Euromodel – Lyde (1787). 11.foremast.January 2021

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An interpretive review of the Lyde English Schooner 1787

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11.FOREMAST January 2021

This interpretive review is based on the supplied drawings, the kit material – and an amount of m aterial.

This work only illustrates how this ship might be built.The level of complexity chosen is up to the individual

This resource information was based on the original text supplied by Euromodel and then expanded in detail as the actual ship was constructed by the author, Peter Coward. Neither the author or Euromodel have any commercial interest in this information and it is published on the Euromodel web site in good faith for other persons who may wish to build this ship. Euromodel does not accept any responsibility for the contents that follow.

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Reference Text

The Masting and of English Ships of War 1625 – 1860 by James Lee (1984). Another indispensable book !

The Construction and Fitting of the English Man of War 1650-1850 by Peter Goodwin (1984)

Historic Ship Models by Wolfram zu Mondfeld (1989).

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[To navigate through the contents – use ‘control + click’]

Contents Chapter 1: SPARS...... 5 Description ...... 5 Tapering ...... 5

Chapter 2: FOREMAST ...... 6 Lower ...... 6 Sizing ...... 6 Fore ...... 7

Chapter 3: RIGGING...... 11 Foot Ropes & Stirrups ...... 11 Basic Construction of Footropes & Stirrups ...... 12 Advanced Construction of Footropes & Stirrups...... 12

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Illustrations Figure 1: Fore Mast ...... 5 Figure 2: Tapering a Using Hand-Held Plane ...... 5 Figure 3: Mast Head and Cheek Area of Lower Mast ...... 6 Figure 4: Squared Heel Pinned to Rounded Mast Above ...... 7 Figure 5: Foot Rope Rigging ...... 11 Figure 6: Stirrup Seizing, Example A ...... 11 Figure 7: Making the Ropes More Realistic ...... 12 Figure 8: Basic Rigging for Footrope & Stirrup ...... 12 Figure 9: Combinations of Rigging for Footrope & Stirrup - Diagrammatic ...... 12

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Chapter 1: SPARS

Description

Fore Mast

topmast yard

Lower Mast – Albero di trinchetto (12 mm.) topmast Topmast- Albero di parrocchetto (8 mm.)

Fore Mast Yards Main Yard - Pennone di trinchetto (6 mm.) Topmast Yard – Pennone di parrocchetto (5 mm.) Gaff - Picco di trinchetto (5 mm.) gaff

main yard

lower mast

Figure 1: Fore Mast

Tapering

There are many ways to taper a spar but in this build a simple hand-held plane tool along with a few grades of sand paper worked a treat !

Figure 2: Tapering a Spar Using Hand-Held Plane

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albero di trinchetto

Chapter 2: FOREMAST

Lower Mast

Sizing

The kit supplies a 12 x 470 mm. rod.

• circular in cross-section for almost the entire length and tapering from 11 – 9.5 mm. in diameter upwards to the base of cheeks supporting the crosstree; this extends for 357 mm.

• there is a short section (16/17 mm.) above that where the cross-section is made flat on each side (Fig. 56) achieving an 7 mm. thickness

• the square-sectioned (7 x 7 mm.) mast head follows with a length of 48.5 mm. This will then fit between the two crosstrees but care will need to be made in matching the mast section width with the spacing between the crosstrees.

Figure 3: Mast Head and Cheek Area of Lower Mast

• finally, there is a 5 x 5 mm. tenon of length 5 mm. that passes up into the mast cap.

Additional Construction Details Refer to the comments made on constructing the main lower mast.

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albero di parrocchetto (cont.)

Fore Topmast

Topmast heel is square in cross-section but tapers from 7.2 mm down to a maximum of 7.5 mm. at the base of the heel.

The choices are to ignore the squared shaping of the heel altogether or add on a separate squared piece.

The drawing indicates a length of ’40 mm.’ but as always small differences occur between ‘stated’ and ‘displayed’ dimensions. The overall length of the heel was 48 mm … 41 mm. of square CS plus a 7 mm section that merges with the upper rounded section.

Figure 4: Squared Heel Pinned to Rounded Mast Above

Plan 6 shows the cross-sectional form to be 7 x 7 mm but in keeping with the mast tapering above, this heel section was made 7.2 … 7.5 mm. The inset cut-out is shown to be 3 mm. (red circle), this was reduced down to 2 mm. to allow space for the fid hole.

Upper portion is cylindrical and formed from an 8.0 mm. rod. 145 mm. of this tapers upwards from 7.0 mm to 4.5 mm. 29 mm. above that, the topmast head tapers from 3.0 mm to 2.0mm.

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Foremast Crosstree Dimensions Trestletrees: (2) 3.5 x 6.0 x 28 mm.

Crosstrees: 3.0 x 4.0 x 67 mm. 3.0 x*3.5 x 47 mm. (* width reduced from 4.0 to conform with main crosstree)

Chock: 3.5 x 6.0 x 8.0 mm.

Bolster: 3.5 x 3.0 x 16 mm.

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Chapter 3: YARD RIGGING Foot Ropes & Stirrups

Foot ropes provided a foothold for crew whilst reefing the . Normally they extended along behind the yard and about 760 mm. below it. The rope had the far end with a spliced eye fitted over the yard arm and the inner end made fast either side of the sling . The ropes were held by short vertical ropes known as stirrups.

The footropes of the lower yards on the actual ships were approx. 3 inches (76.2 mm.) in circumference giving a diameter of 24.2 mm. At this scale of 1:80, the rope diameter would be 0.30 mm. I used the 0.4 mm. supplied in the kit.

The principles of foot rope rigging are not very clear from the plan drawings supplied. Examination of Fig. 58 shows the rigging in a complex format but in building a typical ship model, such arrangements are often simplified. What is done will be explained in the following pages.

Figure 5: Foot Rope Rigging

Variations in in Footrope Construction Before you get too concerned about what is right or wrong with the method of rigging, it might be useful to show the stirrup lashed to a yard and the footrope underneath – both of which could have been readily improved. To the casual observer, it may well be that such exacting work (or lack of it) will probably go un-noticed. It is more a question of what you want to achieve.

The simplest method is the single turn of rope around the yard A illustrated in Fig. 54. How this stirrup is seized together under neath the yard and above the footro pe can be achieved by a number of B C dif ferent techniques. In Fig. 543 (from another model), the stirrup has been lashed once around the yard with the same rope serving around itself 3 – 4 times underneath the yard (‘A’) and glued in position.

Figure 6: Stirrup Seizing, Example A

The lower end (‘B’) has been bent around the footrope and glued in position. The second stirrup rope (‘C’) has somehow finished up with its ‘seizing’ on the side of the yard instead of underneath. The

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In Fig. 55, there is another example of rigging ‘error’. It is to do with the appearance of the stirrup and foot ropes. The stirrup ropes (red lines) are not all exactly vertical which actually adds some realism but the footropes (yellow lines) should have some small curves in them and even there, not all exactly the same. The overall impression just Figure 7: Making the Ropes More Realistic looks so much better !

Basic Construction of Footropes & Stirrups

The following comments all rely on simplifying the rigging for the footropes & stirrups. The following section contains far more ideas on how historical accuracy might be obtained.

Figure 56 illustrates : single lashing around the yard, seizing under the yard, simple eye around the footrope, small seizing above the eye.

Rigging at a basic level then involves a manipulation of one or more of the Figure 8: Basic Rigging for Footrope above four points. & Stirrup

Advanced Construction of Footropes & Stirrups

The following comments all emphasise the historical accuracy of the rigging for the Figure 9: footropes & stirrups. There are more ideas Combinations of here in this section – shaded in Fig. 30 - that Rigging for Footrope you might wish to consider. & Stirrup - Diagrammatic Figure 57 illustrates various combinations of rigging that could be used: • multiple or single yard lashing, • seizing under the yard, • seizing around the eye itself, • seizing above the eye.

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