On Christmas Eve back in 1981 I was finishing up a ship in bottle I was giving as a gift for Christmas. While removing one of my tools from the bottle I accidentally snagged the rigging and severed the top of the Mainmast. I was crushed and at that point I thought my gift was ruined.
I worked into the night and patiently made the repair and was able to give my gift on Christmas Day. To this day nobody can tell what
transpired. I would suggest before taking the task at hand and removing the vessel, try making the repair within the confines of the bottle. You may
need to cut several rigging lines and add new ones later on.
Having had to deal with this many years ago it has helped me learn how to rig a ship INSIDE the bottle. In fact most of my projects require I do
it that way as I very rarely use the hinge method on my ships. After building the ship outside the bottle, I dismantle it and rebuild it piece by piece
inside the bottle.
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