Harvard 1926 by Jond - FINISHED - 1:96 - early steel hull beam trawler by Rice Bros

[Mirabell61]

Good work Jond,

 

she looks very nice

 

Nils

Edited January 18 by Mirabell61

[Jond]

thank you John and Jerome

 

Jerome you caught me just in time. I was already yesterday to connect the first line to the otter board chain at the aft gallows.  Now I need to decide how best to replicate used but not rusty steel cable,  I used the grey thread for galvanized shrouds and stays. If I use black, where is the shine. Perhaps it it new?   I will think on it but not too hard...smile   I appreciate the catch however and the "rope" will go away.

 

cheers 

[Jond]

Nils

 

thank you for your kind comment.  I regularly watch your work and I must say it inspires me especially at this small scale.

 

cheers 

Edited January 22 by Jond

[Jond]

11 deck work nearly done and it’s time for a punch list 

 

This posting includes the part of my builds where I may be getting to the end of the model part but have a similar effort to put together the story to tell in the summer months. First up though let’s see how far we have come… Since last time I have focused on the rigging and the stern.  Also, more research on both fishing and on the yard.

For planning I share three images

 

• 1     here is the fore mast as shown on the Rice brother’s plan.  After looking at several photos of different versions of a dragger, I chose to follow these plans.  I am still guessing if the hoist line from the boom as indicated is for two dropped blocks with the halyards back at the mast, of if the single line aimed midship is the one halyard going down near the winch.    There was a smaller winch I believe connected to the ice chopper forward of the foremast, so I may take the lines there.  I am not sure the big winch running this line would make much sense.  

 

• 2    here is the mizzen mast.  It is quite simple compared to others and I plan to keep it that way and add a sail for fun.

 

• 3     In my continued research of the yard, I found this great image of the dragger Fabia,  she was a wooden dragger 132 feet built by Brother Frank Rice next door in 1920.   I share her to show quite a variation in rigging and only built 100 feet away.    Thus, my decision to stick to the plans.

Work update.  Here we are today looking at the rigging

 

• 4    looking at the foremast I need to complete the ratlines, mast light  and figure out the hoisting lines.

 

• 5    looking at the mizzen we see our sail is up . I used grey thread for galvanized cables; lighter weight with no turnbuckles for the stack.

 

• 6     looking amidship we see the boats. Based on the photos they are on raised platforms pushed out to the bulwark line.  This platform also provided a little more cover on the working deck. I found the idea of a single davit interesting and challenging for the users.   

 

A few details....Thanks to Jerome I did not continue with rope for the main two net lines.  I chose to use thin annealed steel to give the look that was closer to spun steel.  The problem with my limited skills is how to make it tight enough to look like it is in tension.    

 

• 7     here we are on the reels. At a larger scale I might have tried braided picture hanging cable of some type of fishing leader.   

 

• 8    here we are with the active otter board on the starboard quarter.

 

• 9     close up… It is still loose, and I need to figure what to do with copper chain etc.  I ran out of good black tape and the shiny piece is awful.   

 

• 10.    This view is the inactive side and I am making the solution up.  I spliced a heavy line to hold the otter board overboard on this inactive side.    

 

• 11     here up forward I am gluing down the active gallows frame.

 

• 12.   looking at the fore deck we see the cables are steel but a bit loose.  I also need to figure out the ice machine foreword of the mast. I have decided not to include in this build......a guess at what the checkerboard type set up of compartments for sorting fish, missing quarter lines that would go from the end winches through multiple sheaves to the center of the net, stored net on deck[ after deck  read], or any fish. I do, however, have a few figures and it is always fun to place them aboard too.

 

The punch list is really straightforward. I will be shifting more time into preparing the powerpoint story, so the model and story are done in the spring.  Being me however, I will start another build by then too. 

All for now. 

[kees de mol]

Beautifull model of this trawler. Nice work

[Mirabell61]

On 1/22/2024 at 8:36 PM, Jond said:

Nils

 

thank you for your kind comment.  I regularly watch your work and I must say it inspires me especially at this small scale.

 

cheers 

Thank you Jond,

 

Nils

[jerome]

Hi Jon,

The line coming off the fore mast with the two double blocks is what’s known as 

the fish tackle.

When hauling the net full of fish back aboard they would take the bottom double block which had a hook on it

and attach it to a really heavy rope which is tied around the “top” of the cod end of the net.

The cod end is where all the fish end up in the net.

the crew then haul up the cod end high enough to clear the rail and with the boat rolling in a seaway, time it so the cod end swings inboard, once that happens the quickly drop the cod end down on deck.

At that very moment one of the crew jumps in and pulls the line that ties the cod end closed.

once the line comes loose all the fish fall out of the cod end and spill onto the deck for the crew to sort.

after all the fish are out of the net the cod end is tied shut and either reset for trawling or laid inside of the rail to be stowed.

Images from The Dragger by William Finn.

You can see the fish tackles on the fore mast in the image, the vessel has been fishing with 2 nets. One to port and one to starboard.

They would fish with two nets if they were fishing rocky bottom as one was bound to get torn up. This gave them the advantage of staying on the grounds and continuing to catch fish.

You can see in the last image the crew has just attached the double block with the hook (the fish tackle)

to the cod end.

[Jond]

Jerome

thank you for sharing that great reference.  the more I look, the more I see i do not know much about fishing. One thing I learned  through reading during this build is to visualize all those cables moving and fish jumping around on deck and the noise, the rolling and the cold and wet and the....it doesn't end.  I am very grateful to drive about a mile to the local grocery store and find fresh fish right there.

 

 

I just received 18 3 ring binders chocked full of the complete Rice brothers collection and will be fully focused on going through those and making up a slide show / talk series on their incredible history for our local historical society.   I hope I can do them justices.

 

cheers 

 

 

jon. 

[jerome]

I’ve been offshore fishing (short lived luckily)and I too feel much better about driving to the fresh fish store to pickup a filet of haddock or cod fish for supper.

Its much easier.

[Jond]

12 The end......

 

It has been a while since i last updated this log, and now I am planning another build, so  I thought I needed to add the display photos of the completed model and close this log.

 

I include a batch of 10 photos I took a while back. Unfortunately the crew had not yet arrived.

 

 

This summer we are celebrating the Rice Brothers shipyard at the local Boothbay Region Historical Society.  As I have shared in the log previously, I have been meeting regularly with Robert Rice the last living heir and grandson of the founding brother Henry.  Robert has also donated much of his work to the society this spring.

Here are 2  photos of the combined display showing his three Models along with my two.   I will give a talk in July and then it will be done.

Here are views of the combine collection and my contribution.

 

 

on to the next one...Jon

 

 

[GrandpaPhil]

Very nicely done!

[Rick310]

Well done!  I live in Belfast,  when is your talk?

Rick