Black Pearl 2021 Golden Version

Peter Gutterman · Apr 30, 2025

Wow! She's coming down to the finish line nicely. Great work! Thumbsup

CaptainJ · May 19, 2025

Yards going up. In uncharted waters but navigating through. Were closer to the finish than the beginning. Still some way to go. But I'm happy with the progress.

Kurt Konrath · May 20, 2025

Looking great on the workbench, will you display in case or sit on open display.

CaptainJ · May 20, 2025

Kurt Konrath said:
Looking great on the workbench, will you display in case or sit on open display.

I think I will take a shot at building a case. I thought about a mirror back on the case so you can see both sides. Any thoughts?

CaptainJ · Jun 21, 2025

Wow I feel close. This has been a great experience so far. I am going to finish it, not perfect or even close. It's like a car going 60 mph on the freeway, looks pretty good. But the first one is getting done. Working on sails and some dying stuff. The detail rigging is hard to get pics of. Finish line to come.

Kurt Konrath · Jun 21, 2025

Looks great, are you planning on dying the sails to a darker color, and what do you plan to use if so.

Swiftie · Jun 22, 2025

Really great job

Peter Gutterman · Jun 22, 2025

Looking great! Thumbsup

CaptainJ · Jun 23, 2025

Kurt Konrath said:
Looks great, are you planning on dying the sails to a darker color, and what do you plan to use

CaptainJ · Jun 23, 2025

Yes I am. Here is what I'm using. I did a couple of samples. Going for dark as I can get. Black pearl you know. I thought I would sew first so I can see the material better. It's a little harder when you haven't done it before. The samples I did seem to be going for the color I'm looking for. After I get the sails sewed I plan on dying them all at once and try to keep the color uniform.

Kurt Konrath · Jun 23, 2025

Sounds like a great plan!

CaptainJ · Jul 12, 2025

I have the sails done. The dying process went well. I got to the color I was hoping for. Will see tomorrow after they dry. Home stretch underway. I was short some rigging. ZHL sent me some no ?. Thanks for that.

CaptainJ · Jul 25, 2025

Wow sails going on. Slow as she goes. For sure the more you do the little bit harder it gets.

GIG1810 · Jul 25, 2025

Hey Captain,

That looks really nice. Great work so far and the sails look excellent too.

Best regards

Günther Ship-1

Peter Gutterman · Jul 25, 2025

GIG1810 said:
Hey Captain,

That looks really nice. Great work so far and the sails look excellent too.

Best regards

Günther

Agreed!

CaptainJ · Thursday at 9:42 AM

Making some progress with the sails. Getting close. I feel like a parent getting ready to send my kid of to school. Finishing up feels a little strange after all this time. I will try and finish before my next post. Thanks everyone for the support. I don't feel like a rookie anymore.

Peter Gutterman · Thursday at 10:58 AM

Just a tip. You can rotate your pics by clicking on the "Attachment editor" selection lower left below the final pic. Beautiful work!
Pete