anchors for "Supply"

[geoff]

Just starting my model of the Caldercraft "Supply". It seems to me that the anchor rope supplied is far too big a diameter & too "white", also did vessels of this era have anchor chains or was the rope attached directly to the anchor? Any help appreciated! Geoff

[riverboat]

Geoff..... you should replace the rope. i used some MO-Rope 1.5 mm. You could try Chucks rope also. Get the tan. I used weathering powders

 diluted with water to darken it up some , but you could use tea or even coffee.

Frank

[Jim Lad]

Geoff,

 

Your anchor cable should definitely be of rope for this period.  The circumference of the cable should be 0.62 the diameter of the mainmast.

 

John

[geoff]

Many thanks everyone, will get the kettle on,.... or find some thinner rope! Boy they must have had big hands in those days! Geoff

[Stockholm tar]

Geoff,

 

It might also be worth pointing out that the cable was not normally fastened to the anchor ring with a knot, as kit manufacturers would often have us believe. The cable was much too thick for that. The answer was to use a cable 'clinch', where the cable was passed through the ring and turned back on itself, in a bight or form of half hitch, and seized. You can see this on the Victory today:

 

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Edited April 21, 2014 by Stockholm tar

[geoff]

thanks a lot everyone, you have been really helpful, no doubt I will be "Pestering" you again soon ! Geoff