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A Dutch Fluyt in shell first, reconstructing the "Ghost ship" scale 1:36

Waterways were indeed bolted horizontally through both the ships sides and the waterways.
The English word for 'schaarstokken' is 'binding strakes', although their appearance is different. In the English method they only run from beam to beam, in the Dutch method they are part of the longitudinal strength of the construction.
 
Ab Hoving said:
Waterways were indeed bolted horizontally through both the ships sides and the waterways.
The English word for 'schaarstokken' is 'binding strakes', although their appearance is different. In the English method they only run from beam to beam, in the Dutch method they are part of the longitudinal strength of the construction.
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Thanks Ab for the added info. I will add the horizontal bolts to the PS waterways as they will only be visible in the none planked deck. On the SB side I will add them on the outside of the hull only. I haven't seen any of these bolts in the accesible wreck data as these are mostly invisible or these parts are in most cases not remaining, do you know if these are visible on the Scheurrak SO1 wreck as here the whole ship side was conserved?
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I love the light.

By the way, the website is really hard to access. I was able to give it a like a little while ago, but then the site went black for me. It’s not my internet connection; it’s really because the server is overloaded.
 
Steef66 said:
I love the light.

By the way, the website is really hard to access. I was able to give it a like a little while ago, but then the site went black for me. It’s not my internet connection; it’s really because the server is overloaded.
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Hi Stephan,
Personally I haven't experienced this but off course it can happen if a lot people simultaneously visit the site.
Maybe @Jimsky can give some additiinal info on this.
 
Maarten said:
Hi Stephan,
Personally I haven't experienced this but off course it can happen if a lot people simultaneously visit the site.
Maybe @Jimsky can give some additiinal info on this.
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Thank gentlemen, for the trust. ;) I have not received any performance glitch reports from the software. I hardly believe that the forum has been overloaded. I'm preparing a report on how many members, on average, use the forum.
 
Now the pine deck planking is finished for half the hull, the other side remains open to see the deck structure.
First finishing of the deck is done by means of scraping it with a razor blade.
You clearly see the difference between the oak "schaarstokken" and waterways which are part of the ships structure vs the pine planking.
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Next step is nailing, coamings and hatches followed by a layer of shellack which is againg sanded with steelwool.
 
As we are heading towards Sicilia with our motorhome it is time again for a new "MHCP", motorhome holiday carving project.

This time it will be the knightsheads. There are 4 on the ship. 3 behind the main mast and 1 behind the fore mast just before the main winch.

I do have ROV pictures and video of these.
The main mast.
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The fore mast which is severely damaged.
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For a 100 ft ship Van Yk mentions the following about these.
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The main mast knight is square 14 thumb "inches"
The fore mast knight is square 12 thumb.
The main top sail knights are 7 to 8 thumb.

The example ship of Witsen is showing larger knights but this is a bigger ship than my 95 ft big Fluyt.
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Of the mentioned sizes above I made some lengths of boxwood for each individual knights head.
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I start with the top sail knight.
He is wearing a wollen hat of which you see an 17th century original below. This one was found in the ice on Spitsbergen where a lot of Dutch whalers are burried in the permafrost.
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By lack of a decent pencil I made just a very rough sketch. ROTF
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Let the fun begin.
 
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Maarten said:
As we are heading towards Sicilia with our motorhome it is time again for a new "MHCP", motorhome holiday carving project.

This time it will be the knightsheads. There are 4 on the ship. 3 behind the main mast and 1 behind the fore mast just before the main winch.

I do have ROV pictures and video of these.
The main mast.
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The fore mast which is severely damaged.
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For a 100 ft ship Van Yk mentions the following about these.
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The main mast knight is square 14 thumb "inches"
The fore mast knight is square 12 thumb.
The main top sail knights are 7 to 8 thumb.

The example ship of Witsen is showing larger knights but this is a bigger ship than my 95 ft big Fluyt.
View attachment 603376

Of the mentioned sizes above I made some lengths of boxwood for each individual knights head.
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I start with the top sail knight.
He is wearing a wollen hat of which you see an 17th century original below. This one was found in the ice on Spitsbergen where a lot of Dutch whalers are burried in the permafrost.
View attachment 603386

By lack of a decent pencil I made just a very rough sketch. ROTF
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Let the fun begin.
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Have a good time during your holiday, Maarten.
Regards, Peter
 
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