One of my first hanks. Meet Tom!
All the masts are up. Only 16 more shrouds to do. 
Looking good. 
Wow. So colorful and impressive! The contrasting line and and colors bring out every detail.
... “life is like a box of chocolates you never know what you going to get” to quote Tom. Totally applicable to my ship building. I think you are going to be chatting to Tom loads more 
. Very impressive build Vic- I agree with Kurt and Heinrich. Cheers Grant
It’s time for Kris Kringles and haven’t got a clews. I’ve decided not to splice my cringles and clews because it will take too much time. I’m just going to stitch them in place. 
Daughter’s sewing machine is broken. I have to glue reefer bands on with white glue. Previously I touched up the sides of the thin strips of muslin with ca to help keep it from unraveling. 
Sewing reef points. Fingers are sore. 
At this scale, gluing the bands on instead of stitching them on appears better on the model.
Lots of robands. 
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See vic. I will advise you to redo the reef-season. I do this. I cut the cable segments, tie a knot in the middle. Then I thread these pieces through the holes made by the awl in the sail. I stretch it out to the knot. Fix it with a drop of glue. Then I knit a knot on the other side, and with the help of tweezers I pull the knot close to the sail. Then they pull these segments down and fix them again with a drop of glue so that they look down. We cut all the seasons to the desired length. They're a little short for you. It should be enough to wrap around the canvas of the sail, plus the yard itself..
I saw this picture of the Constitution from the Encyclopedia Brittanica website. I was thinking I might try to emulate this with my course (lower) sails to provide a better view of the deck. I just hope the sails aren’t too stiff. https://cdn.britannica.com/80/16368...ion-time-power-victory-Boston-Harbor-1812.jpg
That's how sails are hung to dry out.
I feel like I’ve been beaten and hung out to dry.
I think I’ll leave them drying. They’re wet with my tears.
If your tears are starchy enough, you could use the sail stretching jig and a water balloon to shape your sail until they dry.
The first sails are always an experiment and go very slow. Once you do a couple of them, you get a method figured out. Take your time, and they'll work out.
Kurt Konrath
Kurt Konrath
Ah but the Conny is a active sailing ship, she was out at sea for the 4th of July festivities, and I saw a photo on line where they fired a broadsides for the 4th event.
What a sight to have the HMS Victory and USS Constitution maybe the USCG Eagle all out together for a tall ship sail, but we can only dream at this time.
Kurt Konrath
Kurt Konrath
I have not heard of a sail stretching jig, what might one look like?If your tears are starchy enough, you could use the sail stretching jig and a water balloon to shape your sail until they dry.
The first sails are always an experiment and go very slow. Once you do a couple of them, you get a method figured out. Take your time, and they'll work out.