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Pins further forward were for lower down bits and pieces. The further aft you went on the pin rail, the further up the line went. There's a logic to it. Pin rails were generally in the same location in each vessel, as near as can be, and the general sense of things was understood by anyone rated anything over landsman. For anyone interested in the subject, Harold Underhill's "rigging the clipper ship and ocean carrier" is an excellent tutorial on the subject. Written for modellers but it talks of the full sized vessels mostly. He was writing at the end of the age of sail, (WWII) and had knowledge of the subject matter first hand having sailed in some of the vessels earlier in his life. It may not be as pertinent to rigging your Victory or Sovereign of the Seas but for getting Clipper ships, larger steel vessels and a general sense for any vessel, I don't think it can be beat.- 3,607 replies
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Re-reading your question, I think using the waterlines would be the best way, not buttocks or ribbands. I think by ribbands, you mean the diagonals right?
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Could you put up an image showing what you mean? I can't picture how buttocks would be used to show the breadth of a vessel.They are essentially longitudinal station lines. They couldn't be used to determine breadth any more than station lines could be used to delineate profile in a profile drawing...... I need an image of what your'e talking about to picture it properly. Thanks, Daniel
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Write it off as battle damage repaired at sea. She's still a beautiful vessel you've built.
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It's like watching a full sized ship built before our very eyes. Looking forward to seeing her continue to grow. Merci.
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Most definitely not Cutty Sark. She never crossed 6 yards on the fore, only the main. Until 1885 when she was cut down. Hull is wrong for Cutty as well. Quarterdeck is off. That ship crosses upper and lower t'gallants and Cutty Sark only ever crossed single T'gallants. Double topsail's though as shown in the image. Dead thread.... resuscitating it?
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Nope, stretch it out full size. She's looking great so far though. Looking forward to seeing more of your progress.
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Normally the square part is just inside the pivot point and the reason for having it square is that the additional weight helps balance the oar to ease the workload on the oarsman.
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So.... What's next? Let us in on the secret.
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Higher coppering. A hull ALWAYS looks better lower in the water. Back then, they didn't worry so much about freeboard and a lower hull provides less windage. Not to mention, when the ship is fully laden, she's bound to sit lower in the water and a long whaling voyage would mean she's low in the water for the end of the voyage so needs the copper. No question you should copper to the higher line. She's looking good.
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I guess building the replica and not the original makes research a whole lot easier. She's looking good.
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Is that a functional rifle?
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I can't for the life of me figure out how the number of guns on a ship are counted. A 74 gun ship has many more than 74 guns. Victory, a 104 gun first rate, has many more than 104 guns. Which ones are not counted in the reckoning? I know bow and stern chasers are not included but that still doesn't balance things in my count. Thanks, Daniel
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That looks like something I'd catch both hands an elbow and probably a shoelace on. Hopefully you're more careful than I and don't have to redo those spreaders. They look great.
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Wow. Simply.... WOW!
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Ed, I have a solution to the "space available" problem you mention above. Make the book bigger.
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A full pic of YA so far would be nice as well if it's not too much trouble. TIA
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Very nicely done.
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The lower the limber holes are, the better they'll do their job. If you make the holes 3 inches above the bottom, there will always be 3 inches of water between that pair of frames. Best practice is to place them on the bottom so ANY water flowing at the lowest point will drain to the pumps.
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location of stud sails (stuns'l) when stowed
Sailor1234567890 replied to timboat's topic in Masting, rigging and sails
Wayne, in your image above, I notice that the lower stuns'ls are hoisted to the end of the Stuns'l boom while the topmast stuns'ls are hoisted to the ends of the yards. Does anyone know why this is? I'd expect that hoisting them all out to the ends of the booms would provide space for a wider sail so more sail area. The drawback would be the stresses on the boom of course.... -
Limber holes, or the limber passages are what those notches are called. I know in some vessels, they'd put a chain through it and if the limber holes got clogged, a yank on the chain back and forth a few times would often be enough to clear any offending detritus.
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It could pass for full scale if there weren't tools and hands in some of the images.
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I've been looking at Pandora's Jeer bitts lately and I can't figure out how they were used. There's the two blocks at the bottom of each upright, the lower and upper cross member... but how is something made fast to it? There are no belaying pins but I suspect the lines would have been too large for belaying pins. Kevels? I don't see any there. Does anybody know how the Jeers would have been used and how things would have been made fast? Or was it made fast elsewhere? Thanks for your help guys. Daniel
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