Thanks Braid is what I use for the sheets as it does not tangle.
Roy

Auto change the word gizmo try braid https://www.bcf.com.au/fishing/fishing-line/braid-line

@ColRay Hi what is fishing tackle bride?
For holding the mast up I use non-stretch cord (fishing tackle) as unobtrusive as possible, referred to as shrouds. It will probably need bowsies for adjustment. Bowsies are frequently made from white plastic. If you use white they show up big-time on photos. I buy mine and prefer black as they do not show. It looks untidy just to have them at random distances from the deck so cut the shrouds the same length and keep the adjustment range just enough to make the securing hook easy to remove.


If you are suffering from the condition called 'Old' you might find it easier to have the bowsies at the top of the mast. For my yachts most from 24 to 40 inches long I make the shrouds and the deck location eye very strongly so that I can launch a yacht just holding the mast with yacht hanging below.
Just screwing in a metal eye looks crude. If you first place a small washer onto the eye and a touch of glue on the thread it suddenly becomes an acceptable fitting on the deck.

When you have finished the build and tested the workings and are ready for the lake, do the upside down test, nothing should move! It is a precaution against sudden heavy weather, it happened to me once on a lake and I was lucky to get the boat back intact. I had Captain Kirk in civilian clothes at the helm and he was lost overboard, never to be seen again!
Roy

A question for Roy or Ron
The string that runs between the mast and boats side is it fishing bride or sone other cord? Col

Just spent a short time down at the town's pond chatting with a few of the local guys from the model sailing club , a very nice morning I even had a sail of a dragon class sail boat.
If the price is right I may have a winch and rudder servo that one of the members is selling Col

Ronald at the moment I really haven't a clue what I should do . I 'm thinking add as must as what looks good on the model.
Col

Ronald paper templates I'm thinking that's the next cab of the rank Col

Ronald Thanks so it just two ways Col

@Ronald Hi, this photo was taken before the rigging was fully done so the 'boom vang' is not yet in place. But the description does fill in the gap.
Roy

Col, have you created paper templates for your sail patterns?

I know this 3d printed schooner is an experiment. If you have followed the last couple of Gary’s videos, his final flat bottom models had several different sail designs tried before deciding on the one he liked best.

Following his method of making DIY cotton sails, it’s possible to make a variety of different styles.

@roycv

Roy, I don’t see a sting as mentioned from mast to boom?

Thoughts on goose neck fitting. you could use a small u/j as per Huco couplings. I use model aircraft elevator/aileron hinges. There are several sizes. One part of the hinge is fitted into the end of the sail boom. The other part of the hinge lodges in a close fitting tube connected to the mast, which gives full movement.
I use a tube where the hard plastic hinge pokes out of the tube at the bottom. I drill a hole in the lower end of the hinge and this has a removable hook which has a rope to the boom so stopping it rising up.
Painting to match the mast makes it almost invisible cost is very low. Each element of the plastic circular section hinge is about 30mm. and about 3mm diameter and they are very strong.
I think my 'fitting shows if you magnify the picture.
Roy

Okay not another question.
I'm working on the lower boom* mounting block.
will it require a three-way movement
Up and down, left and right with a twist on the boom
or can I get away with just two
Up and down left and right with the hoops on the boom taking care of the twist Col

* I think the rod at the bottom of the sail is a boom

Lew and as for the sails anything that will puff along on the pond Col

LewZ A great help I guess the cement you used would be the rubber / sprit contact type Col

Are you looking for modern or old sails? If modern, years ago I went to a sailmakers shop and was able to get some scraps of different types of lightweight synthetic (Dacron and Nylon?) sail material for my 50/800 boats. Used a hot knife to cut the sails to shape. Made masts with a captured luff which had a line running through it for the slot in the mast. Used a cement rather than sew the flap over the line. I also used the same material for my Emma C. Berry schooner. No sewing.
Don't know if this helps.