RossM
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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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Re: Sheets and sail winch
@Ronald Gary will be missed be all who watched him
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Re: Sailing ship "full rigged ship", "Af Chapman", now "Dunboyne".
@AlessandroSPQR Small question. When you were using three way pulleys, were you using twisted string for the sheet or braided string for the sheet? If this doe…
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Re: Sailing ship "full rigged ship", "Af Chapman", now "Dunboyne".
@AlessandroSPQR I recognize the issue that you are writing about. The main mast will carry about 7 square feet of sail, so I will do my counter weight to the b…
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Re: Sailing ship "full rigged ship", "Af Chapman", now "Dunboyne".
@AlessandroSPQR Okay then, order has been made. Next up will be bench test of the main boom. The excitement there will be the triple block that the main sheet …
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