Thank you Bob. Yes, the spacing is with the yards "at rest" ..... in their lowest position on the mast, typically when no sails are hanked on. The lower or course yards were fixed into position on the mast as far as vertical movement or minimal at best. Yards were then raised up the mast with sails on. Typical in port configuration. I have made a command descision to make just one sail for the model and that will be the Spanker (mizzen), fully loaded and rigged with all seam lines, reef points, running rigging. I have the sail rough cut out from a very light cotton that I think will look more to scale and I've giving the fabric a weathered 'wash'... it will hopefully show what could have been done with this model. I'm just somewhat concerned about time and just how much of that I have to complete this build. So far, I'm smokin along and very pleased with the progress and potential outcome.
Regards,
Dennis