Cangarda 1901 by KeithAug - Scale 1:24 - Steam Yacht

[Rick310]

Incredible work as usual Keith!  Always fascinating to see how you tackle each step!

Rick

[BANYAN]

I am always fascinated and never disappointed seeing your work Keith - this latest effort is testament to this.

cheers

 

Pat

[Bedford]

More ingenious metalwork and even more to come!

[Keith Black]

 Beautiful work as always, Keith. 

[TBlack]

3 hours ago, KeithAug said:

 

 

Interesting piece of machinery!

Tom

[TBlack]

Keith Aug said:

And so on to working out how to machine and assemble the prop. The next post should be somewhat more interesting.

 

I agree

Tom

[wefalck]

Sounds like a lot of hand-filing to come on the propeller blades ...

[KeithAug]

1 hour ago, wefalck said:

Sounds like a lot of hand-filing to come on the propeller blades

I have a cunning plan.🙂

 

Thank you Rick, Pat, Steve, Keith and Tom. Also thanks to everyone for the likes and visits and advice.

 

8 hours ago, TBlack said:

Interesting piece of machinery!

Tom, I have used it before - it is also a mini pillar drill. Made from a broken camera tripod. 

[FlyingFish]

23 hours ago, KeithAug said:

anyway it felt like cheating

That's the spirit! Looking forward to seeing how you go about this Keith! The difference between the root and the tip angles suggests fabricating some kind of fancy taper follower for the cross slide, only in the y axis.

Or just warm it up a bit and bend it!

[Jim Lad]

Always a delight to see your posts, Keith. I'm interested to see what your cunning plan is for the prop.

 

John

[Rick310]

Keith,

some more pictures of Cangarda.

Tried to focus on the metal frame work for the awning (Bimini?).

I have a feeling that she will be departing soon. If there are any other photos you need, especially on board, let me know and I’ll see if I can get back on board, or at least get to the top of the stairs. 


 

[KeithAug]

12 hours ago, FlyingFish said:

some kind of fancy taper follower for the cross slide

I'm not that clever Andy.

10 hours ago, Jim Lad said:

I'm interested to see what your cunning plan

So am I John. It tends to develop further each day on my dog walk.

10 hours ago, Rick310 said:

If there are any other photos you need, especially on board, let me know and I’ll see if I can get back on board, or at least get to the top of the stairs. 

Thank you Rick. It is inevitable that I find the very bit of info I need the day after Cangarda departs. The only areas where I am a bit short of info is around the bowsprit - the various deck fittings and the protrusion through the bulwark. I think these were fairly inaccessible when you were aboard due to the covers being on. Also do you know if the roofs of the deckhouses are really white or is this just a protective covering?

The details of the awning supports are very useful thank you.

Edited August 27 by KeithAug

[Rick310]

Keith, trying to get permission to go on board Cangarda. In the meantime, here are some pictures of the main mast.

Rick

[Retired guy]

Just caught up with your exceptional project Keith, all looking brilliant.

 

Regards

Richard

[KeithAug]

10 hours ago, Rick310 said:

here are some pictures of the main mast.

Rick, that is marvellous. For some reason I hadn't thought that it would be possible to get details of the masts. Information on the masts and rigging is a big black hole in my knowledge and based upon the photos I should be able to do a much better job on both masts. Many thanks.

 

5 hours ago, Retired guy said:

Just caught up with your exceptional project

Thank you Richard.

[KeithAug]

These things appear at multiple positions on the deck.

In the last photo it looks like two pipes with a flat plate cap????????

 

[Jim Lad]

Thay look like vent pipes from tanks, Keith.

 

John

[KeithAug]

7 hours ago, Jim Lad said:

look like vent pipes from tanks

I had wondered about that John but in the final photo the 2 tubes don’t seem to be connected across to form an inverted “u”. 

[Richard Dunn]

I had a close look and I think they are custom made gooseneck vents as John said, made by someone who was unable to bend the pipe in the usual way, if you look at the close up you can see a connecting part.
I blocked it out in 3d to illustrate the possible arrangment.
The placement would also suggest this, but if you have a plan showing hull voids/tanks it would confirm it.

Edited August 29 by Richard Dunn

[KeithAug]

6 hours ago, Richard Dunn said:

they are custom made gooseneck vents

I guess you are correct Richard, however I can think of a number of simpler / more elegant / more aesthetic ways of achieving the same objective. 

 

Edited August 29 by KeithAug

[Keith Black]

2 hours ago, KeithAug said:

I can think of a number of simpler / more elegant / more aesthetic ways of achieving the same objective. 

 Absolutely but the awning framing isn't elegant nor aesthetic either. With the exception of the railings all the deck metal work looks cheesy. 

[FlyingFish]

All sounds very plausible to me albeit a little utilitarian - is it possible they were later additions to meet some regulation that didn't exist when she was built?

[Richard Dunn]

I am a stickler for accuracy, but even I would be putting in conventional Goosenecks or leaving them off I think.,I think  you can guarantee it would not have been built with those......
Are there any old photos that could show what was there?

Edited August 29 by Richard Dunn

[KeithAug]

2 hours ago, FlyingFish said:

is it possible they were later additions

Keith, Andy, Richard.

 

She was built with them. Here is a screenshot from a video dated 2010, only a matter of moths after launch.

 

Keith - I quite like the awning framework. I think its going to look real nice in polished brass.

[Javelin]

Depends what you call a gooseneck I guess. 

You have regular ones for accommodation spaces etc. which are indeed just bent pipes, but then there are also types used for tanks etc. which are located on deck. The latter require a sort of non return system that lets air or gas out, but blocks water from coming in. Most of the time this is done using a ball that lays down. Air is then escaping from the top down around the ball. When water comes over deck, the ball floats up, blocking the pipe and keeps the water from entering in the tank. Generally those devices are looking rather big and clumsy. 

I'm assuming the ones on Cangarda are an effort to create a better looking one. I believe there is a floater in the small cylinder that blocks the connection between the two pipes when it floats up to the top plate

 

I may of course be mistaken...

[Keith Black]

1 hour ago, KeithAug said:

Keith - I quite like the awning framework. I think its going to look real nice in polished brass.

 My friend, if anyone can make the awning framing look elegant, it's you. Polished brass in itself will do wonders to improve the looks. 

[Rick310]

Keith, 

unable to get back on board Cangarda per the new owners.

I think the tops of the cabins are probably painted white and not canvas.

I tried to get a picture of the anchor craziness,  If I see a worker on board, I’ll ask him to take pictures.

Rick

[Rick310]

I think there are 2 cranes, port and starboard, with the ends pushed together.

Rick

[Richard Dunn]

6 hours ago, KeithAug said:

She was built with them. Here is a screenshot from a video dated 2010, only a matter of moths after launch.

I stand corrected, wow, not the most elegant things.
I forget she is a rebuild I was meaning the original boat in the B/W images.

[KeithAug]

6 hours ago, Richard Dunn said:

I was meaning the original boat in the B/W images

Richard - I thought you might be referring to the original, unfortunately I have found very few photos of the original. Here is all of them. None contain any useful detail on the vents.