“Without the idea
Of a sailboat
Dancing in the wind
There would be no order
In the universe,
Only chaos”
.
Me.
——-
About a month and a half ago I finished building a model of Herreshoffs “Quiet Tune”.
She’s one of the loveliest shapes ever to kiss the waves. I’m finding it hard to think of any other boat
To build a model of. She has that little bit of flair at the waterline right whare she starts cutting the waves, and a long low graceful sheer (profile deck curve) which sweeps all the way back to her perfectly proportioned stern. Her mizzen sail echoes the proportions of her main sail, and her jib balances the whole picture.
To build my Quiet Tune model, I needed to overcome a few interesting technical challenges. Should she have a modified modern keel and separate rudder well aft? Should the cabin top be removable like other boats that I’ve made for easy access to electronics at deck level? Should she have working scale brass turnbuckles for easy set-up and take-down of the sails at the pond?
I happened to have a keel bulb for an international one meter boat which miraculously fit, in a sculptural sense, as well as displacement, right below her scale keel profile. She got to keep her keel, as drawn by LFH, plus ballast painted black attached lower down.
I decided, after much head scratching, to permanently attach the cabin top, mainly to avoid the look of having a slight gap showing daylight. I can reach the winch under the scale main hatch, and the rudder servo is under the forward hatch, which is sealed with silicone.
Brass turnbuckles are too expensive.
Then came the long awaited launching day. She sailed perfectly, stayed upright more than expected, went to windward like a real Quiet Tune.
Of a sailboat
Dancing in the wind
There would be no order
In the universe,
Only chaos”
.
Me.
——-
About a month and a half ago I finished building a model of Herreshoffs “Quiet Tune”.
She’s one of the loveliest shapes ever to kiss the waves. I’m finding it hard to think of any other boat
To build a model of. She has that little bit of flair at the waterline right whare she starts cutting the waves, and a long low graceful sheer (profile deck curve) which sweeps all the way back to her perfectly proportioned stern. Her mizzen sail echoes the proportions of her main sail, and her jib balances the whole picture.
To build my Quiet Tune model, I needed to overcome a few interesting technical challenges. Should she have a modified modern keel and separate rudder well aft? Should the cabin top be removable like other boats that I’ve made for easy access to electronics at deck level? Should she have working scale brass turnbuckles for easy set-up and take-down of the sails at the pond?
I happened to have a keel bulb for an international one meter boat which miraculously fit, in a sculptural sense, as well as displacement, right below her scale keel profile. She got to keep her keel, as drawn by LFH, plus ballast painted black attached lower down.
I decided, after much head scratching, to permanently attach the cabin top, mainly to avoid the look of having a slight gap showing daylight. I can reach the winch under the scale main hatch, and the rudder servo is under the forward hatch, which is sealed with silicone.
Brass turnbuckles are too expensive.
Then came the long awaited launching day. She sailed perfectly, stayed upright more than expected, went to windward like a real Quiet Tune.
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