...I have never tried to fail, I always trying to succeedif you try to fail and you succeed then which one have you done?
...I have never tried to fail, I always trying to succeedif you try to fail and you succeed then which one have you done?
better trying to "surwive" - I spell it "surwife"...I have never tried to fail, I always trying to succeed
Hi Dave, in your last post for the PC you said the drawings were “as built” that means the Princess Charlotte was built without drawings. That in not exactly correct. As built means after the ship was built any deviations from the construction drawings was noted and the drawings were revised to the actual construction. The carpenters were good, but they didn’t design the ship.the made floors were not notched over the keel, but instead the top surface of the keel was notched to fit the floors.
the statement above is what has me puzzled
here is a drawing of the timbers from another survey of the wreck
we see the cross chock up front behind it are the 2 floor timbers with the vertical scarf for the cross chock what i see is the floors are drawn notched over the keel and no notch in the rising wood.
behind the floors in red are the first futtocks with the chock sitting on top. The first futtocks are sitting against the cross chock and the floors behind it.
so the cross chock is higher in the center above the top of the floors thus the need for the chock on top of the 1st futtocks.
i can see as each frame changes shape the cross chock has to change.
keeping in mind the historical drawings were "as built" that means the Princess Charlotte was built without any drawings. The drawings were done after the ship was built and not before. All i can say is "holy smokes" those ship carpenters were good!
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Interesting research and designchocks were used to connect the second futtock to the head of the floor.
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building up the frame timber by timber
view facing the stern forward face of the frame
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view facing the stem back side of the frame
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there is a void behind the cross chock and between the 1st futtocks that will be filled in with deadwood pieces.
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