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What program did you use to draw the frames and bow in post #1?

That cockpit actually looks pretty cozy to me. A good feeling of security working in that cockpit.

Amortized over the next twenty years. There are pieces I can (and have) started but yes, it will be an expensive project. It will be a home, a travel means, a way to relax and practice my sailorly skills etc. As for a fixed cost, I have no idea. It will depend on how much of the work I can't do myself and how much scrounging I can do successfully. I hope to do most of the work myself with the help of my brothers and friends. Scrounging.... I'm always open to donations of suitable hardware, material etc. She's a proven ocean capable design and I have purchased the plans for the architect. They come with a moderate amount of consultation from his office as required. I've been sailing my whole life and have a pretty good idea of what I want. While she's a large complex build, I don't expect to build her to fine yacht finish standards. More like clean high end workboat finish. As a retirement project between now and the time I retire as well as any more time required to complete her once I am retired, I hope to sail her one day. Otherwise, I'll just keep working at her. The project of building her is a part of the dream and purchasing "off the shelf" just isn't possible with these types of boats. A sister ship recently sold but there are only a few of these boats in existence. If I want one, I'll never be able to afford to have one built so I'll have to build her myself over a protracted period of time. Modern tools and methods of construction will help me speed things along I hope.

Worm and parcel with the lay, turn and serve the other way. That's impressive at that scale. WOW!

Ed, do you know how long it would have taken to build her in the yard compared to how long you take to build a model of her?

The idea is that I plan to build her full scale at some point. To be honest, I've already started making bits and pieces that will one day be part of the boat. I think a kit or maybe scratch built model will help me visualize the process that will be required when I build full sized. I have a pretty good idea of how to go about it but having a model will help I suspect. Maybe a kit isn't the way to go after all....

I tend to think perhaps the kit I would want does not exist. I'd love to build a kit of the S/Y Fritha, a Murray Peterson designed 57 foot hermaphrodite brig that is presently sailing the eastern seaboard of the United States. I have the plans, directly from the designer's son's office and my favourite scale 1:1 is where I hope to end up as a retirement project but in the meantime, I anticipate learning a lot from a kit. I've never scratch built so a kit would be nice. Otherwise.... how hard is it to build from scratch when you have all the original plans and access to the architect who owns them? Thanks, Daniel

There's one of those little shortened busses out my way. I thought it was a one off.

Those are bow thrusters. Critical gear on modern large ships.

She's looking like a great piece of work there. I didn't realize quite what her hull shape was. I thought she was more angular. Her cutwater is more curved and angled than I thought it was. That 4th mast looks almost like an afterthought. I'm curious to see what it will look like once she's rigged. I still have an old revel CS hull that's destined for your shop........

Glad to see you didn't make the same mistake our provincial government made by changing the rudder for an all metal hydraulically operated expensive failure instead of the old tried and true wooden rudder with mechanical steerer in the box on deck. Looks good.

I'd turn it into Hornblower's Witch of Endor. The one he recaptured from the French after his escape down the Loir.

I think Nelson's Victory was actually the 4th of that name. I can't recall exactly but there were a number of Victory in the RN prior to Nelson's Victory.

I'm in awe.

1:12? That's gargantuan. No longer a model but a true small yacht. A very VERY detailed small yacht. Would be very cool to see. I love the 74s and can't see enough of them. Keep up the beautiful work Gaetan. Daniel

This build is going to be epic. Looking forward to it. Gaetan, will a 1:1 scale be next?

Masting and rigging the clipper ship and ocean carrier by Harold Underhill will get you a pretty good understanding of how it all works and why it's done the way it is. It's specifically about the clipper ship and large four posters of the end of the age of sail but even if you're interested in earlier periods, it will give you a good working knowledge of how and why things are done the way they are done.

The reason for raking masts differently like that was quite well known back in the day. It splays open the space available for sails without blanketing one another. In other words, your sails will not tend to overlap one another if the tips of the masts are further apart. Cutty Sark's masts are raked 1 degree more for each mast moving aft if I recall correctly. If you rake them all the same (except I suppose in a schooner with 3 more more masts) something will "not sit well" to your eye.

Looks li a great start. I'm helping my 9 year old son build the classic Revell model of her. He's enjoying it and so am I. I built a couple of them when I was a kid and it brings back memories. Looking forward to seeing her progress. Odd we don't see more models of her on this site, she's such a famous ship.

How long will she be between perpendiculars at this scale? Sounds huge.

I was in France earlier this year at the maritime museum in Toulon. I picked up 3 of the 4 volumes. They didn't have volume 3 in English. If I ever come across it, I'll probably grab it. I think I paid something like 500 Euro for the three books. They were new and still in the plastic wrapper they came in. They had some well thumbed examples of French versions of it and all of them in French new but were unfortunately missing the 3rd English volume.

Absolutely awe inspiring. Beautiful work.

Cutty Sark has her gun displayed on top of the monkey deck just forward of the helm. Pretty small, mostly for signaling but not a stretch to imagine it shotted.

Does anyone know, or can anyone tell from the images if all three axles spin at the same speed or is the gearing such that they spin at different speeds? Thanks for the images, they are really clear for a lot of the detail I'm trying to figure out.

Nils, I thought you might have something. Thanks.