Questions on Rigging...

[Landlubber]

"in the early 1700's, was standing rigging ended on pins, did it just dead hand into hardware on the deck".......WTF....does everyone think that any boat without a Bermudan rig is ancient or something.....

[souljour2000]

.YES....I mean uh..just kidding, NO !..of course...but traditional boats have not gone mainstream yet...though they are picking up speed...in sense...while everything in western culture is slowly moving towards slowing down a bit...afterall...we've been going at breakneck speed since the end of WWII at least and we have blown a gasket culturally and certainly economically...black tar and pins will be back baby....and hopefully not brought to you by BP Mobil...lol

[Landlubber]

...yep, like fashion, it goes round in circles (some yacht designs do that too).......ah, Love the smell of blackjack in the morning......

[PAR]

I for one am glad tar and pins are gone and never to return except on recreations of antiques. It was an imposable substance to live with, imposable to get off of whatever it got on, smelled like hell and certainly not conducive to the chick magnet magic "owning a yacht" line.

Yes, all boats are or should be jib headed and have carbon free standing spars (see, I said it Eric) with Spectra lines running everywhere, that are so small a diameter, that it hurts to grab the tiny things and haul on one.

All sails should be made from ungodly fabrics that make a terrible racket if flogged, though with modern full length battens, not much of a concern. These sails should be square topped and have huge emboldened advertiser's logos in bright, easy to see in the dark colors.

The boat should should moan and grown in metallic and exotic material sounds, continuously underway and paint should cost $500 a gallon and be of at least 3 parts that need to be very precisely mixed. Of course it should also dry rock hard in 2 minutes after applying.

While we're at it, the crew should be forced to wear Nauru jackets while working on deck, just to let Lubber's fashion come back around and he can use the stuff he's been keeping in the back of his closet again.

[gonzo]

Par: I make my female crew take off their Nauru jackets onboard.

Boat from the 1700's used a variety of systems. They were many local fashions and customs. Making a faux antique boat is not so difficult, since few people know enough maritime history. That is why we have "tall ships"

[Landlubber]

...tall ships....tall stories....and PAR, you been peeking in my closet...notice the waxed cottons there too.....


...sadly I still do use them, they really are the best working wet weather gear around, no sweat.

[hoytedow]

What method do you use for waxing said cottons?

[Landlubber]

...we can still buy tins of wax from stores like Drysabone....very rarely need rewaxing, say once every ten years. My work coat is 25 years old, my bike jacket is (sadly) 50 years old, and my "new" coat is ten years old.....

...ya got ta luv em....