Hello everyone

[Elfriver]

Hello, I work as a captain onboard a sailing ship, a three masted schooner from 1939, and sail with students between Sweden and the canaries every year. Before that I was a bosun onboard the fullrigger Sps, Götheborg, the biggest wooden ship in the world. Sailmaker, rigger, we had do do everything ourselves onboard that ship with natural materials.

I want to learn how to do the rigging and ship building but in a smaller scale that I'm used to, so I can't wait to start my first wooden ship model.

Best regards, S

 

[zoly99sask]

Welcome aboard!!

 

[DARIVS ARCHITECTVS]

Welcome!

 

[Steef66]

Welcome aboard

 

[Jimsky]

Welcome aboard SOS!

 

[Alexander74]

Welcome to this friendly forum. It will be very interesting when the captain of an active sailing ship makes models of ships. I will be happy to look after your construction.

 

[pianoforte]

Welcome aboard

 

[neptune]

Welcome to the SOS Forum,
Best regards John,

 

[Uwek]

Hallo and a warm welcome here on board of our forum.
I am very happy to have a new professional on real sailing ships here in our crew.
So I guess we can learn from you and visiversa

 

[Bluebeard]

WOW,
I have never met a fellow modeler with so much hand experience.
A very big Welcome Aboard.
Is this the ship you are talking about?

 

[Uwek]

I have never met a fellow modeler with so much hand experience.
A very big Welcome Aboard.
Is this the ship you are talking about?
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I guess yes - it is the Götheborg

Götheborg (ship) - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

but I would like also to know which schooner you are now comanding?
I was thinking about the Najaden, but she is older ....
The Oosterschelde is now dutch and also older ...... so ?

 

[Elfriver]

Hello, thank you. Feels good to have an experienced group of people to rely on when I stumble upon trouble in the building.

WOW,
I have never met a fellow modeler with so much hand experience.
A very big Welcome Aboard.
Is this the ship you are talking about?
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Yes that's her, that picture is from the stopover in Nice France

At the moment I command this ship, t/s Älva. She was built 1939 as one of the last cargo sailing ships in Europe and was compared to her sister ship (Borgila) rigged with a bermuda rig and was the fastest ship of the sisters. I miss sailing with fullriggers and work with hemp and tar, but this is a really good job.



If you wonder what we are doing in the rig we are playing "go fishing" and I lost



Best regards, S

 

[Masters Mate]

Welcome. So good to have your experience amongst us. I'm looking forward to watching your build log.

 

[DARIVS ARCHITECTVS]

If you wonder what we are doing in the rig we are playing "go fishing" and I lost

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Best regards, S

Seriously... this should be on my bucket list!