Batavia 1628 (1:72) Kolderstok Build log

[oldflyer]

Clemens,

Great idea to add sails. Lots of extra thinking required as you know.

A suggestion -- after I hemmed the sails for the Santisima - I wet the edges with this product. Let it dry (invisible BTW) then used a fabric cutter to cut off the excess. Worked really great.

Please-- I don't like to add my images into other member's logs - so please PM me I will certainly remove the image of the sail

Good luck with the sails your work is so excellent....

Regards,

 

[Papatotalos]

Leave it John. It is ok. Also for other members/builders.

 

[Papatotalos]

The update for week 26-2026.

Thanks for your comments as well. But... John, in our case, we made a plan and are making the sails with hems and without glue.
Just the fabric and thread. My wife does the hems, then I mark the "panels" with a hard pencil, after which she sews the panels on.
The samples were first pinned to the fabric and all in the same direction. (3 had already been cut out here)


The first and second are the sprit sails. Hemming around it and the stripes drawn.


Next, both sprit sails, which are now both ready for my work.
Due to the shadow, the yarn looks very dark, but that is certainly not the case. See the last photo of this post. In detail.


Determined the length of all sails and the bolt ropes with some excess length.
We thought these were a bit too light from the kit and they were given "tea treatment". Earl Gray to be precise.
The test showed that with 10 minutes in the dark tea, it would do the job.
So on the line to dry for the night. All labeled so as not to get confused.


Then I started with the bottom sprit sail and bold rope. And as can be seen in detail, I do not put the blanket stich on the top, as indicated in the kit description, but one on the side on the hem.
Just practice and be careful where you stick the needle. Also practiced that first on a test piece.


It requires patience, just like the ratline knots. I hope that patience will be rewarded.

More next week, and we will see how far we have come.

Have a great building week.