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I remember Jean Parisien had wire drums to control her boom. I think Algomarine did as well, can't be sure. I don't know if I have any pics of either of them at this point. Do you have a picture of Algowood with her broken back? I saw her towed by under tug and her boom was cocked up at a weird angle. Clearly her back was broken. Loaded her down to the breaking point. I was in Algomarine at the time. Our Captain was married to the cook in Algowood. Saw a copy of the mate's load plan and said it never should have been approved. I think it happened in Brent Mines? Not sure. We were re-routed as we were supposed to load there but she was stuck on the bottom with a bellyfull of stone and a broken back. It was a beautiful place but VERY out of the way.

I wonder if the Google map Coordinates are simply those of "Sydney Harbour" or if they're the coordinates of where the picture was actually taken. There is an island in the google map of it. Not sure it's the one in the picture though.

Nice. Those carvings look great.

Some people wait their whole lives. You're lucky to have it. I am lucky in that I have a huge workshop/boatshop in the top of my barn. The barn is 40x30 feet and it's all mine. I have no "Admiral" anymore to run the show. My girlfriend has her own house and leaves me to myself when I want to get away to the shop. My model work all happens in the house on the dining room table. Much more comfortable since it's heated and my boatshop is not. About the picture in my Avatar. Does anyone know anything about it? I know it's of Cutty Sark in Sydney harbour. There's another picture that Captain Woodget took of her drying sails in Sydney harbour. The picture in my avatar shows some foliage in the foreground indicating that he likely took the picture from shore on a rise of land. There's an island in the background and another ship away to the left. Does anyone know what the other ship is? What island that is? I've always been curious as to where exactly that picture was taken. Sorry for stealing your thread a little Nenad. I'll sit back down now. Keep up the good work. Daniel

WOW. That's impressive work there.

Ouch. I can't imagine how frustrating that would be. Did your friend get an earful?

That stove just makes it. What a little jewel.

Sounds like it's time to go out and get a camera.

Here's my brother and I milling strips. A stack of infeed on my left and a stack of outfeed just visible on my right. Much bigger setup though. I love that you're coming to the same solutions others have come to. Funny how we don't have to reinvent the wheel all the time.

I built my canoe using that principle. You can buy router bits that will put that bead and cove into the planks. They're often called "canoe bits". I ran 21 foot planks through with the bead, then the cove. Probably about 50 or 60 planks 1"x1/4"x21'. No idea why this picture thing isn't working for me. Tried to put up 3 pictures but only one worked. I think.

Yes,I think that is one of the coolest pictures of her. She's like a model in a diorama, there's more than just the ship all sails set. Her jib boom is run in, the boats are away and the falls hooked together ready for the boat's return, a tarpaulin spread over the quarterdeck…… Lots to look at in that picture.

Neat idea.

Looking great.

I'm thinking you're right.

HMMMM, her jib is backed. I wonder why they haven't tacked the jib over to the starboard tack?

Good luck with the build. "The immortal memory" indeed.

Sweet progress. Love that stern.

Nice build.

As someone with a bit (small bit) of time serving in submarines, this is a VERY cool build.

Yup, she's a beauty.

This will be a nice build to follow. I do love a schooner.

Nice work. She's such a beautiful ship, she's worth doing over to get just right.

Somewhere I have drawings of the internal workings of ALGOMARINE's unloading gear. I had to draw them out as part of my cadet time. I'd pass on trying to model that as well.

Tom, to answer your question about coaming height. In a sailing vessle with a cockpit, it is preferable (though not always done) to have the opening to the cabin also known as the companionway at a higher height than the coaming surrounding the cockpit. The reason for this is pretty evident when you think that a wave could poop her and flood the cockpit. If the opening to the vessel is lower than the level of the cockpit coaming, the water trapped in the cockpit will flood below. If the opening is higher, then the cockpit (which should be restricted to the smallest practical size in an oceangoing vessel for just this reason) contents cannot flood below decks. An option often used to get around the lack of space to do this properly is to fit drop boards that extend higher than the coaming. The problem with this solution is that the crew must fit these boards before they encounter heavy weather in order for them to work. As far as keeping water that has washed down the deck from flooding the cockpit.... Yes, that is true. However it is not entirely possible to keep ALL water out of the cockpit in really nasty weather and the best insurance is to have your companionway separated from the cockpit by a bridge deck (small seat/deck that is level with the rest of the deck) and a coaming around the cockpit. Keep the accomodation companionway higher than the deck level and keep the cockpit small with oversized drains. This is all stuff that should be looked after by the NA who designs the boat. There are many MANY illdesigned vessels out there today. They cost a lot of money and are comfortable alongside in port. They hardly meet the minimum safety requirements for proceeding offshore. Large windows and skylights, big open cockpits.... All these things are nice to have in port but at sea, most seasoned sailors will have a vessel that has the smallest round (not square) portlights, and the smallest cockpit possible. A vessel with a larger cockpit will often carry her liferaft in the cockpit. It is no longer useful to stand in as you'll hit your head on the boom but it displaces the water that would otherwise swamp the boat. The most famous cruising couple, Lin and Larry Pardey built their boat, a small 30 foot cutter similar to this, with NO COCKPIT at all. Therefore no chance of being swamped by a cockpit that won't drain. Plus they've gained a ton of space below decks. They have added strength from uncut deckbeams under the deck in way of where the cockpit would have been. I love this stuff. So cool to think about. Hope this isn't too rambling and that it answers your question. Sorry about stealing the thread. I now return you to the build you were looking for. Cheers, Daniel

I disagree. Though respect your opinion. I find the beauty in a lot of these projects are in the design details. Working at a scale that allows you to replicate everything to scale is great. If you leave a hatch door too thick, or have a coaming out of scale, it tells the eye immediately that you're not looking at the real thing. To me the height of this art/craft/skill is being able to trick the eye into thinking that you're looking at the real thing in full scale. The thick cockpit coaming you had would never pass that test for anyone with an interest in yacht design and beautiful boats in general. It just looks off. Kudos on correcting that.