Hello Peter, just great. One question do you leave the oars on the deck?
Hi Tobias. Yes, it's what the kit describes. I know of other Xebec's the oars were hung on the sides of the upper bulwarks, but this will not work on this model due to the swivel cannons.Hello Peter, just great. One question do you leave the oars on the deck?
Oh, please, not another talking animal in the driver seat.I just wanted to warn you Peter, the Eagle may start talking to you!Because it’s his ship now, be warned!
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I love your professional work, my friendContinuation of the rigging
Hello everyone. It's always nice to mark a few completed tasks on my buildlist. Still plenty of to do's left tho...
Attaching the anchors
One of the tasks completed is the attachment of the anchors on the davits. For this I'm using a double pulley block, rope and a lot of patience.... This is done with beige colored rope and is part of the running rigging.
At the bottom of the outrigger, the rope is attached to an eyelet and then threaded through a double sheave block and finally runs over two sheaves from the davit to a cleat. There the rope is secured and the end is tucked behind a beam against the bulwark/side wall.
The anchor buoy is attached to the anchor. I thought it would be a nice effect to let it hang at both anchors. This means that the rope will lie rolled up on the deck. Not super neat as they sometimes do with cannons, but simply piled up like a coil of rope. I need to tidy up the latter a bit.
The anchor rope is also attached to the ring of the anchor. It was laid out neatly and it was not easy to imitate the weight of that rope. The rope eventually runs through one of the holes of a grate to the hold. This rope is very heavy and therefore it has been deliberately laid fairly taut.
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Standing Rigging Foremast fixed
After 48 hours I tightened and secured the ropes.
The ends are tied together and tucked against the side wall / bulwark behind a beam. It's a very small space and you can't just get the loops in between.
To do this neatly and "quickly", I tied a thread around the ends of the bottom loops and used the thread to pull it behind the bar. This is going very well and with some dedication it is easy to get them behind the bar. When it's neatly behind it, I simply remove the string and that's it.
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First set of rowing oars completed
The first set of 9 oars are made and placed on the deck. Each oar is built entirely by hand from different parts. They are very labor intensive to make. I have to make another set of 9 oars to do and that will also take some hours of work. That's for a next update.
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That's it for this update. I hope you're still following and please leave a comment if you like. Thanks for all the interest!
Regards,
Peter
Beautiful work Peter! Love the rope! Where did you source the rope?Continuation of the rigging
Hello everyone. It's always nice to mark a few completed tasks on my buildlist. Still plenty of to do's left tho...
Attaching the anchors
One of the tasks completed is the attachment of the anchors on the davits. For this I'm using a double pulley block, rope and a lot of patience.... This is done with beige colored rope and is part of the running rigging.
At the bottom of the outrigger, the rope is attached to an eyelet and then threaded through a double sheave block and finally runs over two sheaves from the davit to a cleat. There the rope is secured and the end is tucked behind a beam against the bulwark/side wall.
The anchor buoy is attached to the anchor. I thought it would be a nice effect to let it hang at both anchors. This means that the rope will lie rolled up on the deck. Not super neat as they sometimes do with cannons, but simply piled up like a coil of rope. I need to tidy up the latter a bit.
The anchor rope is also attached to the ring of the anchor. It was laid out neatly and it was not easy to imitate the weight of that rope. The rope eventually runs through one of the holes of a grate to the hold. This rope is very heavy and therefore it has been deliberately laid fairly taut.
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Standing Rigging Foremast fixed
After 48 hours I tightened and secured the ropes.
The ends are tied together and tucked against the side wall / bulwark behind a beam. It's a very small space and you can't just get the loops in between.
To do this neatly and "quickly", I tied a thread around the ends of the bottom loops and used the thread to pull it behind the bar. This is going very well and with some dedication it is easy to get them behind the bar. When it's neatly behind it, I simply remove the string and that's it.
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First set of rowing oars completed
The first set of 9 oars are made and placed on the deck. Each oar is built entirely by hand from different parts. They are very labor intensive to make. I have to make another set of 9 oars to do and that will also take some hours of work. That's for a next update.
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That's it for this update. I hope you're still following and please leave a comment if you like. Thanks for all the interest!
Regards,
Peter
Oh, please, not another talking animal in the driver seat.
We've seen what happens when they are; total and utter chaos.
Peter, please keep that overgrown cockatoo on a leash
As always your work is clean and precise. Love the anchor rigging!
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I had some discussions about her purpose and existence. She now understand....I've shown her an alternative if she doesn't.....
Very nice rigging, Peter. With all the details.Continuation of the rigging
Hello everyone. It's always nice to mark a few completed tasks on my buildlist. Still plenty of to do's left tho...
Attaching the anchors
One of the tasks completed is the attachment of the anchors on the davits. For this I'm using a double pulley block, rope and a lot of patience.... This is done with beige colored rope and is part of the running rigging.
At the bottom of the outrigger, the rope is attached to an eyelet and then threaded through a double sheave block and finally runs over two sheaves from the davit to a cleat. There the rope is secured and the end is tucked behind a beam against the bulwark/side wall.
The anchor buoy is attached to the anchor. I thought it would be a nice effect to let it hang at both anchors. This means that the rope will lie rolled up on the deck. Not super neat as they sometimes do with cannons, but simply piled up like a coil of rope. I need to tidy up the latter a bit.
The anchor rope is also attached to the ring of the anchor. It was laid out neatly and it was not easy to imitate the weight of that rope. The rope eventually runs through one of the holes of a grate to the hold. This rope is very heavy and therefore it has been deliberately laid fairly taut.
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Standing Rigging Foremast fixed
After 48 hours I tightened and secured the ropes.
The ends are tied together and tucked against the side wall / bulwark behind a beam. It's a very small space and you can't just get the loops in between.
To do this neatly and "quickly", I tied a thread around the ends of the bottom loops and used the thread to pull it behind the bar. This is going very well and with some dedication it is easy to get them behind the bar. When it's neatly behind it, I simply remove the string and that's it.
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First set of rowing oars completed
The first set of 9 oars are made and placed on the deck. Each oar is built entirely by hand from different parts. They are very labor intensive to make. I have to make another set of 9 oars to do and that will also take some hours of work. That's for a next update.
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That's it for this update. I hope you're still following and please leave a comment if you like. Thanks for all the interest!
Regards,
Peter
AbsolutelyI hope you're still following
They will also hide those beautiful carvingsHi Tobias. Yes, it's what the kit describes. I know of other Xebec's the oars were hung on the sides of the upper bulwarks, but this will not work on this model due to the swivel cannons.
Thanks Peter, a lot of tiny details and you know what I mean with that considering your beautiful BlueNose build.Very nice rigging, Peter. With all the details.
Regards, Peter
Absolutely. Good morning Peter. Excellent rope and rigging work. The way you did the
and how you laid the cable is so cool. A question please….what size is your
cable? It is so spot on and and a beautiful piece of rope.
I am impressed you got the coil behind the bar on the bulkwark. I was looking at other models and they have more space than the Cazador design. Well done. I’m guessing that is a 1mm rope as well?
Brilliant work Peter. Cheers Grant
Thanks Jan, appreciated very much!Wow, you’re attention to the smallest detail is incredible. It’s a pleasure to follow your log.
Jan
Good morning Peter. Thank you. I am very fortunate to have you building a Xebec at the same scale before me. Your assistance is much appreciated. Cheers GrantThanks Peter, a lot of tiny details and you know what I mean with that considering your beautiful BlueNose build.
The anchor cable is 2.1mm. I use many different sizes of rope on my model.
0.9mm for the standing rigging
0.6mm for the running rigging that will adust sails etc.
0.7mm for therope
0.5mm for the buoy rope
0.35mm for bindings
I still need to figure out so much about the rigging of the sails.....It's just a big puzzle at the moment and I have to figure out how to operate the sails and yards so to draw and reverse engineer the rigging part. I wish I know how to sail, probably this knowledge would help a lot....![]()
That's an euphemism if I ever saw one...That's some crazy rigging my friend!
No. I actually meant crazyThat's an euphemism if I ever saw one...