I am currently working on the USS Constitution and wish to build her as she looked in 1812 during the battle with Guerriere. In the manger area, there are currently two chain stops, port and starboard
I know in 1812, they did not have anchor chains, but instead, hemp cable. My question for all is would there still have been a similar stop for the cable? The second big question is the about the chain bitts.
The instructions in the kit say "the large iron bitts" were not present in 1812. I assume these are what they are talking about:
so the question is, what was there?
Any help would be greatly appreciated
I know in 1812, they did not have anchor chains, but instead, hemp cable. My question for all is would there still have been a similar stop for the cable? The second big question is the about the chain bitts.
The instructions in the kit say "the large iron bitts" were not present in 1812. I assume these are what they are talking about:
so the question is, what was there?
Any help would be greatly appreciated