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An extremely close call indeed.. for those few survivors... Dec 1804
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Okay now, no parties of two or more, practise social distancing, and wash those darned hands sailor! - 1804
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Could they actually have been anxious for yet another war? Oct 1804
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There is always someone that just has to ruin a good thing.... 1804
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some people were just born lucky - 1804
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Say what??- 1803
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Arghhhhhhhh! He be a traitor for sure. Keel haul 'em and then hang 'em from the yard arm till he dries out. Then do it again!
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Yes. Quite! At first I imagined it might have some Irish relationship and might had possibly been due to "the flight of the Wild Geese". But a quick google of the surname killed that idea.
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A Sailor's Poem : The Burial - 1803
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reporting in - 1803
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One way to treat prisoners of war... a nice relaxing vacation in the low mountain region of Epinal, France. T'was a more civil time.
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that ought to teach them not to take the keys and go for a spin in the harbour - 1830
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The cruel sea - 1803
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Nothing is easily achieved - 1803
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74-gun ship by Gaetan Bordeleau - 1:24
AON replied to Gaetan Bordeleau's topic in - Build logs for subjects built 1751 - 1800
You must have a local (city) museum that would jump at the chance to have it donated. This way your work will be on display for relatives years after we are all dust and lost memories. -
Extreme measures in an extreme case - 1830
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Druxey Thank you for the quick reply, but now I am confused as the head/tenon on your photo is cut at an angle rather than square cut. I would have bet you were referring to the portion that fits through the cap, that it should have be square cut to leave a wedge shape protruding through as in the references I gave. The head of my bowsprit is finish with the cap, bees and bee blocks. The shape you refer to was done but is behind the blocks. Now I am not sure I should add a wedge to the head of my bowsprit or not.
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Druxey, Do you mean the square wedge bit I see poking through the cap in TFFM photos on pgs 82 and 91. I see it also in Rees's, Plate VIII. And also in The Masting and Rigging of English Ships of War, pg 8. Until now I'd only noticed other references I had looked at showed it flush... so I cut the darned bit off ages ago! Historic Ship Models - Wolfram zu Mondfeld - pg 227 (bowsprit head after 1780) The Anatomy of Nelson's Ships - C Nepean Longridge - pg 185 fig 116 Yes, I should have paid better attention to the contemporary sources Now I have to stick the "gum dang" thing back on (a Dan Blocker, Bonanza reference). Oh Joy.
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Thank you Jason and Jim. Being a novice I am very proud of what I've done, though it's taken ages to get this far. I've not done it on my own, meaning, I've had a good amount encouragement and excellent guidance. If only I found some enjoyment in fairing the cant frames they'd be done by now.
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I owe an apology to those nine souls that downloaded my updated document with drawings in post 1050. The sketch with the locations/positions of the two sets of five thumb cleats aft the jib boom saddle had not been switched out to show the position pattern I used. It has now been switched out and identified as rev3. Sorry for that but my checkers are practising social distancing
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Thank you again Craig. It was a long read but very descriptive! I just kept going... as did it. followed by kangaroos, birds, caterpillars and the local dialects
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What a fascinating read! Thank you for posting this.
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what happened to the trees? ah.. . they became ships. if this is high tide what happened in a full force gale wind and rain storm?
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Yes Druxey...... I'll be sanding once again tomorrow.
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Although TFFM suggests making the Woolding Hoops with paper or card I decided to try making them from wood. I determined the greatest circumference of my mast at the hoop locations and found a piece of scrap about three times this length. I sanded one side to get about 3" (0.05" to scale) thickness, clamped it in my vise, adjusted the blade on my hand plane to get about 0.03" thickness and went to it. The pieces were placed (floating) in a cup of boiling hot water. Once they sank to the bottom they were removed, wrapped around the mast at the hoop locations, clamped and left to dry overnight. The woolding rope is 1" diameter and there are 13 to 15 turns. Each set are spaced adequately to accommodate these. The next day the clamps were removed and the curls of wood were carefully cut with a scalpel to provide a butt joint. They were removed, coated on the inside with yellow wood glue, put back in position on the mast with the butt joint on the bottom (6 o'clock) and re-clamped. The next day the clamps were removed and the hoops were slightly sanded. (There will be more sanding to be done)
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