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Staghound...Extreme clipper 1850 by rwiederrich 1/96

GIG1810 said:
Hey Rob,

wow, very nice work again. But I'm really amazed that she had such a long jib boom. The madness..... op work, as always ...
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Yeah...her bowsprit/jibbooms together were over 85ft long. Not entirely unheard of for that early clipper design. Part of the extreme clipper idea was to set a ridiculous amount of canvas....to capture as much wind as possible...to speed them along. As mentioned in other places, the flying jib was used on earlier packets and frigates. McKay, most likely incorporated this feature in his design of Staghound. From what I gather, it wasn't till Lightning was built, (four years later), that McKay re-introduced the flying jibboom again...in a more modified form.
Thanks for the fine compliments. I will be remaking the flying jibboom to mimic a more robust and extended doubling design. One McKay most likely used on her.
Pics will follow.

Rob
 
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ClipperFan said:
Rob,
If we didn't have rock-solid documentation from multiple sources about the full length of the bowsprit it would appear that we're being excessive. In this case, relocating Cornelius McKay's small sail plan is a godsend as it confirms the spars of Stag Hound.
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So true Rich. And we can also deduce from this, that McKay drew heavily from the rigging practices of the time...and as they quickly evolved...his designs followed suite. Flying jibbooms were popular in some rigging designs and not so with others. Proof....that the aim was to achieve the fastest combination of hull and sail plan. Resulting in many examples of *try this with that* mentality. To go faster, hulls shapes evolved....Rigging evolved, sail plans evolved. We can see clearly, that the first of the California clippers drew from earlier successes, laid down many years earlier......but became obsolete in the wake of rapidly developing new and efficient ideas.

Rob
 
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