Thank you so much guys. 
Work continues. Nothing major but a did finish up the rudder and tiller. The rudder hinges are made from wood. Its much easier to do it would than metal for me. Especially at this scale. Once the pintles and gudgeons are on the model its quite sturdy. They were painted painted black and then weathered so they would appear different from the other wood painted black. Small differences in the finish make a big difference in how the finished model looks in my opinion.
The tiller was shaped after cutting it from a 1/8" sheet of boxwood and it was tenonned into the rudder head after the rudder was positioned permanently. I could have painted the tiller red, black or left it natural. I decided on red which is shown on teh contemporary model of her sister Surly. It is in teh Thompsonn Collection in Canada.
Next I will start fabricating teh bowprit and bowsprit step...which also contains the pawls for the windlass.
Chuck
