@th I wasn’t aware ships carpenter was a career I could aspire to
@cinebox it’s challenging with only hand tools in cramped and rolling conditions but maybe that’s the job for you!
@th That is one lovely repair well made!
@th That's so cool! Is it powered by the capstan?
@tty powered by two hand cranks and handles the bracing jobs of almost a dozen sailors during wears or tacks.
@th Amazing -- thank you for the response & photo! Are the braces made of steel? What fibres are the other lines made of? What IS this beautiful ship? :D
@tty the braces have both poly ropes that look like hemp as well as steel wire. Many of the sheets switch to wire at the yard and then to chains for the turtle blocks, as do the halyards at the gin blocks before they pass over a sheave through the mast.
@th for the handling of modern sails ?
@th 20 seems a lot on such a large ship, but I guess they heel the same as my 26' boat - 30something is the most I ever saw
@th it's beautiful! I hope all goes well!
@th It feels like you're doing every single one of the night watches :D I don't mind, but then it's not my sleep!
@th That is so cool. Where in Japan are you arriving? Tokyo?
@th I've enjoyed the photos you've been sharing from this voyage. Thank you!
@th now that's what I call under tension!
@th
Why the difference on the same halyard? Has it met with misfortune and been joined/spliced or whatever it's called?
@Feathers it’s carrying the weight of the yard and sail. The tension has stretched the lay of the rope.
@th Origin of the phrase "don't sweat the small stuff"
@th I really like that you are taking the fediverse on your sailing adventure. I have only be sailing on rivers and near the coast in yawls but your photos call up many memories in me. Thank you for that phantastic photographic journey!
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Ohhhh, up there!
@th That's striking!
The sails haven’t required much handling the past few watches, so I’ve been spending time working on projects in the bosun store.