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HMS Agamemnon by Caldercraft

Gentlemen,

Help!
Is there anyone who can give me advice? Specifically regarding the rigging of the anchors. For example, on the attached diagram (HMS Victory), I see a block. Is this correct? What about the rigging?

Thanks in advance.

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It is obvious the little things matter to you. The booms not sitting directly on top of the yards, but being angled forward is one example, and the use of a closed heart attached to the stays and an open heart attached to the sprit are great examples that a lot of research has gone on in your build. Super nice.

Allan
 
AllanKP69 said:
It is obvious the little things matter to you. The booms not sitting directly on top of the yards, but being angled forward is one example, and the use of a closed heart attached to the stays and an open heart attached to the sprit are great examples that a lot of research has gone on in your build. Super nice.

Allan
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I am super happy to receive this compliment from you. Thank you. I tried to execute the rigging as historically accurate as possible. And to do so, I deviated almost completely from the Caldercraft diagrams.

However, I do have a quick question: do you have any idea how I should rig the anchors?
 
HMSFly said:
I deviated almost completely from the Caldercraft diagrams.
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You are a wise man. :)

However, I do have a quick question: do you have any idea how I should rig the anchors?

Lees goes into detail on rigging the anchors on pages 128-129 in The Masting and Rigging of English Ship of War. He states that it is based on the information by Darcy Lever's The Young Sea Officer's Sheet Anch-or-- - Everytime I write the work Ancho r properly the giant icon pops up---- Both books are available but both are copyrighted, ,(including the modern reprint of the Lever book) so I hesitate to copy and attach on a public site. Maybe you can find a copy of the original Lever book available on the internet. The best rigging book by far for English ships is the Lees book as it has a very wide range of years, covers all rates and gives dimensions for every mast, spar and rope plus belaying points for several ships and order of dressing which are of tremendous help.

Allan
 
 
Dear Mark! The anchor stock was always tapered! It tapered in both width and height. You forgot to taper the stock. Furthermore, anchor stocks were always heavily coated with paint to protect them from rotting underwater.
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Dark for sure. I know of many models having black standing rigging, including contemporary models (although original rigging is a rarity) Pine tar had different degrees of darkness but I am pretty sure not black. Many folks prefer dark brown or very dark brown. YOUR choice. Check out the photos below of 1701 Model of St. George which has all but a couple lines of original rigging. (The rigging is silk) The pictures may not show it very well, but you can see from these photos that I took, I am no photographer. Zoom in to see the color better.
Allan
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