Goodshipvenus Posted November 15, 2022 Share #1 Posted November 15, 2022 If I wanted to place cables going into the hold on my Sphinx model, where would they go? Into the forward hatch near the foc’sl or the hatch in front of the quarterdeck deck (see picture)? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtaylor Posted November 16, 2022 Share #2 Posted November 16, 2022 Which cables are you speaking of? The anchor cables? BTW, I moved this to a more appropriate area. Quote Mark "The shipwright is slow, but the wood is patient." - me Current Build: Past Builds: La Belle Poule 1765 - French Frigate from ANCRE plans - ON HOLD Triton Cross-Section NRG Hallf Hull Planking Kit HMS Sphinx 1775 - Vanguard Models - 1:64 Non-Ship Model: On hold, maybe forever: CH-53 Sikorsky - 1:48 - Revell - Completed Licorne - 1755 from Hahn Plans (Scratch) Version 2.0 (Abandoned) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goodshipvenus Posted November 16, 2022 Author Share #3 Posted November 16, 2022 Yes, anchor cables. mtaylor 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtaylor Posted November 16, 2022 Share #4 Posted November 16, 2022 Ah, got it. It's probably too late at this point as the foredeck is on and will limit access. But the cables would go through the hawse ports and then down. I remember seeing them (the cables) being installed and I think they were just tied together as that area is hidden and not much detail. Since I'm not adding the anchor cables on my build, I skipped that part. My bad. Quote Mark "The shipwright is slow, but the wood is patient." - me Current Build: Past Builds: La Belle Poule 1765 - French Frigate from ANCRE plans - ON HOLD Triton Cross-Section NRG Hallf Hull Planking Kit HMS Sphinx 1775 - Vanguard Models - 1:64 Non-Ship Model: On hold, maybe forever: CH-53 Sikorsky - 1:48 - Revell - Completed Licorne - 1755 from Hahn Plans (Scratch) Version 2.0 (Abandoned) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Ensign Posted November 16, 2022 Share #5 Posted November 16, 2022 The cables are secured around the riding bitts and pass down thro' the Main Hatch to the cable tier. 8989 8993. This is the arrangement on Pegasus, a slightly smaller sixth rate, but Sphinx would be similar. B.E. bruce d and mtaylor 2 Quote Current Build: Medway-longboat-1742-by-blue-ensign-½”-scale Completed builds: HMS Indefatigable-1794-by-blue-ensign-vanguard-models-1:64-scale HMS Sphinx 1775 by Blue Ensign. 1:64 scale - Vanguard Models Queen-Anne-Royal-Barge-circa-1700-by-Blue-Ensign Fifie fishing boat Lady Eleanor Muirneag-1903-–-a-scottish-zulu-fishing-boat-164-scale-based-on-the-vanguard-models-zulu-kit/ HM Cutter Alert 1777 HM Cutter Cheerful 1806 18th-century-English-longboat-by-Blue-Ensign-ms-148-scale/ 18thc English Pinnace by Blue Ensign-Model-Shipways-1:24 scale/ HMS-Pegasus-by-Blue-Ensign-finished-Victory-Models-1:64-scale/ Heller Seventy-four 1:150 scale - modified Le Superbe/Le Glorieux kit after Boudriot, waterline setting with sails. The schooner Pickle, Jotika pob kit 1:64 scale, my interpretation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allanyed Posted November 16, 2022 Share #6 Posted November 16, 2022 I think BE has it spot on once the messenger would have been removed. The following is from Lavery's Arming and Fitting English Ships of War (ISBN 0 85177 451 2) page 48. Allan mtaylor and bruce d 2 Quote PLEASE take 30 SECONDS and sign up for the epic Nelson/Trafalgar project if you would like to see it made into a TV series. Click on http://trafalgar.tv There is no cost other than the 30 seconds of your time. THANK YOU Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Ensign Posted November 16, 2022 Share #7 Posted November 16, 2022 Seamanship in the Age of sail by John Harland gives the complete process from getting underway from anchoring, to coming to anchor, and stowing the cables. A very useful book. It is exhausting just reading about handling the cables; cleaning and setting them to dry before stowage, and the highly skilled task of passing them down to the hold and faking them in the correct manner for subsequent use. B.E. mtaylor 1 Quote Current Build: Medway-longboat-1742-by-blue-ensign-½”-scale Completed builds: HMS Indefatigable-1794-by-blue-ensign-vanguard-models-1:64-scale HMS Sphinx 1775 by Blue Ensign. 1:64 scale - Vanguard Models Queen-Anne-Royal-Barge-circa-1700-by-Blue-Ensign Fifie fishing boat Lady Eleanor Muirneag-1903-–-a-scottish-zulu-fishing-boat-164-scale-based-on-the-vanguard-models-zulu-kit/ HM Cutter Alert 1777 HM Cutter Cheerful 1806 18th-century-English-longboat-by-Blue-Ensign-ms-148-scale/ 18thc English Pinnace by Blue Ensign-Model-Shipways-1:24 scale/ HMS-Pegasus-by-Blue-Ensign-finished-Victory-Models-1:64-scale/ Heller Seventy-four 1:150 scale - modified Le Superbe/Le Glorieux kit after Boudriot, waterline setting with sails. The schooner Pickle, Jotika pob kit 1:64 scale, my interpretation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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