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Planning ahead for rigging

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  • Member since
    November 2009
  • From: Twin Cities of Minnesota
Planning ahead for rigging
Posted by Don Stauffer on Thursday, June 7, 2012 9:42 AM

I was reminded last night how important planning ahead for riggings, when working on my Encore Olympia.  I had planned ahead for most of the rigging, but neglected to figure out termination for the mainmast forestays. Turns out they terminate on the boat deck right below a pair of boats.  The boats virtually touch, so it will be almost impossible to drill a hole and mount an eye at that point.  I may have to break loose one or both of those boats.  Sure wish I had noticed those stays on the instructions. But then, even if I had put in the eye, I am afraid I would not have been able to thread line through it anyway with the boats in place.  Of coarse, Revell and Encore didn't figure that out either, calling for the installation of the boats many steps ahead of the rigging.  At least these are inboard boats not fitted with tackle.

A word to the wise- read ahead and always figure out how and where you will terminate every line.

Don Stauffer in Minnesota

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    March 2012
  • From: Marysville, WA
Posted by David_K on Thursday, June 7, 2012 3:33 PM

Great advice!

Even in my limited experience of ship modeling, I've seen a number of rigging steps that could have been greatly simplified if performed earlier in the assembly....

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  • Member since
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  • From: Twin Cities of Minnesota
Posted by Don Stauffer on Friday, June 8, 2012 9:35 AM

Popping one of the boats off solved the problem.  Didn't damage either the boat or the boat rack.  Was able to drill a hole for an eyebolt, glue it in, rig the stays, and glue the boat back in place.  Still, would have saved a hassle if I'd noticed the problem earlier and not put that boat in place until after rigging done.

Don Stauffer in Minnesota

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  • From: Carmel, CA
Posted by bondoman on Friday, June 8, 2012 9:41 AM

Good save. You brought up a good point tho, which was a major gripe of mine on the Emden. 

I generally do try to plan ahead and set up any stays that go into the deck ASAP. Add the boats last. But the two can't occupy the same space, so at this point she sits lowly in the dry dock missing most of her boats, and has reached that point where things are starting to fall off.

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