Schooner? This hull, photo1 was passed on to me last year. The owner said his father carved it some 45 years ago. It has never been fully painted , however a deck has been laid on red lead at some time but is now missing.
Photo 4 white area is a thicker part of the hull ,could
it be for a rudder ? but photo 5 shows an extension on the keel, a bit strange.
I have drawn a vertical pencil line with the idea of cutting this portion
off and inserting a rudder tube and moveable rudder?
vmyg comment. It must surely be a one off. I think
that your suggestion for the revised position of the mast step is right and
that she was intended as a schooner. I attach some possible rigs. I fear you
will have to do a lot of cutting and trying to get the rig right. The only
consolation is that with that amount of displacement, there's small risk of
overcanvassing her. Rig drawings now attached. 1 is from the 'Work' handbook of 1902, but clearly dates from earlier. 2 is from 'Model Yachtsman and Canoeist' in the late 1880s Russell Potts
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