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  • Birthday 05/05/1977

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

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  1. 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.
  2. Sailor1234567890
    Would there have been steps down those companionways or is there simply not headroom up there?
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    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
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  8. Sailor1234567890
    Very nicely executed. I'm loving the detail you're putting into her.
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  11. Sailor1234567890
    Nice job. She's looking sharp.
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  15. 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.
  16. 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.
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  18. Sailor1234567890
    Beautiful job. How are those rivets finished on the oustide of the hull? Or do they not go right through?
  19. 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.
  20. 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.
  21. 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....
  22. Sailor1234567890
    Will she be in the gardens this summer? I'll stop by and check her out once she's afloat on display.
  23. Sailor1234567890
    Check out Master and Commander, there are at least a few scenes in Surprise's Sick berth. They'd have been laid up in hammocks slung fore 'n aft. I look forward to seeing how she turns out. Not sure there are many (any even) lego builds on the site. I think Lego is one of, if not the greatest toy ever designed. Make sure the good Doctor's coca leaves are well secured against those millers to be onion-sauced.
  24. Sailor1234567890
    Ian, I've heard of a few names for those metal multi-ring-shaped pieces. Monkey face plate, they often had three circles in the plate; eyes and a mouth. I've heard it called a Spectacle Iron as well.
  25. Sailor1234567890
    Any updates?

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