Malabar Jr by captainbob - FINISHED - 1:48 - 30' gaff rigged yawl

[Jay 1]

She's looking great, Bob--beautiful work!

[captainbob]

Thanks,   JMaitri and Lawrence,  for stopping by.

 

And now it’s time to start the rigging.  I would like to be able to write all kinds of words to describe the rigging but I think the pictures can say it much better than words.  So here is a start on the standing rigging of the main mast.  More later.

 

Bob

 

 

 

 

[popeye the sailor]

wow!   nice jump on the rigging Bob.......looks really good!

[Jay 1]

Really nice, Bob--great metal work! Are the stays for the main mast running through brass tubing? I like how those look.

 

Jay

[Jim Lad]

Looking good, Bob!

 

John

[captainbob]

Thanks Popeye, it had to be.

 

Jay. Thanks and yes I couldn’t make the turnbuckles that small so I used brass tubing.

 

Thanks John.

 

Bob

[Martin W]

Nice, taut lines.  They look good, and add to the quality workmanship of the build.

 

Best,

 

Martin

[yvesvidal]

Bob,

 

that little yawl is gorgeous and so precious. It is a marvel and you can be proud of you.

I have to admit that I enjoy watching you build this beauty: it is such a refreshing change from all these admiralty and armed (to the teeth) ships of the 18th century. Finally, a nice boat designed for the sole pleasure of sailing and traveling in style to remote destinations.

I simply love it.

 

Yves

[PopJack]

Hi Bob.  I really admire your build.  I wonder if you could talk to me about the brass metal work. 

 

The brass looks very nice bent around the mast and fixed.  Did you glue it or solder it to fix it?  If you soldered it, how did you prevent discoloration from the heat?  Simply crimped?

[captainbob]

Martin, thanks for looking in and the comments.

 

Yves, this will be the admiral’s boat.  But I like the older wooden workboats and fishing boats.  I’ll let the others play with their guns and square sails while sit back and admire their skills.

 

PopJack, I enjoy working with brass.  This is .005” thick and the mast where it is fixed is .125” - .156” diameter.  I think that is a little small to solder.  The solder would fill the .025” holes for the lines, so it is crimped and glued. 

I recently modified a set of new pliers to help in the brass work.  I bought bent long nose pliers because they did not have the box joint and then ground off the ends leaving only about 1/4” of grip.  I use these to crimp the brass around the mast with sharp corners and also to flatten the end of a wire as a stop or to drill a hole through it.

 

Bob

 

 

[michael mott]

Nice work on the rigging and I really like the pliers mod I'm surprised that we don't see more of it being done.

 

Michael

[captainbob]

Michael,

 

I agree.  If you can't find the tool you need, you need to make it,  That's what builders used to do.

 

Bob

[PopJack]

Thank you for the great answers..  That is a great hand made tool, I suspect I'll have a similar one soon! 

[Yambo]

I've been quietly watching your build Bob and it's coming along lovely. You don't hang about!  As it's been 7 days since your last update I'm guessing its finished!   

 

I was looking at a couple of YouTube videos earlier and this caught my eye. It's only a taster, I'm guessing there's a longer video on the horizon, and it's not a Junior but it is a John Alden Malabar.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tmC9BTQnp-s

[captainbob]

Thanks for the sailing video.  I'm not finished yet, but here's where I was a couple days ago.  Thread all over the place and paper sails to check size.

 

Bob

 

[Jim Lad]

Thread all over the place

 

One of the joys of rigging, Bob!    You're almost home, mate!

 

John

[captainbob]

You're right, John. With luck I'll show it tomorrow.

 

 

Bob

Edited August 23, 2013 by Cap'n'Bob

[popeye the sailor]

very nice progress Bob!

[captainbob]

Thanks Popeye.   Now here’s the rest of it.

 

I did not like this boat when I started it but the more I built the more it grew on me.  I titled it the Malabar Jr.  but I modified it so much that it is no longer a Malabar Jr. it’s just a yawl, Y’all.

 

First the profile.

 

And a bow shot.

 

The foredeck

 

 

And the cockpit.

 

Bob

[Jim Lad]

A delightful little craft, Bob!  I like the way that you've displayed her heeling to a breeze!

 

John

[popeye the sailor]

your all done??????   Fantastic!!!  the rigging went real quick..........you done a greast job on her!   congrats!

[Anja]

Hello Bob,

 

She is a great little beauty. Congratulations.

 

Anja

[The Sailor]

That's a very nice little yawl, Bob.

[mtaylor]

Wonderful, Bob.  I too like the heeling over in the wind display.

[tarbrush]

Looks great Bob, she is a real charmer. Have you delivered her to admiral?

[druxey]

Very nicely completed, Bob. That didn't take long!

[captainbob]

Thank you all for your kind words. Yes I did give it to the admiral and she loved it.  She said now I can build what  “ I ” want.

 

Bob

[Martin W]

Really, really nice, Bob.  And congratulations on getting the nod from the Admiral too.

 

For such a small build, you managed to work in lots of nice details to make her interesting to look at.

 

Best,

 

Martin

[popeye the sailor]

did you get  'carte blache'  as well?    I did........but the admiral keeps such a loose lead on me and my hobby,  it didn't feel like much of a gain  LOL!          so.............what are you planning on next?   I'll look forward in seeing your next build 

[Jay 1]

Y'all did a beautiful job on 'er! She's a fine looking boat, Bob--looking forward to seeing your next build.

 

Jay