Hi,
I have one I am building, under the work bench, about 32 inches long.
too hot to work on it at the moment so a winter project.
Hull is from carved western red cedar, visible wood is going to be Bermuda cedar as per the real thing .
Howard Chappelle had a go at reproducing the rig , a more accurate representation
of the rig of Chapmans 1740 drawing is by Marquadt in his book 18th Cent Rigs and Rigging.
Bear in mind theses boats were built not just in Bermuda , but on the East coast of the US as well
there would be variance in the rig from boat to boat depending on the wealth of the owner, where it was built, ect
The Navy would alter the rig to a more conventional style, as in Dominic Serres print of "a sloop on the spanish main"
a small copy here-
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~bmuwgw/ships7.htmRe the layout, apparently the decks had a lot of camber to shed water , if you look at chapmans plan the boat is very spartan, note the boom crutch, the scuppers with the decorative cut outs- common feature of 18th cent Bermudian furniture , i have my feet resting on a 1740 chest with the same decorative scrolls.
Note the sides of the boat above the deck would not be solid, but open on the inside .so you would see the frames on the inside .
One thing that i think is wrongly interpreted is the rudder top, on Chapmans drawing i think the tiller would be smack in the middle of the house , at waist height
so accomodation would be either side , and the front probably open , the persons operating the tiller would have some shelter.