Drawing Symbol Question

[Bill Jackson]

Hi all,

Attached you will find a pic of a drawing (San Marcos). My question is, what does that symbol mean connecting Part "M" to the bowsprit? Is it rope, wire, or what.

Thanks in advance

Bill

[popeye2sea]

It is a long rope strop with the entire length between the heart and the bowsprit covered with the seizing or serving.

 

Regards,

[Bill Jackson]

Thank you very much for your quick answer.

Stay Safe

Bill

[allanyed]

Bill,

This drawing from Lees' Masting and Rigging, page 49 may also be of some help.  Note that in a lot of kits  many drawings, including the one you posted,  look nothing like what would be found on a real ship.  You can check realistic methods in a number of books and on some builds here at MSW so you're not relegated to using erroneous kit information. 

Allan

Edited August 10, 2021 by allanyed

[Bill Jackson]

Thank you very much. After further reading, and with everyone's help, I have corrected this issue.

I really wish the drawings were more accurate.

[allanyed]

Bill,

Your wish has come true with several kit makers.  When you are ready for your next kit, look at the logs here at MSW and study the photos closely.  You will be able to see the difference between the poor quality kits and the high quality kits.   This includes quality of materials, scale of parts and instructions.

Allan 

[Gregory]

I would be interested in seeing any kit that showed the main stay collar with the detail of your drawing from Lees.

 

The closest you will come is in some of the scratch build logs.  Chuck' s Cheerful monograph and build log show very detailed rigging steps that could be used for a full rigged ship, but would be missing some of the elements like the main stay collar.

 

Here are the instructions in the Model Shipways USS Constitution for a yard sling.

 

 

There are no instructions for making the sling other than the image.

 

 

 

This post in the Cheerful log has detailed images as well as precise instructions such as:

 

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The sling for the lower yard is served its entire length.  I used .035 dark brown rope.  It has a thimble seized to it with a hook made of 22 gauge wire and eyes formed on each loose end.  After determining the length for the loose ends I formed the eyes and you can see how the eyes close up the sling by being inter-twined.