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......anyway I googled the size of the Bounty's main anchor rope and it was 4" in diameter having a circumference of 12.568" but 4" scaled down to 48 times is in metric =2.116mm which is similar to what everyone has done here but I don't know how unless you work thru to find out the diameter of each rope.
I have James Lee's book arrived just now, and it confuses me on Page 188 how one moment the author is writing about the main mast ropes sizing etc and then in the same breath, talking about anchor ropes LOL. I think it may takes some time to see how he ( Lee) the author works. lol
However I will take James Lee's writings as the real McCoy. Got to remember The Bounty was not built as a armed ship but as a collier cargo carrier built for coastal trading, so as a merchant ship she may have been different in build as to a naval ship of war.
Sorry folks , my brain is running riot. LOL
I have James Lee's book arrived just now, and it confuses me on Page 188 how one moment the author is writing about the main mast ropes sizing etc and then in the same breath, talking about anchor ropes LOL. I think it may takes some time to see how he ( Lee) the author works. lol
However I will take James Lee's writings as the real McCoy. Got to remember The Bounty was not built as a armed ship but as a collier cargo carrier built for coastal trading, so as a merchant ship she may have been different in build as to a naval ship of war.
Sorry folks , my brain is running riot. LOL
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