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Very nice! Your rigging looks great. Better that the line is slightly under scale, thinner, than overscale.
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Muscongus Bay Lobster Smack from Model Shipways by DocTom - Build Log
Post 18- The Jib
I added the jib today, fairly easily except for loosing two of the hanks - one went flying off my tweezers into the ether, and the other fell off the sail as I was attaching it. Luckily I had a piece of blackened copper wire left over from my blackening experiments, so I fashioned a hank out of that. Rigged the downhaul easily.
After adjusting the sails a bit I added the jib sheets. I then tied everything off and fixed the belayed cleats with a bit if CA glue. The cleat with the jib halyard over the peak halyard got a little crowded, and although I belayed it properly, the jib halyard got a little funky looking because it got caught on the heavier line. Hopefully the hank will hide it.
Some overall views of my ALMOST complete smack:
All that remains is to add the topping lift, trim the lines and add the coils and hanks, then add the oarlocks. I've made the main sheet and jib sheet coils already.
A question for those who know more about rigging than I do: would there be enough extra line on the downhaul and topping lift to require a coil. I'm thinking those lines don't move much and would just have a tail of rope off the cleat.
I added the jib today, fairly easily except for loosing two of the hanks - one went flying off my tweezers into the ether, and the other fell off the sail as I was attaching it. Luckily I had a piece of blackened copper wire left over from my blackening experiments, so I fashioned a hank out of that. Rigged the downhaul easily.
After adjusting the sails a bit I added the jib sheets. I then tied everything off and fixed the belayed cleats with a bit if CA glue. The cleat with the jib halyard over the peak halyard got a little crowded, and although I belayed it properly, the jib halyard got a little funky looking because it got caught on the heavier line. Hopefully the hank will hide it.
Some overall views of my ALMOST complete smack:
All that remains is to add the topping lift, trim the lines and add the coils and hanks, then add the oarlocks. I've made the main sheet and jib sheet coils already.
A question for those who know more about rigging than I do: would there be enough extra line on the downhaul and topping lift to require a coil. I'm thinking those lines don't move much and would just have a tail of rope off the cleat.