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Looks really good Vic! She's on her way headed for the high seas.
My favorite part is when things pop out of the deck as your rigging, NOT!!! I especially love it when my finger or ring catches a line and rips it out.
Been there, done that! Or the line you are rigging catches on a gun port cover and rips it off or uproots previously rigged guns. Or maybe I mis-measured and had to rip it all out again because of my own stupidity. When I was in Navigator school, they told us that the art and science of navigation was akin to measuring with a micrometer, marking it with a grease pencil, and cutting it with a blunt ax. Reminds me of how I am working on this ship because of my lack of capability. My planning and ambition exceed my capacity to perform. They say practice makes perfect. At this rate, with enough practice, I'll become a perfect klutz!My favorite part is when things pop out of the deck as your rigging, NOT!!! I especially love it when my finger or ring catches a line and rips it out.
Thanks, Paul. I take it you're still painting? You think you'll be done by summer? I wouldn't with all you have to do.
Not much ship-time right now. But yes, I am firmly entrenched in painting purgatory (and, no, my theology does not include purgatory!)
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Nor does my theology, but it makes for an interesting allusion to Dante.Not much ship-time right now. But yes, I am firmly entrenched in painting purgatory (and, no, my theology does not include purgatory!)
Better to rule in hell than serve in heaven
then, Milton’s Satan. That was Satan’s comment when he was consigned to hell in Milton’s epic poem, Paradise Lost.
My personal favorite is when there are so many lines in an area that your loose depth perception and snip of a difficult to tie line when trying to trim off the end of another line.
Done that too, Jeff!
That one I have not done yet, but I have sewn a line into my sail while tying off mast hoops.
Hi thanks for the welcome the closer I get to starting my rigging the more I dread it, my rigging plan is not very clear at least I'll have a couple of months before I start. Just curious as to why you are rigging the sails from the aft, most builds I see are done the other way around. Keep up the good work.
Great question! I started rigging my Connie from the front, and it got complicated fast. In some ways, the mizzenmast is simpler. Plus I have never done a lateen sail before so I wanted to work on it right after I had finished researching it. Another thought was that the mizzenmast wasn’t quite as visible as the fore or main mast so if I made some mistakes on it, I could probably either recover or hide them. Finally, I was already familiar with making square sails on my Connie so I didn’t foresee any big problems. Also, some experienced builders suggested starting from the rear or the middle. In other words, as a friend once said, “Builder’s choice!” BTW, I love your rudder!
