Virginia 1819 build log – Part 20

I am completing the final details on the deck. Here are the anchors.

Anchors
Anchors


I created chainplates by twisting lengths of cloth covered wire away from the deadeyes. However, I didn’t how they looked, so I removed them and found some chains, which were attached and secured by brass pins.

Deadeyes and chainplates before and after
Deadeyes and chainplates before and after

I added some line to hold the tiller in place. In hindsight, I should have kept the lines more slack. Blocks were added at the stern which will accept the boom sheet lines.

Tiller secured
Tiller secured

All my time at this point has been spent trying to figure out how to run each line of rigging.

 

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