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Bedford
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Bedford got a reaction from Elmer Cornish in Maine three-masted schooner by Bedford - 1:54 - RADIO
I have made the sail templates to make sure it all fits, next job is to make the sails and see if I can get them to work the way I want them to.
Even though the sails are just cardboard it looks magnificent, I think it is going to look brilliant under sail.
I am hoping this pic will give a good idea of it's presence in a room
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Bedford got a reaction from avsjerome2003 in Maine three-masted schooner by Bedford - 1:54 - RADIO
I have made the sail templates to make sure it all fits, next job is to make the sails and see if I can get them to work the way I want them to.
Even though the sails are just cardboard it looks magnificent, I think it is going to look brilliant under sail.
I am hoping this pic will give a good idea of it's presence in a room
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Bedford got a reaction from Mirabell61 in Maine three-masted schooner by Bedford - 1:54 - RADIO
I have made the sail templates to make sure it all fits, next job is to make the sails and see if I can get them to work the way I want them to.
Even though the sails are just cardboard it looks magnificent, I think it is going to look brilliant under sail.
I am hoping this pic will give a good idea of it's presence in a room
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Bedford got a reaction from michael mott in Maine three-masted schooner by Bedford - 1:54 - RADIO
You're right Jerry, On the half scale drawing it looked ok but once I put it up there I thought the same as you. Nothing is concrete yet so I will work on that.
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Bedford got a reaction from SailorGreg in Maine three-masted schooner by Bedford - 1:54 - RADIO
I have made the sail templates to make sure it all fits, next job is to make the sails and see if I can get them to work the way I want them to.
Even though the sails are just cardboard it looks magnificent, I think it is going to look brilliant under sail.
I am hoping this pic will give a good idea of it's presence in a room
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Bedford got a reaction from JerryTodd in Maine three-masted schooner by Bedford - 1:54 - RADIO
You're right Jerry, On the half scale drawing it looked ok but once I put it up there I thought the same as you. Nothing is concrete yet so I will work on that.
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Bedford reacted to JerryTodd in Maine three-masted schooner by Bedford - 1:54 - RADIO
That flying jib seems a bit high
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Bedford got a reaction from augie in Maine three-masted schooner by Bedford - 1:54 - RADIO
I have made the sail templates to make sure it all fits, next job is to make the sails and see if I can get them to work the way I want them to.
Even though the sails are just cardboard it looks magnificent, I think it is going to look brilliant under sail.
I am hoping this pic will give a good idea of it's presence in a room
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Bedford got a reaction from Elmer Cornish in Maine three-masted schooner by Bedford - 1:54 - RADIO
I've been a little bit busy over the weekeknd.
I think the next step will be to make sails.
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Bedford got a reaction from popeye the sailor in Maine three-masted schooner by Bedford - 1:54 - RADIO
I have made the sail templates to make sure it all fits, next job is to make the sails and see if I can get them to work the way I want them to.
Even though the sails are just cardboard it looks magnificent, I think it is going to look brilliant under sail.
I am hoping this pic will give a good idea of it's presence in a room
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Bedford got a reaction from avsjerome2003 in Maine three-masted schooner by Bedford - 1:54 - RADIO
I've been a little bit busy over the weekeknd.
I think the next step will be to make sails.
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Bedford got a reaction from Elmer Cornish in Maine three-masted schooner by Bedford - 1:54 - RADIO
Shrouds are on, I don't think I need to do the top shrouds because the top masts are stable enough to mount the running rigging etc so they can wait til later. As a side note I calculate a bit over 1400 knots in the rat lines! Once I re-learn the technique they are pretty quick and easy.
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Bedford got a reaction from trippwj in Maine three-masted schooner by Bedford - 1:54 - RADIO
I have made the sail templates to make sure it all fits, next job is to make the sails and see if I can get them to work the way I want them to.
Even though the sails are just cardboard it looks magnificent, I think it is going to look brilliant under sail.
I am hoping this pic will give a good idea of it's presence in a room
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Bedford got a reaction from Shazmira in Maine three-masted schooner by Bedford - 1:54 - RADIO
I have made the sail templates to make sure it all fits, next job is to make the sails and see if I can get them to work the way I want them to.
Even though the sails are just cardboard it looks magnificent, I think it is going to look brilliant under sail.
I am hoping this pic will give a good idea of it's presence in a room
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Bedford got a reaction from *Hans* in Batavia by *Hans* - FINISHED
Don't forget the soft ropes with the frayed ends that dangled in the water so they could pull them up and wash their backsides when they finished.
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Bedford got a reaction from Shazmira in Maine three-masted schooner by Bedford - 1:54 - RADIO
I've been a little bit busy over the weekeknd.
I think the next step will be to make sails.
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Bedford got a reaction from JerryTodd in Maine three-masted schooner by Bedford - 1:54 - RADIO
I've been a little bit busy over the weekeknd.
I think the next step will be to make sails.
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Bedford got a reaction from popeye the sailor in Maine three-masted schooner by Bedford - 1:54 - RADIO
I've been a little bit busy over the weekeknd.
I think the next step will be to make sails.
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Bedford got a reaction from Aussie048 in Maine three-masted schooner by Bedford - 1:54 - RADIO
I've been a little bit busy over the weekeknd.
I think the next step will be to make sails.
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Bedford got a reaction from mtaylor in Maine three-masted schooner by Bedford - 1:54 - RADIO
I've been a little bit busy over the weekeknd.
I think the next step will be to make sails.
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Bedford got a reaction from avsjerome2003 in Maine three-masted schooner by Bedford - 1:54 - RADIO
Shrouds are on, I don't think I need to do the top shrouds because the top masts are stable enough to mount the running rigging etc so they can wait til later. As a side note I calculate a bit over 1400 knots in the rat lines! Once I re-learn the technique they are pretty quick and easy.
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Bedford got a reaction from JerryTodd in Maine three-masted schooner by Bedford - 1:54 - RADIO
Shrouds are on, I don't think I need to do the top shrouds because the top masts are stable enough to mount the running rigging etc so they can wait til later. As a side note I calculate a bit over 1400 knots in the rat lines! Once I re-learn the technique they are pretty quick and easy.
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Bedford got a reaction from Elmer Cornish in Maine three-masted schooner by Bedford - 1:54 - RADIO
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Bedford got a reaction from Elmer Cornish in Maine three-masted schooner by Bedford - 1:54 - RADIO
Chain plates
To get the correct angle on the chain plates I fit the masts at the correct angle and run a line of cord where the shroud will go, I centre it over the dead eye and continue down onto the hull. This shows where the chain plate needs to attach in order to get the straight line with the shroud.
In this case I then drilled two 1mm holes through the hull using the chain plate holes as the template.
I then used a magnet to weed out the brass plated steel nails from my nail tin and selected 60 long brass nails which were then annealed to soften them for bending.
Once all that had ben done I mixed a small amount of epoxy and put a blob (technical term) on each hole on the inside of the hull for one station at a time, ie starboard mizzen chain plates first. I then pushed that through the hull with my finger so I had a small sphere of epoxy on the outside of the hull at each hole. This ensured the hole was filled with epoxy to ensure water could not get into the wood.
Then I place the nails through one chain plate and while pressing them firmly against the hull with my thumb I used pliers to bend the inboard end of the nail over to form a rudimentary rivet. When all are done I will apply some thickened epoxy over each of these to ensure it won't move or foul anything and it will be water tight.
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Bedford got a reaction from SailorGreg in Maine three-masted schooner by Bedford - 1:54 - RADIO
Shrouds are on, I don't think I need to do the top shrouds because the top masts are stable enough to mount the running rigging etc so they can wait til later. As a side note I calculate a bit over 1400 knots in the rat lines! Once I re-learn the technique they are pretty quick and easy.
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