Just a short report on an historical discovery. During
all the reports about the two and three mast photos, I did wonder where the
foremast had been. On the foredeck, just in front of the companionway, was a
wooden octagon with an 8-inch hole.
Too small for a mast and it fitted the 1943 blueprint
position of an 8-inch dead-light, although the actual glass is missing.
However, removal of the wood pieces revealed a rather larger hole
and an examination of the underside of the
deck in this area showed a substantial structure, far too strong to support a
small glass dead-light, but well able to take a mast.
So my guess is that the mast hole was covered when the
foremast was removed c1900 and the hole was opened up and used in 1943 to
install a large dead-light.
David
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