The next part at the front is the rack near the 'kribbe'/crib where the breels are stored:
The breels are the wooden ones, like floats on the line of your fishing rod, that keep the nets afloat at the right distance from each other.
Here's a photo for clarification:
The explanatory text: "The entire fleet consists of 70 nets. The first 35 nets are each supported by a full breel; from the 36th net to the end, halfway down each net, another half breel is used."
When hauling in the fleet, quite a few breels have to be hauled in. These are thrown into the crib from a distance. If the crib fills up, you don't want them falling out of the bulwark at the back. Hence the piece of fencing to prevent this and also to allow the breels to be stacked higher.
First, I started working on getting the hang of soldering again:
There are still quite a few brass parts to be made.
With some small thickenings at some joints (see the example), the whole thing was painted black and installed:
At the moment, it's a dominant feature, and from certain angles, it looks slanted.
But it follows the curve and cant of the hull:
Which further enhances the lines of the bow.
Regards, Peter
The breels are the wooden ones, like floats on the line of your fishing rod, that keep the nets afloat at the right distance from each other.
Here's a photo for clarification:
The explanatory text: "The entire fleet consists of 70 nets. The first 35 nets are each supported by a full breel; from the 36th net to the end, halfway down each net, another half breel is used."
When hauling in the fleet, quite a few breels have to be hauled in. These are thrown into the crib from a distance. If the crib fills up, you don't want them falling out of the bulwark at the back. Hence the piece of fencing to prevent this and also to allow the breels to be stacked higher.
First, I started working on getting the hang of soldering again:
There are still quite a few brass parts to be made.
With some small thickenings at some joints (see the example), the whole thing was painted black and installed:
At the moment, it's a dominant feature, and from certain angles, it looks slanted.
But it follows the curve and cant of the hull:
Which further enhances the lines of the bow.
Regards, Peter
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. It was a shame for the lady giving the lecture. But she had already sought me out before the lecture, knowing that I was building the Balder and she had been connected to the museum in Vlaardingen, to which the Balder is related. So it turned into a very lively interactive lecture.