It's certainly a shame that all of the data has been lost. It was a wonderful resource. I still have some of the photos of my progress on the Vanguard and I will try to put these up now. I have just competed the wales and the first of the decorative strips (above the top wale) and I will post these when I get a chance.
I have just looked at this post and the photos have apparently gone up in reverse order. As well I was only able to load 9 files to the post, rather than the 10 that
Lashing collars - help needed.
I have looked fairly extensively over this website and elsewhere, and cannot find the method by which collars are lashed to the bowsprit. I have thought of putting a half hitch on one loop and winding thread through the other, then making a few turns through both loops, finally tying off with another half hitch. I guess this would work, but it doesn't seem to be very satisfactory. It results in a couple of loose ends for a start.
Does anyone have suggesti