Royal Navy standardization

[GrandpaPhil]

Are rigging, and belaying, plans for the same type of vessel relatively interchangeable between ships of similar size, class and time period, in the Royal Navy?

 

 

[druxey]

In a word - yes!

[GrandpaPhil]

Awesome!  Thank you!

[allanyed]

The biggest problem for me has always been finding specifics on belaying points.  Anderson gives some written details and drawings as does Lees and a few others, but these are far from complete.   Before the use of belaying pins, the information is even more scarce. If there is a source of definitive information on belaying points, I would love to see it.   It would be great if someone had the time to trace rigging lines on various contemporary models and prepare a complete treatice and drawings on where all the lines are belayed for various rates, nations, and time periods.       

Allan

[druxey]

Your next book, Allan?

[Gregory]

Longridge's The Anatomy of Nelson's Ships,  has very detailed belaying information..

I would think this information would apply to a lot of different rig types..

 

I remember discussing how sailors had to be able to work the rigging in the dark and all weather conditions.

Having standardization across types of rigs would have been important when considering a sailors ability to move from one ship to another..

[allanyed]

Gregory,

Longridge is indeed clear on belaying points for a first rate of the late 18th and early 19th century, but the types of rigging are extremely different than earlier periods so I assume (which is often a mistake) belaying points will vary, especially as there were no pin rails for much of the 18th century and earlier.   

Druxey, if I was closer to Annapolis and could spend week or so there taking photos and sketching lines to their belaying points, that would be a super project.  I do have a lot of photos of many of the models there, but I never took any with the mindset of preparing rigging drawings.   Maybe this would be a good project for Grant Walker and/or the model club that meets and works in their shop :>)    Same could be said for someone in Paris or Holland et al to put together something on those nations.  

Allan