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druxey

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  1. It's more likely to spread than collapse. I'd use some temporary cross-spalls as insurance to keep the hull from doing this.
  2. Ah! Now those bars look convincing. Nice, Maury.
  3. I believe that the scarph was arranged as in the first version you posted. The purpose of this was to 'bind' the stern framing from separating away aft from the sides of the ship, not to prevent hogging. I've never seen an illustration of the second arrangement of a scarph that you've sketched.
  4. I concur with the straight side arm, if it lands on the spirketting, Mark.
  5. The contemporary model of Amazon, 32 guns (RMG collection) shows these stanchions for manropes, but there is no line or netting.
  6. Read one of the planking tutorials on this site.
  7. If there is a scarph between the side arm and spirketting, my impression is that the hook of the scarph on the arm fits to a score in the spirketting on the side, thus locking it. Anyone have an opinion to the contrary?
  8. I went through this exercise recently with handspikes for a windlass!
  9. Grip a comfortably sized handle. That is the diameter of a capstan bar.
  10. Beautifully done rudder metalwork, Montanes!
  11. That is a good trick, Mark. Another (my party trick) is to cut a perfect 45 degree angle without measuring. Again, angle of reflection is the secret! But don't tell anyone.
  12. Usually Burton pendant tackles were not permanently rigged, so their omission wouldn't be a screw-up!
  13. There were many medals struck to commemorate Nelson. The nicest (in my opinion) is the Boulton Medal.
  14. Ah! So it was never a book at all. Thank you. Alcedo and Jim. It was my education for today.
  15. Darn! I missed that. Rafine is absolutely correct! I guess I'll have to 'unlike' that last posting.
  16. Beautifully executed, Ed. And the tale of two bullseyes....
  17. Outstanding artistic weathering, Mehmet! I can almost feel the rusty surfaces.
  18. Bodoni it is, after Giambattista Bodoni, an 18th century designer of typefaces. And a handsome face it is, too!
  19. Exactly, Ben. That would take care of the problem nicely.
  20. Very nicely done, Ben. I'd suggest moving that one plank butt a little aft away from the supper almost above it.
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