Ship Log Essex Whale Ship by OCCRE

[Budda]

Happy New Year to all

 

[Budda]

coming along slowly, I used contact cement for the first few outer planks and it was very unforgiving so I switched over to white glue, much easer for me. I also learned that if there's a small gap between the outer planks a little a little sanding with white glue in the crack works nicely

 

[Budda]

14 year old Thomas Nicholson awaiting his first ocean going voyage helped refit The Essex for it's ninth and final voyage. He said The Essex was black and ugly and looked old, who am I to argue

 

[Budda]

Coming along slowly

 

[Budda]

I am so glad I decided to build a wooden ship every day I work on it I love it more and more.

Latest progress in the shipyard/man cave

 

[Budda]

Happy St. Patrick’s Day Maties
And happy Pi day 314

 

[Budda]

Sticks up !

 

[Budda]

Shroud’s up

 

[Budda]

Rat Lines Up

 

[Kurt Konrath]

Looking good, now on to the other standing rigging to get all those lines going....

 

[Budda]

thanks for your encouragement Kurt, I’ve been waiting a long time for this stage of the build

 

[Kurt Konrath]

I hate the ratlines, I can get about a dozen done a day at the most, especially top sections, with my bad arm joints.

 

[Budda]

At some point, I just wanted to finish them and I was overtired but continued to work and yes, I was trimming the end of a rat line and I cut the shroud
Lesson to learn the hard way
Thank goodness for crazy glue

 

[Budda]

Standing rigging up