 'Down Under'. Looks like you've got some good advice there. John -
Hello Marco, and a warm welcome to the forum from 'Down Under'. John
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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
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Billing boats bluenose ll late father's model
Jim Lad replied to Simon29's topic in New member Introductions
Hello Simon, and a warm welcome to the forum from 'Down Under'. John -
Hello Maciek, and a warm welcome to the forum from 'Down Under'. John
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HMCSS Victoria 1855 by BANYAN - 1:72
Jim Lad replied to BANYAN's topic in - Build logs for subjects built 1851 - 1900
Well, I suppose those spars look fairly reasonable. Very nice work, mate. It's great to see the 'Victoria' forging ahead. John- 1,005 replies
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Welcome home, Andre! John
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Hello Cristian, and a warm welcome to the forum from 'Down Under'. John
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Hello, and a warm welcome to MSW from 'Down Under'. John
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Hello Jölle, and a warm welcome to the forum from 'Down Under'. John
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Hello, and a warm welcome to the forum from 'Down Under'. John
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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
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Nils, are the ends of those cargo derricks open? They need to be blocked off to look realistic. john
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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
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Hello, and a warm welcome to the forum from 'Down Under'. John
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Very neatly done, mate! John
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Phil, I was always told that the term 'holystone' came from the fact that they were sometimes used without handles and the sailors therefore had to kneel to use them. When I was at sea we had blocks of sandstone that fitted into a dedicated frame with a handle and we also sanded the decks first. John
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Looking good, Håkan! our work always looks a lot worse to us than it does to others - we know where the mistakes are! John
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hello Nate, and a warm welcome to the forum from 'Down Under'. John
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