The trick to fitting it around the guns was giving up on the relationship to the rat-lines and removing a 4x4 by two-brick block from under the mast base.
The mast-base is a 2x2 round on a 4x4 flat, so there's gun clearance!
You can't really see the mast's base, but this is a good view of the gun deck.
The gun deck gets covered by "net" covers and the ships boat.
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Reversing the sails made them look like they have some wind in them. |
The mast is definitely in a more realistic location for a 1700's golden age of piracy cutter.
Now I just need to hit Hobby Lobby or some such and get some material for the main-sail and maybe another jib. Barquintine rigging is interesting.
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