Thanks for your mail Robert and I look forward to the hull arriving.

Your Clinker Crabber is a typical south east coast beach boat like the ones in the picture from Hastings invariably had a foremast and mizzen mast. The foremast was for carry hauling gear and lights and the mizzen had a sail to assist the boat to lie into wind and tide when hauling pots. Notice the simple wheelhouses. They were lovely old boats with loads of character as your is. My profile picture is the boat I am building.

The pots are parlour pots.

As for the wheel house it was the only thing I could think of at the time.
But I can change it all.

Me again Sonar. My Crabber is a traditional South Devon Boat from the 70s/80s. They traditionally had aft wheelhouses but then the trend changed when crabbers used the stern of the boat to shoot pots for safety reasons. You boat, in my opinion suits an aft wheelhouse and it wants to be set higher. I actually think it is a bit to modern as well for the style of your double ender (cruiser stern boat). She is lovely and warrants a wheelhouse of the time. Only my views, after all she is your build.😉

Hi Sonar, it's me again!!! Are you making parlour pots or inkwells ? I've been making inkwells out of champagne cork wire!!! I need a full string of 35 pots so there's a lot of celebrations needed because I've only made 8. I might crack a bottle when the Springer Hull arrives !!!😊

Nice detail.I think the wheelhouse should be at the bow, just my preference👍

Yes I am looking for some now.
I will have to alter them a bit and add a bit then paint them

When I get some I will post the before and after..

Sounds good, Can't wait to see how she turns out!
Have you found where you will be sourcing the figures from?

I noticed the same the wheelhouse was a little to low.

But I worked on the wheelhouse when it was on floor and at the time it looked right.

Eye level and it disappears into the hull.

The figures will be 5 1/4 to 5 1/2 inches tall and the scale then looks about right

Hi Sonar,

I think the wheelhouse would look nice toward her Stern!
Lift the Wheel House about an 1" or so, to give the wheelhouse good visibility facing her bow.
And have her fishing hardware facing forward towards the bow!