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  1. Jim Lad
    She really is looking first class, Jon. John
  2. Jim Lad
    Hello, and a warm welcome to the forum from 'Down Under'. John
  3. Jim Lad
    Hello Colin, and a warm welcome to MSW from 'Down Under'. John
  4. Jim Lad
    Hello Bob, and another warm welcome to the forum from 'Down Under'. John
  5. Jim Lad
    Pat, even large and heavy as they were, I wouldn't think it would take much power to cant a lower yard. After all they were pivoted at the centre and should have moved pretty easily. It also wouldn't have been much work to tail a tackle onto the running part on deck if it was really needed. John
  6. Jim Lad
    Hello Paul, and a warm welcome to the forum from 'Down Under'. John
  7. Jim Lad
    Hello, and a warm welcome to the forum from 'Down Under'. What a great thing to get your father's model back, but how sad to see it in that condition. I couldn't think of a better project than to restore your father's work to its former glory. John
  8. Jim Lad
    If you're working in smaller scales, an old cordless kettle works really well, I simply put my planks in and boil them up in the kettle - job done. John
  9. Jim Lad
    Tubes work very well for macro photography. Their main disadvantage is that they have a very narrow fixed focus range which makes them a bit tricky to use on moving subjects such as insects. The depth of field can be vastly improved by 'focus stacking' - taking a series of images at different focus depths and then combining the images in a photo processing programme. John
  10. Jim Lad
    The classic method was to eye splice the ratline at each end and then seize it to the shroud using light line. A clove hitch is not a secure knot so would never be used in practice at the end of the ratline. Except at very large scales, eye splicing each ratline at each end becomes rather impractical. An alternative recommended by Harold Underhill (and one which works well in practice) is to sew the end of the ratline through the shroud. John
  11. Jim Lad
    Hello Henry, and a warm welcome to MSW from 'Down Under'. John
  12. Jim Lad
    Hello Jeff, and a warm welcome to the forum from 'Down Under'. John
  13. Jim Lad
    Didn't they lay on planks and brush the sand away underneath them? John
  14. Jim Lad
    That was an amazing excavation. I read about it (one of my dad's books) when I was a kid. I had trouble trying to come to grips with excavating and entire ship by looking for the sand discolouration. John
  15. Jim Lad
    Very nicely executed, Dan; congratulations on a job well done. John
  16. Jim Lad
    Welcome back, Joe. Looks like you're making a good job of your sloop. John
  17. Jim Lad
    Good job on the deck, mate! John
  18. Jim Lad
    Hello Dennis, and a warm welcome to the forum from 'Down Under'. John
  19. Jim Lad
    Yes, the reef points are on both sides of the sail. When the sail is reefed it is gathered up and tied off with the reef points, thus making a shorter sail. John
  20. Jim Lad
    Hello Pete, and a warm welcome to the forum from 'Down Under'. John
  21. Jim Lad
    G'day Darren. Welcome home, mate! John
  22. Jim Lad
    Hello and another warm welcome to the forum from 'Down Under'. John
  23. Jim Lad
    Hello Tomasz, and a warm welcome to the forum from 'Down Under'. Don't worry about your English - it's very good. John
  24. Jim Lad
    Still coming along very nicely, mate! John
  25. Jim Lad
    Very neatly done, Paul. John

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