HMS Ariadne 1776 (based on HMS Sphinx) by wvdhee – Vanguard Models – 1:64 - after 1793 refit as 24 gun 6th rate

[brunnels]

That yellow and black is starting to look really sharp, can't wait to see how it looks with the copper. 

[Blue Ensign]

Nice work on the stern  facia and Quarter galleries. 👍

 

B.E.

[Nipper]

I've only just found this log, Walter, so now I'm following.  As a fellow Sphinx builder, I'm really looking forward to seeing your modifications.

Have you thought as far ahead as rigging and sails?  What's the plan for these, if any?

 

Nipper

[wvdhee]

5 hours ago, Nipper said:

I've only just found this log, Walter, so now I'm following.  As a fellow Sphinx builder, I'm really looking forward to seeing your modifications.

Have you thought as far ahead as rigging and sails?  What's the plan for these, if any?

 

Nipper

 

No sails and rigging as per instructions. I do plan to get the fancy blocks from Chuck though 😊

[wvdhee]

6 hours ago, Blue Ensign said:

Nice work on the stern  facia and Quarter galleries. 👍

 

B.E.

Ty Sir, really appreciated ☺️ 

[wvdhee]

A little bit off topic maybe (or not) but as a little side project I started a second Ariadne 😉

Oil on canvas this time and far from finished like the first. But I thought I’d ask you guys, being sailing experts as well, what sails would have been set in a stormy situation like this? So I know what to paint 😊

 

Thanks,

Walter.

[Thukydides]

Amazying! You are quite the artist.

 

Not an expert by any means, but given the way you have her leaning larboard and the way the waves are formed I picture her with the wind on her beam or maybe close reached. Given the windy conditions I would suspect the topgallants would be lowered. I would imagine something like the below image. Note the sails are all turned at least 45 degrees to the larboard side. I included a jib and flying jib and foresail. Depending on the amount of wind and stormy conditions you may want to lower sails and potentially strike masts. There is a really cool contemporary diagram of a french frigate showing various points of sail that is reproduced in 'The history of the french frigate'. I can take a picture when I get home of the most relevant point of sail.

Also a really minor point, but I feel she should be sitting a little lower in the water.

Edited 1 hour ago by Thukydides