glbarlow
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More excellent tutorials on rigging. Well done. I did those toggles on Pegasus which after researching included every line it would had including sail handling as your doing. It looks great, but it is a lot of string. -
Your photography has taken great leaps forward. I’m going to start a log on Flirt, it will have only one entry “See how to do it here” with a link to your Speedy log. That’s it log finished.
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Crafty is correct, but crusty is more fun 😊
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Crusty Sailor has correctly scale wood belay pins. They are the only first wood ones I’ve seen that other than brass ones that are correct, not the typical fat ones included in kits.
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You’ll want to repair the top of the port with a piece of wood cut to fit and sand it back flush. That port as you see it is as it will look finished with only the cap rail on top. So you need to fill the gap now while it’s easy. (I did the same thing). It will be painted so it doesn’t have to match color. you’re making great progress! The fairing looks excellent.
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That’s kind of you to say. Thank you!
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If only a year ago. Maybe I should build her again😁
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Thanks. I’ll cover the rope coils in my next post after finishing the rat lines.
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This is good news. I may have to stock up.
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Very creative use of the mill and saw. Nicely done. I’m also a big fan of my relatively new MF-70 and have been a Byrnes saw owner for years. Such great tools.
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Happy birthday Vanguard Models! The Sphinx is looking great.
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Check my log for my favorite home made rigging tool, a dowel and a needle is all you need plus a pair of cuticle cutters and sharp pointed tweezers. Work from the middle out and bottom up. Add what you can now in terms of eye bolts. Look ahead don’t wait till you need them. Install what you can off the ship. I have a few other suggestions on my Cheerful and Nelson logs. You’ll be fine. Other than ratlines I really enjoy rigging, I like the puzzle of making it all work. I added a number of lines to Nelson based on source material on cutters. What’s on the plans is pretty basic. Piece of cake.
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I started with one once you started making your own parrels, you never cease to amaze.
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This will one great guide for me when I start my barge. Nice work and wonderful descriptions.
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Thanks. That.s my goal. Thank you, using the plans was a new twist. I’m either brilliant or too lazy to manually make up a separate grid on paper 😂
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Welcome! It’s a great hobby, glad you’ve joined our ranks.
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Ran out of other things to do, time to begin. The only good thing about fracturing my frame way back in the beginning and having to buy a second starter kit is that it came with a second set of plans that I could cut up, which I’ve frequently done. In this case I also scanned it, flipped the image file, printed it for the port side and marked both in 5 and 10 line increments. These I’ll do first, tens then fives to help avoid the hourglass problem. Also using all clove hitches, my favorite knot. There’s only 72 total, I can probably do this without further whining about ratlines😂🤣 All of this has been learned from others, once again the power of MSW at work. Except the clove hitch, as an actual boat owner (a fast inboard, no sails) I tie a lot of them with big rope. See, I’ve started. (They are lined up, the paper is leaning away at the top and nothing is glued yet)
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Not sure why or what type of cleat your referring to, but generally a cleat hitch like in this photo is the way to go.
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That certainly wasn’t my intent, sorry you perceived my comments as such. My point was not your limits, but the limits of this kit. Gun ports follow the sweep of the deck and follow the sheer, they aren’t always parallel.
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Thank you. I often amaze myself when some things actually work😁
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Thanks, I hope that you do and glad you find it useful.
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Thanks Chuck. I’ll tie and retire to avoid the dreaded hourglass, I just don’t enjoy doing repetitive work. But I do enjoy Cheerful so… I appreciate that Rusty, that is my goal. I think I overdo it sometimes but I guess it’s there if someone wants it.
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Thanks Derek, I use your work as inspiration
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