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Model Forum / General / Models / March 2004HMS Victory spanker
Has anyone had a problem fitting the spanker on the Heller HMS Victory? It appears that it is about two panels too wide. It appears that the instructions for rigging the Buntlines on the missen sails are wrong. I believe the buntlinesshould rung abaft of the sail. Anyone concur with this? C.Benson I am not really a sea going man...but what is a 'spanker'? Mike IPMS > Has anyone had a problem fitting the spanker on the Heller HMS > Victory? It appears that it is about two panels too wide. [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > C.Benson The spanker or driver is the lowest sail on the mizzen mast. It is rigged to a boom and a gaff. C.Benson > I am not really a sea going man...but what is a 'spanker'? > Mike IPMS [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > > > C.Benson >I am not really a sea going man...but what is a 'spanker'? >Mike IPMS Yeah, me too. Poopdecks and now spankers; those seafarers were a kinky lot! tia Keeper (of too much crap) > I am not really a sea going man...but what is a 'spanker'? > Mike IPMS > > Has anyone had a problem fitting the spanker on the Heller HMS > > Victory? It appears that it is about two panels too wide. The spanker is a fore-and-aft sail on the rearmost mast of a ship. In addition to provide thrust, it helps to balance the helm against the action of the various jibs and staysails that are used in going to winward. > > It appears that the instructions for rigging the Buntlines on the > > missen sails are wrong. I believe the buntlinesshould rung abaft of > > the sail. Anyone concur with this? It is called the "mizzen" sail, not "missen." Not likely. Buntlines normally run forward of the sails. The definitive book is Eighteent-Century Rigs and Rigging, by Markquardt, published by Cornell Maritime Press. However, for Victory, you should refer to "The Anatomy of Nelson's Ships." Can't remember the author or publisher. Boris  Signature------------------------------------- Boris Beizer Ph.D. Seminars and Consulting 1232 Glenbrook Road on Software Testing and Huntingdon Valley, PA 19006 Quality Assurance TEL: 215-572-5580 FAX: 215-886-0144 Email bsquare "at" sprintmail.com ------------------------------------------ > The definitive book is Eighteent-Century Rigs and Rigging, by Markquardt, > published by Cornell Maritime Press. However, for Victory, you should > refer to "The Anatomy of Nelson's Ships." Can't remember the author or > publisher. > > Boris _The Anatomy of Nelson's Ships_ by C. Nepean Longridge. My edition was published in 1994 by Naval Institute Press, ISBN 0-87021-077-7. Despite the plural "Ships" in the title, the book is a very detailed work on modeling the Victory. I believe it was originally written in the late 1950's, so later research may have rendered some details in it incorrect, but overall it's an excellent resource. Dave |
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