Lettie G Howard by captainbob - FINISHED - 1:48 - POB - schooner

[cog]

Just read the log: Very nice work Bob. Wounderful detail too. Those admirals realy do know how to 'move' us don't they ...

[Bedford]

OK then Bob, I'll do them.

Get your passport in order, I will give you one weeks notice to get here for the launch !!

[captainbob]

Frank Thanks for the kind words.

 

Carl, hey sure do.  Each admiral is, “She who must be obeyed”.

 

Bedford, LOL.

 

Bob

[MarisStella.hr]

Hi Cap'n'Bobb,

this seems to be a great work ... very precise and good ...

Personally, I like the schooner very much, ...this hull is extremely elegant and beautiful ...

Edited June 6, 2014 by MarisStella.hr

[captainbob]

Thank you Maris.  I hope I can finish it to your standards.

 

Bob

[MarisStella.hr]

Cap'n'Bob...

please notice that English is not my first language ... I use the words in a sentence, but I do not know common phrases and expressions behind which lies a hidden message ... I wanted to say that I'm doing this every day for work time, it is my job, and that, as far as man is doing this, there's always more to learn and apply at work ... I never wanted to say that other people who enjoy doing this (as I do) do worse than me ... I wanted to say that this is a hobby in which it is constantly learning ... I did not want to set standards ...  ( I am not sure if I understand you correctly )...

... I honestly think that this schooner is a good work ...

[MarisStella.hr]

Bob, I looked at all the photos that you set here (once again) , the shape of the hull, a draft of the model, the quality of work ... enjoyment for the eyes, really ...

[captainbob]

Thank you Maris,

 

Bob

[MarisStella.hr]

Hi Bob, do you have new photos of this schooner? I'm curious to see the rigging ...

[captainbob]

Hi Bob, do you have new photos of this schooner? I'm curious to see the rigging ...

So am I.  I need to make the masts first.  I only get to build about 4 or 5 hours a week and with having to make 60 hoops and 50 belaying pins things don't go that fast.

 

Bob

[pete48]

Hi Bob, Looks like you will have to set up a production line , for all the hoops and pins .

 

Best Regards,

Pete

[captainbob]

Pete48, you sure have that right.  Isn't modeling fun?

 

Bob

[pete48]

Cap'n'Bob , It sure is

 

Best Regards,

Pete

[themadchemist]

I've been a bit behind these last few and just attempting to catch up today.

 

The deck looks Great. I must admit that I loved the windlass in wood and cringed when you said it was to be painted ... but I like it a lot. Popeye's right, it kind of steals your eyes and is the focus of the deck at this stage. She's turning out very well, but then that was no surprise.  The white goes well with the lighter decking also.

Your talk of hoops and pins reminds me of work/fun ahead for me. Oh the joy of repetitive piece building, when I'm in right state of mind its like a form of mediation for me. Very relaxing. One of those things you do for what feels like an hour or so, then look at the clock and realize its been 5 or 6. In the zone.  

[captainbob]

Oh the joy of repetitive piece building, when I'm in right state of mind its like a form of mediation for me. Very relaxing. One of those things you do for what feels like an hour or so, then look at the clock and realize its been 5 or 6. In the zone.

Yes, been there done that.  You think of all kinds of things when you're "in the zone". 

 

Bob

[popeye the sailor]

........it's 50/50 whether you'll get a good job or not,  rushing through a step.   if you turn out those parts,  with the way you build looks......I don't think you'll have much of a problem there     fantastic work thus far Bob!

[captainbob]

Thanks Popeye.

 

Bob

[HIPEXEC]

Very nice workmanship. I like the brass!

[captainbob]

Thanks Rich, more to come.

 

Bob

[captainbob]

Well it’s been a month since I entered any pictures and on the one hand I’m sorry to have so little to show, on the other hand, when the HAER got the Lettie for documentaion the masts had been stripped and removed, so there are no rigging diagrams for her.    So I have had the fun of trying to decipher the information in Chappelle’s book, “The American Fishing Schooner”.   It’s a lot of, which one of the many ways to rig the bow sprit do I use?  Big boat or small, this year or that and then is it like this boat or that.  There is no index for the second half of the book, it is supposedly in alphabetical order.   So you look at the drawing of the fife rail and there is information about the mast that is not shown anywhere else.  So after going through it time and time again I made my own table of contents.  Anyway enough of that.  Before I could do the masts and spars I had to figure out how many blocks of what size and where mounted and do I use just the haulyard or do I use the haulyard jig also.  I have come up with a diagram in my head that I will use, hopefully it will not have to change too many times.  So here is the start, the masts.  I’m open to any comments, when it comes to rigging I‘m definitely not an expert.

 

Bob

 

 

 

Main mast

 

Fore mast

 

[russ]

So far, the metal work looks great.

 

Russ

[michael mott]

Bob the work on the metalwork and the masts looks great.

 

Michael

[Jim Lad]

Looks really nice, Bob.

 

I'm not familiar with American fishing schooner rig.  What's the angled strap from the mastheads and down around the topmasts?

 

John

[cog]

Lovely job on the masts and the brass Bob Lookin' forward to more!

[captainbob]

Thanks Russ, Michael and Carl.  Please forgive my ranting Chapelle's book really is good.

 

Looks really nice, Bob.

 

I'm not familiar with American fishing schooner rig.  What's the angled strap from the mastheads and down around the topmasts?

 

John

 

John, they are not straps they are a long "U" shaped rods.  It goes down one side, around the mast and up the other side, and they pivot from a pin going through the mast top.  The long one on the fore mast supports the jumbo jib stay (the innermost of the three jibs).  The short "U" on the back of the foremast has a line going to the long "U" on the main mast.  That line is called the spring line.  That's as much as I know.

 

Bob

[Jim Lad]

Thanks, Bob!

 

John

[russ]

Bob:

The line between the masts is the spring stay. This takes the place of the main stay. There will probably be a turnbuckle at one end for tensioning, but I am basing that off my experience with Gulf Coast schooners.

 

Russ

[captainbob]

Thanks Russ that makes sense.  I haven’t seen the turnbuckle yet but I’ll keep looking.

 

Bob

[Mirabell61]

lovely brass Fittings on the masttops Bob,

 

also the portside birdsview on deck and masts Looks great...

 

Nils

[pete48]

Hi Bob, The metal work looks great, ( I wish I could get my metal work to look that good ) She sure is a beautiful boat . How is the prodution line coming along ( for the mast hoops and pins)

 

Best Regards,

Pete