Cap'n Jim Posted February 25, 2015 #1 Posted February 25, 2015 HELP! Can any kind person on this forum possibly explain to me how to rig an anchor to a davit? No two pics I have seen look the same and it is hard to figure out how it is done. Thank you in advance! : ) jimb Quote
wq3296 Posted February 25, 2015 #2 Posted February 25, 2015 Greetings Cap'n Jim, As you might expect it depends on the type, era, size, etc. of the ship. Do you have a ship in mind? Once that information is provided I am sure you will receive an answer. wq3296 Cap'n Jim 1 Quote
Cap'n Jim Posted February 26, 2015 Author #3 Posted February 26, 2015 The ship is a two-masted topsail schooner, the Independence (1775) Quote
wq3296 Posted February 26, 2015 #4 Posted February 26, 2015 Greetings Jim, Chapelle identifies the 1775 Independence as a 10 gun sloop. It would appear based on similar vessels that she would have had a cat on each side of the bow, with a tackle consisting of two sheaves at the end of each cat suspending a line and a double block with a hook. The hook would have been attached to the anchor ring when the anchor was hoisted to the surface so that the anchor could be lifted to the railing for stowing. wq3296 Cap'n Jim 1 Quote
jbshan Posted February 26, 2015 #5 Posted February 26, 2015 (edited) Here is the bows of my Lexington model. The port anchor is hanging from the cathead. The starboard is hoisted up and lashed to the rail. Lexington is only a little bigger than your vessel and of precisely the same time period. Edited February 26, 2015 by jbshan Cap'n Jim 1 Quote Joel Sanborn http://modelshipworld.com/index.php/topic/9953-lexington-by-jbshan-dlumberyard-164-from-the-seaways-practicum-by-clay-feldman/
Cap'n Jim Posted February 28, 2015 Author #6 Posted February 28, 2015 Thank you wq3296 and jbshan - much appreciated! Quote
allanyed Posted March 1, 2015 #7 Posted March 1, 2015 (edited) Jim, A complete description of properly rigging and securing the bower and kedge anchors can be found in pages 137 -143 in Volume IV of The Fully Framed Model by David Antscherl. Additional good descriptions can be found in Lavery's Arming and Fitting on page 53-54 as well as Darcey Lever's The Young Sea Officer's Sheet Anchor and James Lees The Masting and Rigging of English Ships of War . There is more than just having a line that goes through the cat sheaves to a block and hook. Once the anchor is raised, it has to be brought up to the hull and secured. Fish davits come into play for this chore. Keep in mind that after 1773, the fish davits were shortened and secured to the fore channels with a shoe. Many plans do not show these very clearly, if at all. Allan Edited March 1, 2015 by allanyed Cap'n Jim 1 Quote PLEASE take 30 SECONDS and sign up for the epic Nelson/Trafalgar project if you would like to see it made into a TV series. Click on http://trafalgar.tv There is no cost other than the 30 seconds of your time. THANK YOU
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