"Flying Cloud " by Mamoli - kit bash

I've heard (or read) it posited that sharp bowed ships disappeared in storms with following seas and gale force winds, conditions which a ship lacking the buoyancy of full, or bluff bowed carriers, could be driven under. The fuller bowed ships were slower, but less susceptible to being driven under by a rogue wave.
 
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I'm just now searching for how the boats are strapped down to the main deck house roof, trying to find some of the "Glory" pics you guys posted on this log.
The pics you just posted are very helpful. (Have I told you what a knockout your model is? Okay)
I wanted to leave the tarp off to show off the structure of the boat. The little ZHL model is such a nice POF model with all the other interior details. So, I'm unconcerned as to any imaginary state of activity the ship is in, under way or at the dock. It's just a model to look at for the fun of it. It will be incomplete in a lot of ways. I'm running out of time for personal family reasons.

Thanks for posting these! Good timing! Thumbsup
Pete
 
They certainly could be driven under but the Clippers with their heavily flared bows gained buoyancy as they were pushed under. Hopefully this would lift the bow back up.

Another problem was the vessel broaching as she descended one wave and met the next. In this case the forefoot of the ship met resistance from the new wave while the wind continued to push from aft. The moment caused by this rotated the vessel until it laid broadside to to the wind, and was pushed on to her beam ends. Careful steering was required.

There are also many accounts of the boat hung in davits being lost in heavy weather.

Roger
 
Health issues, encroaching diminishing capacities, memory (My wife), cardio (me).
Up that river in Egypt paddling against the stream.
Having to change our living conditions. Not mentally or emotionally there yet.:confused:
All things must pass.
Reading aloud to my wife (mostly spiritual or funny stuff) gives us intellectual immediacy where conversation can happen undiminished by memory issues.
Having an open and critical discussion on my build log a very good exercise in the openness to letting go and change dept.
My "Flying Cloud "is a very different model than the one I thought I was going to build as a result. It may never be "finished" but then neither will I.

Thanks fer askin', Pete
 
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Feels like oversharing, but we take it a day at a time. If we are present in the present, then a lot can be accomplished. It's cumulative.
Don't choke.
Don't freak out.
Be here now.
It is a lot.
"Flying Cloud" lives. Auspicious name!
Thanks for the encouragement,

Pete
 
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