druxey
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druxey's post in Live Shivers was marked as the answer
'Shivers' are sheaves: live ones are rotating ones in the fixed blocks in the sides of the ship. So, in modern language: fixed blocks opposite the mizen mast.
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druxey's post in Deck lines on sheer plan was marked as the answer
This is a problem with modern re-drafted plans - unless it's stated one doesn't know! Contemporary plans show both the line of beams at the side and centreline. In this case you don't even have a line of ports to give you a clue. The Royal Museums Greenwich hold a sheer and profile of the Pandora class:
https://www.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/rmgc-object-83477?_gl=1*1l5sqqk*_up*MQ..*_ga*NTU5MTEyMTE3LjE3MzE2NzU5NTI.*_ga_7JJ3J5DBF6*MTczMTY3NTk1MS4xLjEuMTczMTY3NTk3NS4wLjAuMA..*_ga_4MH5VEZTEK*MTczMTY3NTk1MS4xLjEuMTczMTY3NTk3NS4wLjAuMA..
This would be a more reliable starting point for you.
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druxey's post in rope question was marked as the answer
Around 45 degrees seems to be about right, rather than twists per foot.
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druxey's post in Reinforcement Bands wrapped around 18th Century Cannons was marked as the answer
It would take a chapter to describe the manufacture of cannon, but the bands you are asking about, named reinforces, were all cast into the cannon. Only very early wrought iron ordnance had separate bands applied (shrunk) over a barrel made up of longitudinal iron bars. There is a lot of information on the internet you could access on the subject.
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druxey's post in Question on Ships' Boats Support Frames/Beams was marked as the answer
Skid beams. There were fore and aft holes through the 'U' portion of the iron supports with a retaining pin on each end of the beam.
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druxey's post in Gun Port Hatches was marked as the answer
Port lids (not hatches) are flush to the outside planking when closed. There is a rebate in the sides of the port for the lids to shut against. The rebate is formed by a thin lining of wood over the frames and port sills.
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druxey's post in Deadeye ? without holes was marked as the answer
The extra information helps! I assumed she was not British by the style of capstan. In Boudriot's The 74 Gun Ship, Volume II, page 30, shows this form of iron which is simply a ring above the channel. There is no deadeye in these.
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