Hi folks.  I am just getting to the point of having to draw up and plan the spars and rigging for my HMCSS Victoria build (1855).    I was getting, and remain somewhat, very confused while reading the Contract specifications, looking at the lithographs and Photograph of the ship, and the descriptions and tables in contemporary books by Fincham, Kipping and other authoritative authors such as Lees, Marquardt and Underhill.   Of note: during this period there was a move towards