Instruction manual

7. Studding Sails
Bend the stunsail to the stunsail yard with lacing sim-
ilar to the gaffs. The halliard should go through a
block on the topsail yard. Notice on plan sheet 6 that
the stunsail tack goes to deck at the aft cavel when in
use. If no stunsail is installed, the tack line is knotted
off at the block, and the running end of the line is
coiled up and stowed on the topsail yard.
When the sail is omitted, the yard also should be
eliminated. The halliard can be knotted off at the
block, or you should drop the yard to the deck on the
halliard. Then remove the yard and belay the halliard
somewhere along the shrouds at the rail. This latter
scheme is possible, but will look somewhat awkward
on the model. It is preferable to knot off the halliard
at topside. With no sails rigged, the stunsail boom is
shoved in toward the mast.
8. Fore Topgallant Sail
The topgallant yard has no jackstays, so the sail
should be bent to the yard by a lacing similar to the
gaff lacing for the foresail. The sheets reeve through
a block at the end of the topsail yard and belay to a
cleat on the topsail yard yoke instead of going all the
way down to the deck. The yard has no braces. The
sail should fly freely, held by the halliard and sheets.
If sails are omitted, the topgallant yard should come
off and you should stow it on the port bulwarks.
9. Miscellaneous Rigging
Anchor Burton: The anchor burton is shown on sheet
6 in its stowed position on the forward side of the
foremast. It should be hooked into an eyebolt just
above the mast cleats.
Flag Halliards & Flags: Position flag halliards at each
topmast pole, at crosstrees, and on the main gaff, and
main boom topping lift. They should be single lines
that you reeve through very small metal blocks. The
flags are detailed on plan sheet 6. They are an Amer-
ican flag, Pride of Baltimore II pennant, Maryland
flag, and City of Baltimore flag. The real ship flies the
American flag on the gaff or topping lift halliard. The
halliard on the topping lift is used when the ship is in
port and the gaff is down. On her maiden voyage, the
ship flew a 15-star, 15-stripe flag. It is a replica of the
flag that flew over Fort McHenry during the war of
1812 and inspired Sir Francis Scott Key to write the
Star Spangled Banner. This flag is still flown today.
Never is a modern flag flown.
If you decide to add the flags and pennants, you can
make them from light weight cotton cloth and paint the
colors on with acrylics. Acrylic paint is fairly flexible.
Paper can also be used. Shape the paper before installing
the flags so that they hang as naturally as a flag might.
Gantlines
: The gantlines are single lines rove through
single blocks at topside. Both ends of the lines are
belayed together. These simple tackle are used to
hoist the ship’s boat or anything else, such as deck
equipment and cargo. Plan sheet 6 shows the loca-
tions and details of the six gantlines.
Main Stay Hauling Tackle
: The ship has two main-
stays with a runner at the forward end. When sailing,
one mainstay is left loose so it will not be in the way of
the foresail. The dead weight of the loose stay pulls it
back toward the main mast. To get the stay out toward
the bulwarks, a small tackle is fitted port and star
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