Rigging

[bluenos2]

I have moved on to the rigging portion of the program for my Corel Beagle. I found out after starting the build it was very inaccurate. I purchased Jotika updates to accurize it. I have the Karl Heinz Marquardt book to help me. What was not included in the Corel kit were the lower main studding sail booms, top mast studding sail booms and bumpkins. I'm not rigging this ship with sails. I'm going to rig out most of the kit with the Corel instructions but could use some advice as to any rigging requirements for these items if any. Thanks in advance.

 

[AllanKP69]

I'm not rigging this ship with sails.

Great decision

some advice as to any rigging requirements for these items if any

Pages 8, 115 through 118, and dimensional information on page 184 in The Masting and Rigging of English Ships of War by James Lees goes into a lot of detail with drawings and written explanations of stunsails (studding sails, booms, etc) While your ship was not a warship per se, the rigging should be similar if not exactly the same for the stunsails. One example..... https://www.amazon.com/Masting-Rigging-English-Ships-1625-1860/dp/0870219480 He makes reference to Nares and Lever's works as parr of his sources. I am guessing Marquardt's work should be accurate as well.
Allan

 

[bluenos2]

Thanx for that info. It just so happens I received today a book, Rigging Period Ship Models by Lennarth Petersson. It has very good details about these items and also has a good layout plan of where lines are belayed. I feel much more confident about getting into the rats nest of rigging now.

 

[AllanKP69]

I feel much more confident about getting into the rats nest of rigging now.

Your search for more details is impressive. I have the Petersson book and it really is well done, albeit limited. When you get deeper into it down the road, I strongly recommend getting a copy of Lees' book as it covers more than one ship and era. I doubt many folks would notice, but this might be important to you. There were changes regarding stunsails on British ships in 1811 so there may be differences on the Melampus 1785 drawings in the Petersson book and Beagle 1820.
Allan