Model Ship Update: Forsail

The forsail is now on - five more sails to go. I used glue to attach the reefing lines that you can see in the first picture (the multiple short lines hanging from the middle of the sail). This turned out to be a mistake because, as you can see, it stained the sail. I should have made a test first. Anyway, I'll be using knots to attach them from now on.

In the second picture you can see how various lines are fastened at the bottom of the mast. The kit's instructions had a circle of eyes attached to the deck, but I went with cleats on the mast. I'm glad I did.

The third and fourth pictures show the detail of where the yard fastens to the mast under the fortop. It's worth noting that there are still some more lines to come through this area once the fortopsail and the forgallantsail (the sails above this one) are put on. There are still several more control lines (sheets, braces and buntings) to be attached to the forsail, but that will come later.



Mike