Pinta Caravel 1:65 by Amati - an End of Build Log

[Tim Green]

Ok - finished roping the foresail (spar shown for reference) ...


Working out how to make the main sails now - no instructions.

Here's the plan. With no reference to there being 2 mainsails.



Here's the kit mainsail on the left - showing a line drawn where the 2 mainsails would meet up. And on the right, the 2 new mainsails.


What I need to determine, is how to mate up the 2 pieces of the mainsails?

1. Glue the mating edges together.
2. Stitch the mating edges together.
3. Glue ropes to the mating edges and glue the mating ropes together
4. Glue ropes to the mating edges and stitch the mating ropes together
5. Glue ropes to the mating edges while also putting thimbles in the mating corners - and stitch the mating edges together while also strapping the thimbles to each other at the 2 mating corners.

Favoring #s 3 and 4. Likely gonna be 4, once I find that I can hand stitch the sails in a presentable fashion. I think I can do that.

And, a boat pic, just for fun ...

Cheers.

 

[Signet]

They get stitched together with one long cord, in a way that they can easily be removed. Same as on my Carrack. I'll try to find the info.

 

[Signet]

O kay, here's where I did mine on my Ragusian Carrack, and here's the information I used:

 

[Tim Green]

O kay, here's where I did mine on my Ragusian Carrack, and here's the information I used:
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Thankyou Signet. Was hoping someone would step in. Thx.

And I see that the vertical ropes on each of the sails are knotted to each other as well. So I think I'll put eyes in the vertical ropes at the bottom corners of the mainsail, and knot the vertical rope of the mating lower mainsail into those eyes - almost just like your pics. While stitching the rest of it.

 

[Signet]

Thankyou Signet. Was hoping someone would step in. Thx.

And I see that the vertical ropes on each of the sails are knotted to each other as well. So I think I'll put eyes in the vertical ropes at the bottom corners of the mainsail, and knot the vertical rope of the mating lower mainsail into those eyes - almost just like your pics. While stitching the rest of it.

Yeah, it's a neat stich and detail. Almost a shame it doesn't show up more when done.

 

[Tim Green]

Whoops - I added a line of text, and half of my thread disappeared - didn't realize it until I'd already pressed save as that part wasn't visible to me- so - since I don't know how to delete a thread - this remains here, until I get over this, and return, and fix it.