HMS Diana by Caldercraft

I'm not really looking forward to putting these ropes in a spiral. What was the right way (in the past)? Drawing or photo?
Better make spiral versions.
The French or Flemish type coil of rope has always been used. They were made before a battle or in a traveling position in order to use the tackles as quickly as possible. Any sailor could spin a French or Flemish-type coil of rope in a matter of seconds. On average I do it in 17 seconds. But I'm fat and old. :). There is no talk of any admiral reviews or inspections. The climbing ropes (around the tackle) are removed before the fight. All fixed ropes are released.
The French or Flemish type coil of rope is shown in many ancient books as an option for movement and before combat.

If you decide to make a climbing version, then secure all the ropes over the barrel, close the gun barrels with plugs, and remove the wedges. But it won't be pretty.


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Careful using some of the photos as examples as some are not correctly rigged. This one in particular was pointed out in another log lately. Note that for the breech rope they forgot to run it through the ring on the bracket. Text and drawings in Congreve's Treatise on the Mounting of Sea Service Ordnance may be of interest for English guns in the time of the Blomefield pattern gun and carriage. https://digital.ub.umu.se/relation/371758? destination=node/352554/preview/21&language=en&fulltext-query="olof östergrens boksamling" You can scroll from page to page with arrows top right.
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