Anybody clued-up on clews?I`m making a model of a paddler(first build) of the 1830`s:it`s a man o` war with a full rig.The plans (copy of originals) don`t include rigging details.
The problem is this-the wheel box and it`s connected galley are placed someway forward of the middle of the ship,so if the fore yard and course are braced around, the yard arm is almost in line of the galley on the sponson,or the clew of the course is,I should say.
The sheet on the clew passes through the gunwale just forward of the galley-I think.I`ve seen prints which indicate this.But where are the respective sheets belayed?
They can`t pass aft,because they would be in front of the galley and heads doors.
If they run forward,they would be very close to the deadeyes,which on this vessel are attached to the bottom of the gun wales near the deck.Where would be an accurate position to belay them?Would it be appropriate to run the sheets in front of the deadeyes and pin rail?
The books I have -Lees`s Masting and Rigging,etc.,Harland`s Seamanship,relate to earlier vessels;,are there any books existing re.the rigging of later vessels of the kind I`m making?
Any help will be gratefully received-I don`t have a computer,so it may be a little time before I can reply,
Thanking you in advance, Ray.
P.S. The ship is British.