Odd post this . I just took a small resto job . Re-rigging what appears to be a small three masted Square - Sail Schooner from about the 1890s . She will be repaired to her present rig and some clean-up will be done .
Plus , the client asked for a little more trim . Except for an eagle on one side of the bow , she has none . The little ship is so well done she looks great even with broken rigging and runs in the paint .
She is getting a semi-gloss hull again and a green waterline area . I am going to copy the eagle on both sides and paint " Elise " on the stern . Also the deck level strake that is present will be painted gold . That’s all !
I thought the client was going to cry when I told him she could be repaired ! Can’t wait to see his face when she returns !
Is this the same ELISE that beat the schooner BLUENOSE at the International Fisherman’s Race at Gloucester, Massachusetts, in 1921 ? This schooner had the reputation of being a fast sailor.
Heard on the news last night that some of the “Tall Ships” are in Penns Landing for the holiday and will be here for the rest of next week. No names given but some of them will be taking people for day cruises. Going to try to get down there and maybe get aboard 1 or 2. Have a friend that is a permanent crew member on the “Gazella”. Maybe ???
You said it was a small schooner right? You didn’t mean a small model of a schooner, am I correct here?
This reconstruction of an 1850’s schooner is probably too large a ship to represent the type of ship the model of which you’re repairing. Nonetheless, she’s a handsome one.
Gazela is there but no one going aboard, at least not yesterday, but then again, you know the crew. Ship needs some work and not enough voluteers to get her ready I believe.
Sagres is there as well as a replica of a 17th century Dutch-built Pinnace the Kalmar Nyckel from Sweden. America 2.0 was taking folks out for a “ride”.
I was hoping the USCGC Eagle would be there but no luck.
America 2.0 and New Jersey:
It’s 7 bucks, 5 if senior, to get in. There is some parking at 20 dollars. It’s $16 if you want to tour a ship. The Oliver Hazard Perry is free to walk on. Don’t forget the USS Olympia, and USS Becuna are there . More importantly, the Seaport Museum (normally $17), is free.
They have the Thoma Birch United States vs Macedonian painting. Here’s a stern view of the USF US:
Hit me with a PM if any of you folks are heading down. Maybe I can catch up with you.
Jim
TB, I apologize for this hi-jack.
Here’s the Gazela. Not your schooner but she’s 3 masted; with a
sq rigged foremast and fore/aft rigged Main and Mizzen.
This thread has me enthused to get my Lucia Simpson down off my WIP shelf and do some more work on it. Hull is not yet painted- I carved a little too deep and got a hollow in the bow, and putting paste wood filler there to bring it back out to lines. Deck is done but need to do deckhouse and masts. I have a number of questions on how the sails are bent to the mast and yards on a schooner like this. Mine will have three fore and aft mainsails and a raffee. Decided to do it in port with sails gathered- the best picture I have of her is this way, but does not show gaskets and other small lines on the sails. It is a great lakes schooner so does not have the sleek curves of tanker-builder’s ship. It is a barge hull form- very full lines.
It is a small model of a small schooner type ship . Canted masts and all . Just one thing , She has a complete square sail rig . No Name , by the way .Client’s daughter chose " Elise ."
She has the typical schooner deck cabins etc . She has four , Yes four Jib sails as well . She has booms and gaffs in between the Fore and Main and between the Main and Mizzen . All bare poles .
Now the builder might’ve been doing a conjectural model . Who Knows ? The Hull curves and Bulwarks are right for a Clipper .BUT , The Bow and Stern deck hardware are definitely Bluenose Style
The Great Lakes were a large source of information on top sail schooners from the early 19th to the later quarter, of that century, when steam gradually overtook sailing vessels. The Smithsonian Watercraft collection of American sailing ships might have plans of this kind of working vessels of that rea.
Wow! Other than minor details, that is the spitting image of the Lakes schooner I am working on. Boy, this thread is making me want to hurry the project I am working on to get the Lucia S. down off the shelf. Bad idea- present project (an aircraft engine) is coming along too nice to spoil. But at the beginning of this year one of my resolutions was to finish the Lucia Simpson.
Interesting rigs on those lakes schooners. That raffee sail is a triangle on some of the ships, like above, a trapezoid on others.
