USS Confederacy

The yards are now fully rigged. Getting very close to completing this model of the most beautiful ship of her time.

All of the upper and lower shrouds have been fitted.  In fact, all of her "standing rigging" is now completed.  It's time to...

Confederacy is a three masted frigate.  The forward mast, seen here, is called the "fore mast".  The tallest mast is the "mai...

The Main Mast installed and rigged.

Gaff and Boom spars mounted onto the mizzen mast and rigged.

The rigging of the bowsprit is extremely complex.  Many different sizes and shapes of block and tackle are used along with various sizes of ...

Although far from being finished, I was invited to show the Confederacy at the North Carolina Maritime Model Society's annual wooden boa...

So guess which, of all the wooden boats in the show, was voted "Best in Show"???? How about that sports fans.... :=)

The "channels" are the long platforms mounted to the side of the hull just above the gun ports. The purpose of these channels is...