Thanks Dave, I took the Kogge down of the self last night to get an idea of how I had set up the rigging plan again, and dang if I do not love that build. Of course I see the problem areas better now which I'll get around to fixing one of these days.
Thanks for the heads up on the tack and sheet, I look forward to seeing how you overcame the problem. For your question on the yard, I cut the full sail off the yard with a razor saw "very carefully" and then cleaned it up, painted and oiled. It actually came out nice as seen in these pictures. In regards to the cleats, I used brass cleats with superglue and then tied off the line on the cleat and ran the rigging backwards. Kind of weird I know but I read about it somewhere and it worked. You cannot do this all the time but it really helped on the Kogge.
I have no problem with you posting on this thread bud, maybe we should change the heading so people will know that both of the Thomas' are in here. Kind of like a "group build"!
Have fun in Eastern Washington, part of my wife's family live in Spokane and I went through Eastern Washington on my way to the 1973 Scout Jamboree in Farragut, Idaho. Beautiful country although I prefer the Puget Sound area myself.
Steve