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Re: Mast options
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lugnet.pirates
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Sun, 10 Oct 1999 09:59:19 GMT
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On Sun, 10 Oct 1999, Richard Parsons (<FJDJDo.DLJ@lugnet.com>) wrote at
06:44:24
> The tallest mast I use on the Agamemnon starts with the tall mast base, a
> main mast, the the smallest of the top mast, to which I have attached one of
> the longer topmasts (just snapped together like normal blocks), and lashed
> around with a small rope and stud piece, and a lance in the very top. That
> gets me around 52cm (20"). Even if I could figure out an elegant way to go
> higher, I'm not sure I would bother. At that size the proportional all seem
> to work out nicely.
I was playing about last night, and discovered that the tall mast base
is a firm fit on *top* of the thick mast section. So if you've got two
of the bases, you can add an extra 7 1/2" in height at the thick end,
rather than lashing bits to the top. Subject to aesthetic approval, of
course :-)
--
Tony Priestman
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Message has 2 Replies:
 | | Re: Mast options
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| Tony Priestman wrote (...) Hey hey! Something new! This seems to work a treat _and_ gives you a stable base for building an extra platform part way up the mast. I like it. I like it fine. I have a suspicion that Mr Priestman may have enhanced (...) (25 years ago, 10-Oct-99, to lugnet.pirates)
| | | Re: Mast options
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| (...) Arrrr. So now I know there are other mast-parts in existence, which I don't have. And if I had them, I could make more really cool ships, with more varied masts. And all I have to do to get these bits is to buy one or more copies of the either (...) (25 years ago, 11-Oct-99, to lugnet.pirates)
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| | Re: Mast options
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| The parts I have seen discussed look pretty complete, so I will only add my support for the lashing idea. The tallest mast I use on the Agamemnon starts with the tall mast base, a main mast, the the smallest of the top mast, to which I have attached (...) (25 years ago, 10-Oct-99, to lugnet.pirates)
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