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    Beautiful work, John. I think the museum would be crazy to pass this up.
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    Wonderful, Igor. Congratulations on Lena!
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    That's true on frigates, 74's, etc. The problem with cutters is room at the bow. Looking at most them, I'm not sure a gun could even be moved into position, much less fired.
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    Have look here as there's some diagrams on this.
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    Good choice of models, Phil. There's plenty of builds of this boat and I'm sure you'll have lots of eyes to help.
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    Nice work, Anja. The caulking does look good.
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    Jay, Those forward most ports we probably not used as gunports but bridle ports for anchor handling, etc. That would explain why they were slightly larger and higher off the deck than the gunports.
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    Just fantastic, Igor. Sorry about the damage but it looks like you have repaired them well.
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    Lovely lantern, Patrick.
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    Bug, I really can't add to what the others have except you deserve every comment, kudo, and "like". Well done, I tip my hat and raise a toast to you and another to Augie's memory.
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    Re-gifting at a new level, Dr. Per. The boat looks super.
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    Beautiful Marcus. You're sister will love it.
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    That's a good question, Rick, for which I don't have a good answer. I do believe that the shipwrights would use what they had or could get at the time as they were, if nothing else, practical. If we look at photographs of such ships a Victory, Wasa, Constitution, etc. it sometimes seems like the hull planking is all over the map. We should take those photos with a grain of salt though, as except for Wasa (way earlier than we're talking about), the others have been replanked more a few times.
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    From what I understand, they went for a ship pattern. As for length... if the designer said (I'm going to be arbitrary) 30' long, and the yard only had 25-footers, that's what they used. The other thing is beams don't seem to be evenly spaced so the plank length would vary some. The problem was that at certain times, most notably the late 1780's and 90's on, the English were importing the wood for decks due to shortages.
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    Hmmm.... sticking PE parts to one's body.... maybe start a trend with all those guns? You're doing some seriously nice work, Carl.
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    Both English and Americans really didn't adhere to the "regulations" on deck planking. Come to think of, same for hull planking. When push came to shove, they used what they had. As for rotting, the Confederacy when captured (and she wasn't all that old at the time) was loaded with rot from green timber being used. It wasn't uncommon as one would think. They found in the British yards, the incoming bulks were dumped on a pile. Shipwrights being human, often grabbed the easiest timber which was on top. The seasoned stuff was on the bottom. Anecdotely, some of the longest lasting ships sat in the stocks for a couple of years before launching.
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    Looks to be a very fitting home for her, Russ.
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    I believe you'll find the same method on the Wasa, Pete. The lateen was hung like that so it could be swung around the mast to the other side when the ship was maneuvering.
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    Sweet metal work on the masts, Carl. It's all looking grand.
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    After seeing this mini tutorial, I guess I need to get some dividers after all. Thanks for posting it.
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    Well done, Eric. And that last paragraph is a great bit of philosophy and advice.
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    Congratulations, Druxey. Let's hope the weather doesn't delay it's arrival.
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    As always... amazing work, Patrick. Nice touch on the control cabinets and all the other items.

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