I need a little help.
My father is building a wooden ship model and needs a few bits to buy.
It is an old sailing ship.
Can anybody tell  me what is the exact english name for the following part I' m going to describe a little.
It is the metal or wooden part through the ropes from sails go and keeps them tightened. Also I think the same part is where the ropes go around it and it also keeps them tihgtened.

mathewst wrote on 04. Dec 2009 at 10:25:

I need a little help. My father is building a wooden ship model and needs a few bits to buy. It is an old sailing ship. Can anybody tell  me what is the exact english name for the following part I' m going to describe a little. It is the metal or wooden part through the ropes from sails go and keeps them tightened. Also I think the same part is where the ropes go around it and it also keeps them tihgtened.

Any of these do?  A thimble maybe?

No Im don't think it is any of those.
It used to look like a wheel rim and ropes passed through it and around it on old sailing ships

mathewst wrote on 04. Dec 2009 at 10:40:

No Im don't think it is any of those. It used to look like a wheel rim and ropes passed through it and around it on old sailing ships

What about a block

.. or a Capstan? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capstan_(nautical)

NOTE: No nautical knowledge whatsoever!

Kevin

Kevin Wood wrote on 04. Dec 2009 at 11:12:

.. or a Capstan? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capstan_(nautical) NOTE: No nautical knowledge whatsoever! Kevin

Same here Kevin.  But can Google!

http://www.hamble.demon.co.uk/spinnaker_winch.jpg

I think you mean that ^^^^^^^^^

It's called a Spinnaker Winch :y

Welung666 wrote on 04. Dec 2009 at 11:23:

http://www.hamble.demon.co.uk/spinnaker_winch.jpg I think you mean that ^^^^^^^^^ It's called a Spinnaker Winch :y

Did they have those on old sailing ships though?  It looks like an electric capstan to me.

Chris_H wrote on 04. Dec 2009 at 11:33:

Welung666 wrote on 04. Dec 2009 at 11:23: http://www.hamble.demon.co.uk/spinnaker_winch.jpg I think you mean that ^^^^^^^^^ It's called a Spinnaker Winch :y Did they have those on old sailing ships though?  It looks like an electric capstan to me.

That's an electric spinnaker winch, manual versions are available though :y

Welung666 wrote on 04. Dec 2009 at 11:38:

Chris_H wrote on 04. Dec 2009 at 11:33: Welung666 wrote on 04. Dec 2009 at 11:23: http://www.hamble.demon.co.uk/spinnaker_winch.jpg I think you mean that ^^^^^^^^^ It's called a Spinnaker Winch :y Did they have those on old sailing ships though?  It looks like an electric capstan to me. That's an electric spinnaker winch, manual versions are available though :y

Its manual, you can see the splines in the top where the winch handle goes. The handles are usually taken out when they are not being used otherwise people trip over them.

Big winches might be called capstans.

Pulleys, blocks, pulley blocks, sheeves are all words that might be applied to the er pulleys.

Bottle screws are used to tension the rigging.

windlass  :y

raywilb wrote on 04. Dec 2009 at 12:34:

windlass  :y

I'm a boy.  I assume you're not addressing me?

Chris thanks it is the block what I was looking for.
Although this word would never come to my mind for this particular thing

Now I only have to find where to buy these on the nert :-/

Try here  :y

http://www.shipmodels.co.uk/1368_1.html

Thanks found it on the site. Just have to contact them now if they are willing to send to my location

mathewst wrote on 04. Dec 2009 at 13:53:

Thanks found it on the site. Just have to contact them now if they are willing to send to my location

Looks like they do £5.00 minimum postage though  :(
Less 15% vat  :)

mathewst wrote on 04. Dec 2009 at 13:28:

Chris thanks it is the block what I was looking for. Although this word would never come to my mind for this particular thing

I was brought up on Meccano amongst other useful toys and 'block' is the term used for the multiple pulleys used on big cranes to amplify the lifting ability at the expense of speed.  The lower one usually has the hook on it.

Why your father can't make these baffles me.  What scale is he using?  Do they have to work?