Treebeard Posted January 22, 2023 Share #1 Posted January 22, 2023 Good day. I am starting the POF build of the 1816 Musquidobit. Tons burthen 22392⁄94 (bm) Length 97 ft 7 in (29.7 m) (overall); 73 ft 1+1⁄4 in (22.3 m) (keel) Beam 24 ft 0 in (7.3 m) Depth of hold 10 ft 3 in (3.1 m) Propulsion Sail Complement Lynx: 40 Musquidobit: 50 Armament Lynx: 6 x 12-pounder guns Musquidobit: 8 x 18-pounder carronades + 2 x 6-pounder guns The Drawings are ZAZ6139 Lines https://www.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/rmgc-object-85930 ZAZ6140 upper and lower decks https://www.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/rmgc-object-85931 The lines drawing ZAZ6139 at RMG is slightly damaged now. I have attached an image. My line drawing gotten from RMG years ago is not damaged. (attached) I also received 2 nice copies from a friend on MSW of both the lines and decks. Notes: I will be manually drafting the frames and re-drawing lines. Reason, manually drawing helps the brain heal and develop new connections. I had 2 right cerebral strokes. Some initial discussions were held here: Lynx-Musquidobit-construction methods Set up frames per discussion and learn. This will take me a bit of time. I will use my camera to share the drawings with you as well as any manually drawn things to understand how this was done. I will be updating this with some historic information too. I live just off the upper Rappahannock river where lower down where the US Lynx was captured. MAP Thanks to all (especially friends made here) PS. If things seem a bit terse. Please bear with me. Guy GrandpaPhil, ccoyle, bruce d and 1 other 4 Quote The Road goes ever on and on Out from the door where it began. Now far ahead the Road has gone, Let others follow it who can! Let them a journey new begin, But I at last with weary feet Will turn towards the lighted inn, My evening-rest and sleep to meet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bdgiantman2 Posted January 27, 2023 Share #2 Posted January 27, 2023 Interesting project. Will you be making her a Brig or a Schooner? mtaylor 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strelok Posted January 27, 2023 Share #3 Posted January 27, 2023 H.M.S Mosquidobit (ex-Lynx) was a topsail schooner. She was rebuilt in the 90's and is sailing again. She is a damn sexy vessel I want to build her, too, one day. I'll be following excitedly archjofo, GrandpaPhil and mtaylor 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chapman Posted January 27, 2023 Share #4 Posted January 27, 2023 Hi Treebeard! I like this schooner, Musquidobit is a good choice. I don't want to cause any confusion but this link shows the HMS Orestes ex dutch Quote ZAZ6139 Lines https://www.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/rmgc-object-85930 By the way, in the plan collection from Admiral Paris (online) you can also find a plan of the Musquidobit including a sail plan. Unfortunately I don't have a direct link anymore, but I have the plan if necessary. uss frolick and mtaylor 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Treebeard Posted January 28, 2023 Author Share #5 Posted January 28, 2023 Hi Chapman, Yes you are correct. I don't want to cause any confusion but this link shows the HMS Orestes ex dutch I should have caught this. The RMG site is so so very hard to navigate and sometimes searches just disappear and the search results are just plain wrong. Thanks for the note on the Musquidobit from Admiral Paris (online).. I will search for the link. But so far no success. I had not heard of these plans before. I will fix the original post. I have not been feeling well, thus have not posted. apologies. Guy bruce d and Chapman 2 Quote The Road goes ever on and on Out from the door where it began. Now far ahead the Road has gone, Let others follow it who can! Let them a journey new begin, But I at last with weary feet Will turn towards the lighted inn, My evening-rest and sleep to meet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Treebeard Posted January 28, 2023 Author Share #6 Posted January 28, 2023 On 1/26/2023 at 8:15 PM, bdgiantman2 said: Interesting project. Will you be making her a Brig or a Schooner? Hi Sir, Most likely a top-sail schooner. I have not gotten that far yet! Thanks for asking! Guy mtaylor 1 Quote The Road goes ever on and on Out from the door where it began. Now far ahead the Road has gone, Let others follow it who can! Let them a journey new begin, But I at last with weary feet Will turn towards the lighted inn, My evening-rest and sleep to meet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chapman Posted January 29, 2023 Share #7 Posted January 29, 2023 20 hours ago, Treebeard said: Hi Chapman, Yes you are correct. I don't want to cause any confusion but this link shows the HMS Orestes ex dutch I should have caught this. The RMG site is so so very hard to navigate and sometimes searches just disappear and the search results are just plain wrong. Thanks for the note on the Musquidobit from Admiral Paris (online).. I will search for the link. But so far no success. I had not heard of these plans before. I will fix the original post. I have not been feeling well, thus have not posted. apologies. Guy Hi Guy, The error was with the NMM page, the plan was displayed under the wrong name. This kind of thing happens. I found Admiral's Paris Plan Collection on Wayback. See 0041 Goélette américaine la MUSQUIDOBIT It should now work smoothly. mtaylor 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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