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  1. Jeffrey Modell

    Gun ports

    Sorry to be a year late but this may help someone else. If you want to be spot-on accurate, purchase the high-res Admiralty Plan of HMS Discovery (1789) here: https://prints.rmg.co.uk/products/discovery-1789-j0509?_pos=2&_sid=80e1c1879&_ss=r Then measure the gunports! This is the best method...
  2. Jeffrey Modell

    Xebec Cazador Ocre fantasy ?

    Pate 310 of the excellent new book Spanish Warships in the Age of Sail 1700 - 1860 by Winfield, Tredrea, Perez and Felip, states that the following Plate in the Album of the Marques de la Victoria represents the plan of 4 jabeques that include Cazador. There is no citation linking the drawing...
  3. Jeffrey Modell

    Spanish 18th Century Ship's Boats

    I understand from the book A. Sorolla, F. Urtizberea, LA MAHONESA The Spanish 34-gun frigates 1789 page 108 that Spain had regulations specifying the boats to be carried in said frigate. Although I can only read Spanish via machine translation, nothing in my collection, including the Reglamento...
  4. Jeffrey Modell

    Leach Lines and Bunt Lines in 18th Century Spanish Ships

    I have been translating various sections of: -Cartilla Marítima, Santiago Zuloaga 1760 & 1766, from page 150 there is the "Reglamento de Jarcia" del Marqués González de Castejón 1773: https://bibliotecadigital.rah.es/es/catalogo_imagenes/grupo.do?path=1006025 and run into three problems. The...
  5. Jeffrey Modell

    Leach Lines and Bunt Lines in 18th Century Spanish Ships

    Mw ha ha ... I have these books plus machine translations of frigates, and Buques book sections on some jabeques! Do you need anything specific from them?
  6. Jeffrey Modell

    Leach Lines and Bunt Lines in 18th Century Spanish Ships

    O Thanks...am currently translating Cartilla sections via machine.
  7. Jeffrey Modell

    Leach Lines and Bunt Lines in 18th Century Spanish Ships

    Great answer ... but there are a few hiccups going from theory to execution ($$$$$). Juan José Navarro, Álbum del Marqués de la Victoria 1719-1756, Lunwerg Editores, Museo Naval Madrid 1995, ISBN 84-7782-352-9 >>>>>> Euro 832 = $892 I can't justify spending this much money especially since...
  8. Jeffrey Modell

    Leach Lines and Bunt Lines in 18th Century Spanish Ships

    My textbooks, as a general matter, state leach lines run from the side up the front of the sail to a block stropped to the yard then (on the primary courses) to one or more blocks at the top and down the back. For a topsail, the line could run in front directly to blocks stropped to the tye...
  9. Jeffrey Modell

    my book free of charge

    Got it! See my comments on this wonderful material, infra.
  10. Jeffrey Modell

    my book free of charge

    I received the book about construction and rigging of ships -- it has info on English, French and Spanish for various 17th and 18th periods -- and it is fantastic. For years I have been looking for something that specifically covers Spanish rigging (Marquadt just has "Continental", French...
  11. Jeffrey Modell

    Spanish Translation -- Studding Sails

    "—Rastreras, caballero, que son las de prolongación en la vela principal de cada palo. En este jabeque solo se utilizan rastreras en el trinquete. Sin embargo, las alas se incorporan en la gavia, velacho, juanete de proa y juanete mayor." I am reading El Jabeque Murciano, a fictional novel, by...
  12. Jeffrey Modell

    Hi to all

    Thanks! How do I send the money?
  13. Jeffrey Modell

    Polacre Rigging

    Good catch! For those who can't log in to the book: The Book of Old ships states that for polacres there are no topmast shrouds or backstays -- but is rigging to the topgallant head. It also notes that the spritsail was part of the set on polacres and drew so much water it was known as the...
  14. Jeffrey Modell

    Polacre Rigging

    I see no preventer sling to buttress the main yard tye/jeers on the Mystique original plan and 22 Gun Chebec in Souvenir de Marine though I could easily miss it since the view is of the wrong side. I am wondering if this is a general rule for polacres (and if so the precise reason). The topsail...
  15. Jeffrey Modell

    Hi to all

    ME! I want all the books you are willing to spare! Happy to pay postage and packing to get this/these gems.
  16. Jeffrey Modell

    Grants Xebec 1:60 (using Jabeque Cazador Occre1:60 kit)

    That was my original thought until I spent a lot more money on Spanish naval texts and finally hit pay-dirt. I am pleased to say that this question was answered by a Spanish book about ships built at Cartagena and discussed in another thread...
  17. Jeffrey Modell

    Hi to all

    Thank-you! This is very helpful. The more the better! This forum has truly great people, always willing to help. I wish the rest of life were as good.
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