Rigging

[bluenos2]

I have moved on to the rigging portion of the program for my Corel Beagle. I found out after starting the build it was very inaccurate. I purchased Jotika updates to accurize it. I have the Karl Heinz Marquardt book to help me. What was not included in the Corel kit were the lower main studding sail booms, top mast studding sail booms and bumpkins. I'm not rigging this ship with sails. I'm going to rig out most of the kit with the Corel instructions but could use some advice as to any rigging requirements for these items if any. Thanks in advance.

 

[AllanKP69]

I'm not rigging this ship with sails.

Great decision

some advice as to any rigging requirements for these items if any

Pages 8, 115 through 118, and dimensional information on page 184 in The Masting and Rigging of English Ships of War by James Lees goes into a lot of detail with drawings and written explanations of stunsails (studding sails, booms, etc) While your ship was not a warship per se, the rigging should be similar if not exactly the same for the stunsails. One example..... https://www.amazon.com/Masting-Rigging-English-Ships-1625-1860/dp/0870219480 He makes reference to Nares and Lever's works as parr of his sources. I am guessing Marquardt's work should be accurate as well.
Allan

 

[bluenos2]

Thanx for that info. It just so happens I received today a book, Rigging Period Ship Models by Lennarth Petersson. It has very good details about these items and also has a good layout plan of where lines are belayed. I feel much more confident about getting into the rats nest of rigging now.

 

[AllanKP69]

I feel much more confident about getting into the rats nest of rigging now.

Your search for more details is impressive. I have the Petersson book and it really is well done, albeit limited. When you get deeper into it down the road, I strongly recommend getting a copy of Lees' book as it covers more than one ship and era. I doubt many folks would notice, but this might be important to you. There were changes regarding stunsails on British ships in 1811 so there may be differences on the Melampus 1785 drawings in the Petersson book and Beagle 1820.
Allan

 

[bill36]

I have moved on to the rigging portion of the program for my Corel Beagle. I found out after starting the build it was very inaccurate. I purchased Jotika updates to accurize it. I have the Karl Heinz Marquardt book to help me. What was not included in the Corel kit were the lower main studding sail booms, top mast studding sail booms and bumpkins. I'm not rigging this ship with sails. I'm going to rig out most of the kit with the Corel instructions but couldle enough". use some advice as to any rigging requirements for these items if any. Thanks in advance.

1. Sail booms were sized to accommodate the sails/dimensions they were spreading, the type of wood the booms were made from, the quality of the boom wood, etc.
2. There is no standard for a boom. The boom had to be "big enough", "strong enough", "durable enough", and "available enough".
3. The ships bos'n was the expert and final word in this field and made these decisions.
4. You can't determine dimensions without having all the technical info of each particular situation.
5. For a model, you may have to use your "eye" to determine all the dimensions. The boom should look proportionate and within scale. Of course it helps if the boom dimensions are given on the plans. It also helps if you can acquire some photos of the booms on similar ships to help in your guessing. You will probably have to make several sets of these booms (these are very simple items), install them and live with them for awhile to see how they grate on your aesthetics.
6. For construction use the smallest grain wood you have: box works adequately for most booms.

 

[Norgale]

Your search for more details is impressive. I have the Petersson book and it really is well done, albeit limited. When you get deeper into it down the road, I strongly recommend getting a copy of Lees' book as it covers more than one ship and era. I doubt many folks would notice, but this might be important to you. There were changes regarding stunsails on British ships in 1811 so there may be differences on the Melampus 1785 drawings in the Petersson book and Beagle 1820.
Allan

I don't think there are stunsails on the upper yards. Only the lower two yards.

 

[AllanKP69]

I don't think there are stunsails on the upper yards. Only the lower two yards

You could be right for the Beagle, Norgale. I did more digging and could not find any information based on contemporary sources for much for the Cherokee class sail plans. The closest I can find are the 1838 Admiralty orders that do show main, topsail and topgallant stunsail yard boom and yard dimensions from three deckers down to 10 gun brigs. By the same token the 1815 Burney edition of Falconer shows no information on stunsails on any yard for ships below 38 guns. Lees gives dimensional ratios for stunsail booms and yards for main and topsail yards but no mention of there being certain ships without them. Contemporary paintings and drawings of Beagle seem to show no booms at all or on the lower yards only, but hard to tell for sure. Again, while the Petersson book has some great drawings, it is not much help for other rates and eras and definitely not appropriate for a ten gun brig-sloop.
Allan

 

[AllanKP69]

Sail booms were sized to accommodate the sails/dimensions 2. There is no standard for a boom. The boom had to be "big enough", "strong enough", "durable enough", and "available enough".

Hi Bill,
Who knows on a given ship but I believe both the stunsail booms and yards were sized according to ratios of the yard dimensions on which they were carried, not the size of the sail. The sails were then sized to fit these booms and yards, not the other way around. There is a wealth of information on how to size both the yards and booms as well as the sails in The Elements and Practice of Rigging and Seamanship 1794 by David Steel which is a free download for anyone interested in contemporary data. James Lees gives similar data in The Masting and Rigging of English Ships of War.
Allan

 

[RickNoyes]

Hi Bill

IF you want detail try and find this book. Google it and try and find one reasonably priced. Dont think you'd be disapointed. Below is a pic from the book of one image of standing rigging. It is about as historicaly acurate as you will find.

Anatomy of the Ship: HMS Beagle, Survey ship extraordinary​

Karl Heinz Marquardt

Anatomy of the Ship: HMS Beagle, Survey ship extraordinary - Elizabeth's Bookshop

This is a history of the 10-gun brig and survey ship, HMS Beagle. It became famous for her survey voyages...

www.elizabethsbookshop.com.au

Cheers
Rick

 

[Thomas]

I have moved on to the rigging portion of the program for my Corel Beagle. I found out after starting the build it was very inaccurate. I purchased Jotika updates to accurize it. I have the Karl Heinz Marquardt book to help me. What was not included in the Corel kit were the lower main studding sail booms, top mast studding sail booms and bumpkins. I'm not rigging this ship with sails. I'm going to rig out most of the kit with the Corel instructions but could use some advice as to any rigging requirements for these items if any. Thanks in advance.

I'm going to make "accurize" part of my vocabulary! I love it!