Foremast Jack

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    Is this listing worth to bid on?

    Billy I think I'm going to have nightmares after looking at your avatar. It's freaking me out!
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    [Tutorial] The Captain of the Capstan

    Part II: Unrated Men-of-War from pre- and post-Napoleonic era. Welcome back to the Captain of the Capstan tutorial. Today we'll be looking at the most prominently used type of capstans on unrated men-of-war from the mid 18th century to end of the age of sail. (Those types of vessels being: Corvettes, Gun-brigs, Sloops-of-War, Spanish Xebecs, Ketches, Schooners, etc.) note: larger ships in this class may have used the style of capstan covered in part one of this tutorial. When designing a ship, unless it's an historical one, use your best judgment to decide which style is most appropriate. Here we have the larboard-quarter of a brig. Viewing the exterior of the ship there's not much difference from the larger ships covered in part one. On the inside there's quite more going on though, so let's move there. Looking at the deck we get a look at the various names for the different parts. One should notice that a lot of the parts carry the same names, but have a slightly different orientation. Operation of this of capstan is very similar to the larger ones previously covered. The advantage here being, that fewer men can operate it. However, it takes MUCH longer to complete the task (3-4 hours compared with 30-45 minutes). Men would work both the starboard and larboard sides of the capstan assembly simultaneously. In the pictured position the larboard side would remove their capstan bar and re-insert it when the starboard side had hauled theirs to the deck. Although it is enclosed in this picture, betwixt the drumheads is the pawl assembly. This is a ratchet mechanism which keeps the anchor cable from feeding back out whilst it's being weighed. Again if there are any questions, comments or concerns please do not hesitate to present them.
  3. Foremast Jack

    Is this listing worth to bid on?

    np. that's what we're here for.
  4. Foremast Jack

    Is this listing worth to bid on?

    It is a LEGO set As to if it's worth bidding on... don't think I could really say. edit: meant to note that it's a Junior's set. Keep that in mind if you're wanting to use the pieces for other builds.
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    [Tutorial] The Captain of the Capstan

    You're very much welcome. Yes they can be. Although I will say that this is about as complicated as it gets. It may have made more sense to start off in a chronological order, but as I said: this stage of the capstan's evolution is the most appropriate one for the audience here.
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    What are your questions when building ships?

    Nice. I'm glad you got a response. The book I pulled it from is: ISBN: 0-8050-6615-2 But that diagram is based on a plate from this book.
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    [Tutorial] Sailing ships interior

    I love your tutorials Horry! Whilst I doubt it is anything other than the limitations of LDD, from my understanding the inboard end of the table was secured to the overhead with rope (not chain) and the outboard end secured to the inner bulkhead by iron rings. Let me know if you've seen otherwise. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Found a couple pictures showing what I mean: From the HMS Victory From the HMS Surprise
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    What are your questions when building ships?

    Thanks for the welcome! Images resized. Okay, where to start? Well since Horry has given his blessing allowing us to continue our discussion here, I think I'll do just that. ;) That part of the ship we've been discussing does have a name singling it out from the rest of the Main Deck, but I've never heard it referred to as the well or well-deck. The well is down in the bilges. It's the absolutely lowest part of the ship from which the ship's carpenter takes the "well sounding" to determine how much water the ship has taken on from high seas, battle, normal seepage, etc. Now like I was saying before one possible translation of kuil is waist, and I have heard that part of the ship called the waist. However, that area (when covered with grating betwixt the gangways) is never called the waist-deck (or well-deck). I don't want to go so far as to say the references you're consulting are incorrect. Perhaps it's more a problem of mistranslation on someone's part somewhere. I'm including a scan showing the "waist" of a early 19th century man o' war.
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    What are your questions when building ships?

    I totally forgot I had this. Realized it might be helpful. Based on these blueprints Bart's original labeling of the decks would be correct. (apart from the well-deck; that's still being debating). However, keep in mind that the Main deck (whilst overcrowded with guns) is not a gun deck. So, there it is.
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    What are your questions when building ships?

    As far as "kuildek" is concerned, from my VERY limited understanding of Dutch, "kuil" can mean waist. I should think then that the term is meant to express that the deck is in the waist (e.g. the middle) of the ship. That makes sense to me, but regardless the English rendering of "well deck" I do not think is right for the time period we are talking. As to the lower gun-deck being submerged, I would agree that in the diagram it's a bit too low to serve that purpose. However, keep in mind that the big three-deckers of the time had their lowest gun-decks so close to the water-line that in times of heavy sea they had to keep those gun-ports close. Essentially making them a two-decker. You are probably right about us moving these latter posts to a different thread. But I think we've come as far as we can. At this point I think Sebeus has all the information he needs. He has to simply take it all and translate it into something that is buildable and maintains the feel of the movie.
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    What are your questions when building ships?

    Okay so I looked over your diagram some more. I knocked up a rough picture of what I think your intentions are: posted image Based on that she'd be a 52 gun 4th rate ship-of-the-line. Let me know if that looks right to you.