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jankers · 11-01-2006

Sunderland Historic Ships

I visited their workshop today and found that the ship/model I refered to above is in fact the "Venerable". the ship that Jack Crawford sailed in.

The model is 19 feet long (prow to stern), has a breadth of about 5 feet and draft of 4 feet 6 inches. The team leader (Derek) was away so I was unable to get the full info but it is currently planked to maindeck level and the after works are giving the chippies real headaches trying to figure out the details. It currently has no masts and these will be a real problem as they are likely to be up to 30 feet above deck ( the spritsail is expected to be 15 feet long), and there is no timetable for completion.
When complete it is hoped to power it with a (electric?) motor and could/should/maybe will hold two men to operate. The anticipation is for it to "sail" in resricted waters, hence the motor, in any event, two men would not be able to control the amount of rigging/sails it could carry so that is still up for grabs.
If no appearance on their website in 6 months I think another 'site' visit will be in order.

PS. I'm just glad I don't bother with models of this period, that rigging would drive me insane!

11-01-2006	#9 (permalink)
jankers Scale Model Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Sunderland Real Name: John My Models: Warships 1890-1920, merchant ships1950-1970 Visit jankers's Gallery Posts: 292 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Sunderland Historic Ships I visited their workshop today and found that the ship/model I refered to above is in fact the "Venerable". the ship that Jack Crawford sailed in. The model is 19 feet long (prow to stern), has a breadth of about 5 feet and draft of 4 feet 6 inches. The team leader (Derek) was away so I was unable to get the full info but it is currently planked to maindeck level and the after works are giving the chippies real headaches trying to figure out the details. It currently has no masts and these will be a real problem as they are likely to be up to 30 feet above deck ( the spritsail is expected to be 15 feet long), and there is no timetable for completion. When complete it is hoped to power it with a (electric?) motor and could/should/maybe will hold two men to operate. The anticipation is for it to "sail" in resricted waters, hence the motor, in any event, two men would not be able to control the amount of rigging/sails it could carry so that is still up for grabs. If no appearance on their website in 6 months I think another 'site' visit will be in order. PS. I'm just glad I don't bother with models of this period, that rigging would drive me insane! Last edited by jankers; 11-01-2006 at 11:46.