RossM
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Cottam, Canada
Member since May 2023
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Re: Sailing ship "full rigged ship", "Af Chapman", now "Dunboyne".
@AlessandroSPQR A moving traveller system was my second guess 1) I visualize a side-to-side slit in the deck and all the mechancial parts for the shifting BELO…
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Re: Sailing ship "full rigged ship", "Af Chapman", now "Dunboyne".
@AlessandroSPQR On block and tackle: I have shifted the sheeting to a braided thread 0.34mm. It flows through the block much quicker I cleaned up the pulleys, …
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Re: Sailing ship "full rigged ship", "Af Chapman", now "Dunboyne".
@AlessandroSPQR I am not sure I understand your idea for boom-rudder Are you thinking of a system that moves the boom back and forth, with no help from a rudde…
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Re: Sailing ship "full rigged ship", "Af Chapman", now "Dunboyne".
Ronald (does this mean we are back on the air??) No lathe involved here. Little wooden rings of varies sizes available at crafting store and the internet, glue…
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Re: Sailing ship "full rigged ship", "Af Chapman", now "Dunboyne".
@AlessandroSPQR thank you for you time and effort in this analysis. First off, this block and tackle system is just to keep with scale of the full sized BLUENO…
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Re: Sailing ship "full rigged ship", "Af Chapman", now "Dunboyne".
@AlessandroSPQR The MAIN SHEET extended out video on the operation of it soon You are correct, high level of force is needed to operate a triple block.
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Re: Sailing ship "full rigged ship", "Af Chapman", now "Dunboyne".
@AlessandroSPQR To the top, the DOUBLE BLOCK To the bottom, the TRIPLE BLOCK on the MAIN BOOM The red is the container full of water, the counterweight for the…
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Re: Sailing ship "full rigged ship", "Af Chapman", now "Dunboyne".
@AlessandroSPQR Top down view of the MAIN WINCH connected by the MAIN SHEET, to the DOUBLE BLOCK that would be on the deck
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Re: Sailing ship "full rigged ship", "Af Chapman", now "Dunboyne".
@AlessandroSPQR As promised, the MAIN SAIL BOOM with triple block & double block (no sails in place). To the left vertically, is the LOWER MAIN MAST To the rig…
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Re: Sheets and sail winch
@OldieNewbie Hi! Can you tell us what the vessel is and her size?
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