Cuauhtémoc — Mexican Navy Sail Training Barque Model (32 in / 81 cm, Full Sails)
Cuauhtémoc — Mexican Navy Sail Training Barque Model (32 in / 81 cm, Full Sails)
How big is it?
Length about 81 cm / 31.9 in, height about 61 cm. Drawn to scale; the model outline is a simplified shape.
Model details
- Size
- 32 in / 81 cm
- Materials
- Brass, Linen sails
- Construction
- Plank-on-frame, built by hand
- Condition
- Fully assembled, ready to display
- Display
- Wooden base with brass nameplate
- Collection
- Tall Ship Models - Admiral Line
- Item no.
- T391
The larger Cuauhtémoc at 32 inches, rigged with a full sail set on every yard.
Four extra inches of hull buys a noticeably taller rig, and a full sail set roughly doubles the sailmaking work over a bare-yard model. On a barque — square-rigged on two masts, fore-and-aft on the third — that means two different sail systems, both built out completely.
Specification
- 32 in / 81 cm
- Plank-on-frame hull, hand-finished white
- Three masts, barque-rigged, full sail set
- Complete hand-knotted standing and running rigging
- Hand-stitched linen sails on every yard plus fore-and-aft canvas on the mizzen
- Deck detail: boats, davits, deckhouses, wheel, winches and rails
- Metal anchors and wooden rudder
- Solid wood base with engraved brass nameplate
- Fully assembled
The ship
Built at Bilbao in 1982 for the Mexican Navy and named for the last Aztec emperor, Cuauhtémoc trains naval cadets on extended ocean passages. Her gilded figurehead and white hull make her one of the most photographed vessels at international tall ship gatherings.