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Greetings everyone; Here's one for the technical experts amongst us. I am constructing a framing plan of the yacht 'Royal Caroline' of 1749. The original draught has station lines drawn at every third frame: 3,6,9,12 etc. The double frames (bends) will be on these lines. Between these would normally be the filling frames, one with a floor, and one with first futtocks. However, I have a letter relating to her construction, written by the master shipwright, which says that they are having difficulty obtaining suitable timber for the floors at stations 8, 10, 11, 13 & 14. These are all filling frame stations, yet they are adjacent, with the exception of 8. It would seem impossible that there would be floors at both stations under a standard arrangement. My interpretation of this so far has been that it means all frames are double, but I have never been truly comfortable with this hypothesis. My doubts have now increased, as I seem to remember a framing pattern in which the floor timbers were made with one arm long, and one arm short. These were fixed to alternate from side to side with each other. This would then also provide floor timbers at each filling frame station. I have been unable to find any proper description or illustration of this method. Goodwin mentions it, and says that it is shown in one of his illustrations, but I cannot interpret his drawing in this way (it just shows a standard arrangement of symmetrical floors and first futtocks) Can anyone out there point me to a clear description of how this might have been done, or better yet, a decent illustration, applicable to this period. Many thanks! All the best, Mark P
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