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  1. druxey
    Persistence will pay off, eventually! Sorry about your sweeping incident, though. I hate it when that sort of thing happens.
  2. druxey
    I think, until marine archaeologists find Royal Caroline, that you are perfectly safe with doubles throughout!
  3. druxey
    Much nicer looking catheads, Maury. Now the crew won't trip over them, either!
  4. druxey
    I agree that ships of the line had the frame bends/filling frames arrangement described, but this does not seem always to have been the case with smaller vessels such as Royal Caroline. I would be cautious about projecting large warship practice on a smaller non-fighting vessel.
  5. druxey
    Very tricky, but a great result, Dan!
  6. druxey
    This is a substantial model! I applaud your intention to restore her well.
  7. druxey
    Lovely work, Ed. Have you tried using curved needles used for suturing?
  8. druxey
    Lovely work as always!
  9. druxey
    Perhaps this will muddy the waters, but I've marked some possible interpretations: 1. Fore Royal Stay 2. Fore Top Gallant Stay 3. Outer Jib Stay 4. Fore Topmast Stays (x 2) 5. Fore Stays (x 2) 6. Fore Royal Stay (starboard side of martingale) 7. Fore Topgallant Stay (port side of martingale) 8. Martingale Stay (chain) 9. Outer Jib Stay (starboard side of martingale)? 10. TBD Outer jibsail downhaul? 11. Fore Topmast Staysail Downhaul (leads aft and through bulwark fairlead at bow)? 12. TBD (x 2) Lead-in of lines 9 and 10? 13. Martingale backstays (x 2) - chain 14. Fore Staysail Downhaul - leads aft over vertical whiskers? Why two?? Are these perhaps man-ropes (hand-lines)? 15. Jib Sheets (aft via cathead whiskers - outer fairlead)? 16. Fore Topmast Staysail Sheets 17. TBD 18. Fore Staysail Sheets 19. TBD (possibly guys but nor extended forward?) I hope this is of some use, or at least food for thought.
  10. druxey
    Beautifully done, Johann. Like Michael, I also appreciate your extended lathe bed idea!
  11. druxey
    Amazingly fine work as usual! Too bad that some of this will be hidden.
  12. druxey
    Nicely executed, steamschooner!
  13. druxey
    Whoever makes your open boats does a beautiful job. Your lost wax castings are first class, Alex.
  14. druxey
    It would be helpful to know how long you could make the vessel. Now it appears to be too symmetrical in side view and short.
  15. druxey
    I stand corrected then, Maury.
  16. druxey
    Well, Grice is contemporary and is your primary source, whereas you'd already found a problem with your secondary sources and the pumps. Now, whom do you consider the more reliable witness? I rest my case, m'lud. Even if there were catheads present, they would have been a simple inverted L shape, not Z shaped. (See the Cheerful cutter logs). As for anchor recovery, they would move and drag until they caught the anchor. At that point they would not be moving anywhere until the anchor broke ground!
  17. druxey
    I think you pretty well have it, Pete. The 'mouse' is a small lashing across the open end of the hook (which is why its tip is recurved) to prevent the ring detaching.
  18. druxey
    Enjoy your new spaces, Dave!
  19. druxey
    Please see my PM, Pat.
  20. druxey
    Other hoy draughts I've seen do not show hawse holes. I suspect they simply moored hoys to a dock or wharf rather than anchor them. The Grice drawing on page one of your log doesn't actually show catheads.
  21. druxey
    Nice going, Tecko. Very neat wiring job, too!
  22. druxey
    My understanding of a fairlead on a shroud is a wooden or metal bullseye (similar to a thimble, but longer) that is lashed to the shroud to lead a running line through on its way down to the deck.
  23. druxey
    It is possible to mold paper to shape over a form. Some varieties of Japanese paper might work well for this, Dick.
  24. druxey
    Uh oh.
  25. druxey
    Quite the excuse for not posting for ages, Bruce. I'm glad the story has a happy ending and that you are back in harness. The rigging work looks beautiful.

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