Le Renard by Tompslattery - FINISHED - Artesania Latina

[Rick01]

Figure 4 almost has it.This is a light weight yard and as such, I'v a lift going from the yard tip, up through a block lashed to the mast then down to a belaying pin on the pin rail surrounding the mast (obviously this refers to each side). Which pin you use is dictated by ensuring the halyard doesn't chafe on any other lines.

 

Rick

[Tompslattery]

20 hours ago, Rick01 said:

Figure 4 almost has it.This is a light weight yard and as such, I'v a lift going from the yard tip, up through a block lashed to the mast then down to a belaying pin on the pin rail surrounding the mast (obviously this refers to each side). Which pin you use is dictated by ensuring the halyard doesn't chafe on any other lines.

 

Rick

Thanks Rick. 

[Tompslattery]

Upper shrouds are rigged. 
 

had to get a little creative with the ship end of the bowsprit. If positioned sitting on the rail the angle of the bowsprit was pointing down, well as clashing with the pinrail. So it was glued under the railing.  An extra pin hole was drilled in the rail as the pin directly over the bowsprit clashed with the bowsprit. 

[Tompslattery]

And we have some ratlines 

[Rick01]

If you're spacing them around 1 cm apart then you.ve only another 54 to go and around 200 + knots (depending on how many need re-tying! 😉 I usually manage around 10 ratlines each session, then my shoulders and eyes start protesting.

Looking good.

 

Rick

Edited March 7, 2021 by Rick01

[Tompslattery]

@Rick01 you give me so much to look forward too 😂😂😂

 

mast is stepped and hatch and mast pin rails in place

[Tompslattery]

And we have some shrouds. 

[Tompslattery]

Finished the shrouds. Had to redo the first ones I did as they had slackened. Relaxation of the thread?  Even after redoing, 1 of the first pair on the port side is still slack. 

Edited March 29, 2021 by Tompslattery
Grammar

[Rick01]

Did you glue the mast in place? I've always left mine "free" and that's allowed a certain amount of adjustments to rigging tension. One thing I've noticed, the foot ropes for the main spar look to be hanging a little low. Remember that these would only be low enough for a man using them to lean over the spar at the waist, so really probably scaled down from around 1 metre. 

 

Rick

[Tompslattery]

On 3/30/2021 at 11:11 AM, Rick01 said:

Did you glue the mast in place? I've always left mine "free" and that's allowed a certain amount of adjustments to rigging tension. One thing I've noticed, the foot ropes for the main spar look to be hanging a little low. Remember that these would only be low enough for a man using them to lean over the spar at the waist, so really probably scaled down from around 1 metre. 

 

Rick

Hi @Rick01

 

yes I epoxied the mast in, following what was described in Mastini’s ship modelling simplified. I did have tremendous difficulty trying to get the stirrups on the foot ropes to be even lengths. 
 

Rigged the bobstay the other day, no photo yet as my back started spasming when I was doing it. Another occasion where the plans where the plans were different in different locations. Needed a double block where a single block was specified earlier. 

[Rick01]

I gave up on the rigging instructions fairly early on, grabbed my copy of "Rigging period fore and aft craft", followed the American Schooner illustrations and also found as many photos of the replica as I could to help work from.

 

Rick

 

[Tompslattery]

After avoiding starting the rat lines for a few weeks, today I finally started 

[Rick01]

Is it possible to tighten them a little? I know it's pretty labour intensive but the end result is worth the time.

 

Rick

[Tompslattery]

3 hours ago, Rick01 said:

Is it possible to tighten them a little? I know it's pretty labour intensive but the end result is worth the time.

 

Rick

Yeah they are only tied at the moment, no glue. I wasn’t sure how much sag they should have 

[Rick01]

Check a few other builds for a comparison, generally they would appear almost straight on a 1/64 scale model. With mine I've always tried to get the sag right out of the ratlines.

 

Rick

[Tompslattery]

Starboard rat lines done. .. port to go.... 

[Tompslattery]

After some procrastination the rat lines are done

[Tompslattery]

Milestone reached. Standing rigging complete. Now to the running rigging. 

[Rick01]

Looking good! One hint for your next build - with the blocks, try to sand the edges slightly to get rid of that square look. It's a real pain but it is worth it. Some people tumble them but I've never been good enough to make my own tumbling machine so it's a matter of gripping the block in fingers or tweezers and gently sanding the edges.

 

Rick

[Tompslattery]

Been a productive week for ship building. Cause I’ve been doing it instead of other things I should be doing 😂

 

Very close to finishing, not fitting sails as my kit didn’t come with prefabricated sails and I can’t sew. Yard braces, rope coils, fitting the anchor and the boat to go. 

 

[Tompslattery]

Getting so close.  Boat and anchors fitted. Braces and many coils to go

[Tompslattery]

Made a display cradle from scrap of Tasmanian oak finished with shellac. It isn’t great but it will serve it’s purpose for the foreseeable future, I may redo it one day……

[Tompslattery]

After approximately 16 years I’m calling this finished.  Thank you for the kind words and likes everyone. Thanks also to those who provided guidance. 

[bruce d]

Well done!

[Tompslattery]

Thanks @bruce d

[GrandpaPhil]

Congratulations!  Well done!

[Tompslattery]

Thank you @GrandpaPhil

[Stevinne]

Nice work. A beautiful cutter.

[Tompslattery]

@Stevinne thank you 

[Tim Holt]

21 hours ago, Tompslattery said:

After approximately 16 years I’m calling this finished

Congratulations!  That must feel good to put a bow on it and call it done.