Cutter Cheerful 1806 by rafine - FINISHED

[gjdale]

Rigging is looking top notch there Bob.

[rafine]

Thanks so much Ken, Grant and the "likes".

 

Bob

[_SalD_]

Nice work Bob. Shroud gang looks great, nicely served.  Good luck with the rat lines.

[albert]

Very nice rigging.

[rafine]

Thanks so much Sal, Albert and the "likes".

 

Bob

[rafine]

The dreaded ratlines turned out to not be so dreaded at all. Primarily, this was because there was only the lower shrouds on one mast to do. It just never seemed the endless task that I had encountered on Essex, for example. Like riding a bike, tying clove hitches is something that just comes back to you, once you start doing them again. Having said this, I'm still glad to be done with them and moving on to the topmast and it's rigging.

 

Bob

[Gahm]

Your rigging looks great! As you say after Essex the ratlines must have been just a little "warm up" exercise for you 

 

Thomas

[Mirabell61]

good looking standing rigging Bob ,

 

Nils

[GLakie]

What the others have said Bob! Outstanding! 

[wyz]

Yes, doing the ratlines is one of model ship building's more painstaking tasks.  Fortunately you don't have a lot of them on Cheerful.  They look good Bob. Very nice!

 

Tom

[_SalD_]

Nice job on the ratlines Bob.

[rafine]

Thanks so much Thomas, Nils, George, Tom and Sal for the nice comments and also the "likes". Always appreciated.

 

Bob

[rafine]

I have now mounted the topmast and added the topmast stay, topmast shrouds and topmast backstay. These complete the standing rigging. The combination of scale, size and a relatively simple, but interesting, rig have made this a very enjoyable process.

 

Now, it is time to turn to the yards and running rigging.

 

Bob

[UpstateNY]

Simply beautiful Bob! Love the shot of the canons through the shrouds!

 

Cheers,

 

Nigel.

Edited March 12, 2016 by UpstateNY

[Chuck]

Looks great Bob.  Nice work!!!  You are in the home stretch

[Sjors]

Adembenemend Bob !!!!!!!

 

Very well done !

 

Sjors

[NMBROOK]

She looks fabulous Bob,great work

 

Kind Regards

 

Nigel

[rafine]

Thanks so much Nigel, Dirk, Chuck, Sjors and Nigel for the really nice comments and thanks also to the "likes". It is the homestretch Chuck, but still a lot to do.

 

Bob

[druxey]

Lovely and very neatly done, Bob. And, as you say, sooo much less work than a three-masted vessel!

[rafine]

Thanks so much druxey and the "likes".

 

Bob

[HIPEXEC]

Very nice work, as usual. 

[Gahm]

Fantastic work, Bob! You really know how to do rigging!

 

Thomas

[mobbsie]

Nicely done Bob, neat and precise just the way it should be.

 

Be Good

 

mobbsie

[rafine]

Thanks so much Rich, Thomas and Mobbsie for the generous comments and also the "likes". Thomas, I don't know how good  I am at rigging, but I really enjoy doing it and I'm sure that helps.

 

Bob

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Edited March 15, 2016 by rafine

[janet bode]

janet B             

 

 

                           Hi Bob, i am really drewling over your wonderful workmanship you are a very neat builder.For the painted Black parts i have purchased some

                                       Ebony but i am wondering if anyone has used this type of wood.Anyway Bob keep up the build as i am watching closely and find your pics

                                       will be a great help not only to me but many others.

 

                                                                                      Regards Janet 

Edited March 17, 2016 by Janet B

[rafine]

Thanks so much Janet. One of the great things about MSW is that we can all learn from each other.

 

Bob

[rafine]

I chose to begin the running rigging with the foresail halliard and the jib halliard and it's in haul and outhaul and then move on to the lower yard and it's rigging.

 

The one item of note on the halliards is the traveler to which the jib halliard is attached. This was made from a ring formed from wire, to which a small brass shackle was attached. The shackle was one of those odd bits that we collect over the years. Fortunately, I had remembered to place the traveler on the bowsprit before I had done any of the standing rigging to the bowsprit. It would have been much more difficult to make it up in place now, rather than simply sliding the completed part on when I did.

 

The lower yard had been made up and painted earlier, but still needed to be fitted out. This meant adding the foot ropes, the yard portion of the sling, the sheet blocks, the lifts, a truss, and the brace blocks and pendants. After these were all in place,  the yard was mounted to the mast on the pin that had previously been mounted on the mast. The truss was then completed, securely holding the yard to the mast. After that I added the sling portion around the masthead and then ran the lifts through blocks hooked to eyes on the mast cap.The braces won't be run until later.

 

I am now working on the topsail yard and it's rigging. 

 

Bob

 

 

[Mirabell61]

very nice looking rigging Bob,

 

Nils

[Sjors]

Niet van deze wereld !!!!!  

 

Great job Bob 

 

Sjors

[rafine]

Thanks so much Nils, Sjors and all of the "likes".

 

Bob