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About Sailor1234567890

  • Birthday 05/05/1977

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    Halifax NS, Canada
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    Sailing ships, boating, sailing, canoeing, boatbuilding in 1:1 and various other scales.

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  1.    uscharin reacted to a post in a topic: Cutty Sark by uscharin - Sergal - 1:78
  2. Sailor1234567890
    Nice save. She's looking great.
  3. Sailor1234567890
    No way of discerning from the images but my understanding of those tried up booms is that the inner boom iron is simply hinged to allow it to pop out when required. Once the boom is inboard, the outer ring will be quite loose of course so plenty of play once you hinge open the inboard iron.
  4. Sailor1234567890
    Lord Cochran used the low freeboard of his Speedy to take on Gamo whose guns fired over Speedy. He'd approach as the gunners fired, then when they ran up on deck to board him, he's haul off and start shooting grape at them. They'd run back below to shoot back and he'd haul alongside again shooting up at the hull and through the deck again. Same issue here. No idea on the details of this action though because I'm not familiar enough with each vessel. I remember sailing into Oswego harbour in St Lawrence II chasing Blackjack. Pretty sure it was Blackjack.
  5. Sailor1234567890
    Rob, Do you know why there are upper and lower channels in the chains? Why not just angle the chainplate back toward the hull from the upper and fasten where the lower end is fastened, bypassing the lower channel? I must be missing something. I don't remember ever seeing that before so it struck me as odd. Or maybe I've seen it and it never stood out before. Seems unusual to me though. Is it? Daniel
  6.    Jared reacted to a post in a topic: Flying Fish by Jared - Model Shipways - 1:96
  7.    ClipperFan reacted to a post in a topic: Flying Fish by Jared - Model Shipways - 1:96
  8. Sailor1234567890
    That's it Rick. The booms are triced up like that to allow access to furl the sail beneath it. The difference between furling to the bunt or not plays a part as well of course but the main reason they're triced up is to furl the sail beneath it. They're then stowed back down on top of the sail when it's furled. And your guess about hanging them below the yard such as in Cutty Sark was for that reason as well.
  9. Sailor1234567890
    Would there have been steps down those companionways or is there simply not headroom up there?
  10.    Der Boss reacted to a post in a topic: BRITANNIA by Der Boss - Mountfleet Models - 1:24 - RADIO
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  12. Sailor1234567890
    OOOh, beautiful work. Now....... add a few deck houses, a steering gear box and helm aft, a bowsprit and jibboom, and a brig rig. She looks like a prime candidate for someone to have purchased her as a retired pilot boat and given a new life as a sail training vessel. She's perfect. Cheers, Daniel
  13.    My Fathers Son reacted to a post in a topic: Cutty Sark by petervisser - Billing Boats - Scale 1:75
  14.    uscharin reacted to a post in a topic: Cutty Sark by uscharin - Sergal - 1:78
  15. Sailor1234567890
    Very nicely executed. I'm loving the detail you're putting into her.
  16.    petervisser reacted to a post in a topic: Cutty Sark by petervisser - Billing Boats - Scale 1:75
  17.    Keith Black reacted to a post in a topic: Cutty Sark by petervisser - Billing Boats - Scale 1:75
  18. Sailor1234567890
    Nice job. She's looking sharp.
  19.    KORTES reacted to a post in a topic: Brig Le FAVORI 1806 by KORTES - 1:55
  20. Sailor1234567890
    I'm not sure I could equal these results if I were working in 1:1, much less at 1:55. Bravo sir. Very well done.
  21. Sailor1234567890
    Hello Richard. I'm incredibly intrigued by your correction of her hull shape. Is there a way your computer can turn the data you have in to a table of offsets? That way future modellers can get her hull shape correct.
  22. Sailor1234567890
    Beautiful job. How are those rivets finished on the oustide of the hull? Or do they not go right through?
  23. Sailor1234567890
    That riot of sweeping curves sure is beautiful but I don't envy the shipwright who had to build it. Not you replicating it at a smaller scale. But I do look forward to seeing how you tackle this challenge and your results.
  24. Sailor1234567890
    I was supposed to sit my examination for Lieutenant at that museum. If anyone's around Halifax, on the base where that house sits is a cemetery. In that cemetery are the remains of men form HMS Shannon after her engagement with USS Chesapeake. One of the most fascinating frigate actions of the era.
  25. Sailor1234567890
    Why does the deck framing have those zigzag like braces? The knees should prevent wracking and a 45 would probably be stronger so what do these ones do? Not backing for deck fixtures....

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