The Sails

Are pre- made.. all four of them... Other than fitting the strengthening eyelets... to each sail corner.. there's not a lot to do.........

NOW STOP !!!

DO NOT FIT THE EYELETS YET... !!

Despite what the instructions tell you !

Firstly, thread the stay wires into the the seams of the 2 relevant sails.. BEFORE you start to fit the eyelets !

Mark the centre of the seams... I placed a washer in position, then penciled thro the centre .

Then using a heated soldering iron, you burn ( melt) a 3mm hole on each corner.. add a washer, eyelet rivet to one side.. another washer on the opposite side.. peen the rivit over the 2nd washer, which will hold it in position.. ( tis all explained in the instructions)

If, like me you fitted the eyes before threading the darn stay wires through... now is the time to swear !! SO now you will need to remove them.. or struggle your "wotsits" off, trying to thread thewires through !

A tip... the eyelets supplied with servo accessory packs are the right size..

Now just follow the diagrams in the drawings... and you should start to have her looking like a Schooner :)

I still need to do some tweaking to the shrouds..., but couldnt resist adding all the sails to see how she looks :)

More soon !

Steve