Hi Chris,
Yes, yes and yes! She is looking SO GOOD. I thank you listening to me. I know I have made more work for you sorry, but now she is looking like a working ship. I have been looking into lowering ships boat from the waist (skid beams) with Vol for 1-1200 scale ships It can be done. I now understand the work for the crew to do this job. If as at Trafalgar then yes! The boats go, they had hours in which to do this very long task. Add lines to the standing rigging and yardarms of the fore and main course, unship the boats, add lines to the ships boats (one at a time) X 2 or more then put it all back as before. The ship must also be stopped or going very slow to de all this work. So I would say more likely to have them on-board.
Be safe
Rory