kit as supplied to me but before i can start on the part completed barge I must complete other projects first as i want to do my best for the departed owner who had the kit from new
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kit as supplied to me but before i can start on the part completed barge I must complete other projects first as i want to do my best for the departed owner who had the kit from new
I don't often have more than one on the go at a time, I just line them up in readiness. there are five in waiting at the moment, and that doesn't include the one I hope to finish this week.
"I just line them up in readiness"
I've tried that Nerys,
Then you suddenly get a flash (or flush?😮) of inspiration 💡 and tootle off to do it on number 2 or 5, and then go back to the 'main' event, number zero - maybe🙄
If that doesn't happen to you Nerys I can only admire your discipline👍
😎
jig made for stringing dead eyes this will make 1/2inch to 2inch.... 2 x cloths pegs need to make lots for this barge this is only a test one
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You should have met my Granny Mike,
She always said "I like a good jig about" when lively music came on the radio😁
Especially after an egg flip or two 😋
😎
is this what i have to live up too ????
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Go for it Jacko, you can do it!
YES YOU CAN👍
The rigging looks great, as an uninitiated I assume it is correct!
I'm sure your painting is better than his anyway😉
Bon chance mon ami 😊
Cheers, Doug 😎
built a new rudder to use when in the water and sailing keeping the short rudder for when on display
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with help from a friend i have access to
The Thames Sailing Barge her gear and rigging by Dennis j Davis (1970 print ) with some nice photos
and
Spritsail Barges of Thames and Medway by
Edgar j March ( 1970 ) nice read
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Jacko. You should find both those books very useful, excellent illustrations and descriptions of the barges gear. Another book you would find useful would be, 'A Handbook of Sailing Barges' by barge skipper Fred Cooper and illustrated by John Chancellor, who owned and sailed the barge yacht 'Viper'. Pleased to hear you are researching the subject thoroughly.
Jacko,
Wow, great images of the deck and equipment. 👍 I was just looking through my sailing barge books and the internet for deck photos. Your photos do the trick. I will have to get that book.
Joe
using the book her gear and rigging, started on mine, still lots to do, but ha ho on we go
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That's a very neat job you are making of the rigging Jacko, you are doing very well. She's beginning to look pretty good. Both mainsail and topsail are nicely proportioned, the mainsail in particular has a nice high peak and the topsail tack just nicely overlapping the mainsail. Carry on with the good work.
after looking at photos of real barges the sails a edged with rope so it begins,
1. mark the sail size on cotton
2.cut a length of 1mm nylon cord longer than required
3.sew with a zig-zag stitch very carefully keeping nylon cord in line with mark (on sail )
4. using a very sharp cutting wheel cut just outside the zig-zag stitching
this is just the first attempt will be better when i get back from hoils
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after looking at photos of real barges the sails a edged with rope so it begins,
1. mark the sail size on cotton
2.cut a length of 1mm nylon cord longer than required
3.sew with a zig-zag stitch very carefully keeping nylon cord in line with mark (on sail )
4. using a very sharp cutting wheel cut just outside the zig-zag stitching
this is just the first attempt will be better when i get back from hoils
well lock down still going but the barge is finished ??
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Well done to reach the finish line, I think you have made an excellent job of her, amazing attention to detail, but I'm afraid you have made one major mistake. You have the sprit on the wrong side of the mainsail. The sprit is hung by the standing lift on the starboard side of the mast (and sail), The mainsail is a good shape with a nice high peak but the headrope should go around the sprit end. (In a real barge, the whole weight of the sprit is taken by the headrope of the mainsail. Sorry, I'm not criticizing, just pointing out a couple of mistakes easily made if you are not properly conversant with a full size barge.
thanks for the info this is my 2nd barge so getting better each one i build so after a few more build's i might get it correct and just picked up the plans for Kitty (the free one's ) so might build one from scratch this photo is of number 1
Cheers, Nerys
I've tried that Nerys,
Then you suddenly get a flash (or flush?😮) of inspiration 💡 and tootle off to do it on number 2 or 5, and then go back to the 'main' event, number zero - maybe🙄
If that doesn't happen to you Nerys I can only admire your discipline👍
😎