rigging

Are you suppose to use CA glue on all the knots when doing rigging

I find myself at a stage that I've been looking forward to - adding rigging to the masts. But, As I start that work I realize that I don't know how to make some of this look right. The PDF instructions show the image below as an example of how to rig the foremast. I have two questions. First...

I thought I would post my viewpoint on "The Basic Elements of Rigging" and in hopes, it might bring some help to those new to this. All warships will have basically the same rigging "Pattern". The easiest as has been mentioned is to work in an orderly fashion and I would go as far as saying...

Hello everyone! Like my father before me, I sailed merchant ships as an Engineering Officer, and have always loved square riggers. After eight years living aboard ship, seawater still flows in my veins twenty-five years later. I built several plastic ones as a boy, and now am returning to the...