I was reading the part about how he was making gratings. A little confusing. I will read again until I can understand. I see kind of what he is doing, but I still have some questions. I would love to be able to see a video on how this is done.
You are right withe Mercure. In the moment this monograph is available in french or also italian language. Due to the fact, that this is a two volume monographie with a lot of information about the french merchantman etc. it is much bigger effort to translate. Time consuming and expensive.I am very tempted to buy the mono of the Armed Longboat. The Mercure would be a nice project, but it seems that it is not offered in English.