HIGH HOPES, WILD MEN AND THE DEVIL’S JAW - Willem Barentsz Kolderstok 1:50

Heinrich · Oct 23, 2022

Happy Birthday @Kolderstok Hans! Beer

I trust that it will be a wonderful day with your family and that the year ahead will be a healthy and successful one!

dockattner · Oct 23, 2022

Heinrich, I am happy to see you accomplish what has been so long pursued! And it really does look marvelous!

Heinrich · Oct 23, 2022

dockattner said:
Heinrich, I am happy to see you accomplish what has been so long pursued! And it really does look marvelous!

Thank you so much Paul! It is sincerely appreciated - still battling with the front wall though! ROTF

Daniel20 · Oct 23, 2022

Fantastic picture of you and your wife on the water Heinrich. I love the look and location of the winch and the color of its cabling. Just curious, do you have a definitive reference of what the anchor looks like?

Heinrich · Oct 23, 2022

Daniel20 said:
Fantastic picture of you and your wife on the water Heinrich. I love the look and location of the winch and the color of its cabling. Just curious, do you have a definitive reference of what the anchor looks like?

Thank you very much for the very kind comments, Daniel - you know that I value it highly. The anchors are thoroughly discussed in Ab's books and on his plans so that should not be a problem. But to be honest - I have not yet studied that part.

Kolderstok · Oct 23, 2022

Heinrich said:
Happy Birthday @Kolderstok Hans! I trust that it will be a wonderful day with your family and that the year ahead will be a healthy and successful one!

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Thank you, cousin Heinrich!

Heinrich · Oct 23, 2022

Daniel20 said:
Fantastic picture of you and your wife on the water Heinrich. I love the look and location of the winch and the color of its cabling. Just curious, do you have a definitive reference of what the anchor looks like?

Further to your question Daniel. Have a look at this!

This gives you some idea of the remarkably detailed plans of @Ab Hoving. The WB had four anchors: a "plecht" (no idea of the English) anchor for use in bad weather, a daily anchor for normal conditions, a "tuin" (directly translated - garden ROTF

) anchor and a werp (throw) anchor used on wind still days. What the "tuin" anchor was used for, I have no idea. On all of De Veer's drawings we see only one anchor on each side, which indicates that the others were probably stored below-deck to add to the ballast.

Daniel20 · Oct 23, 2022

Heinrich said:
Further to your question Daniel. Have a look at this!

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This gives you some idea of the remarkably detailed plans of @Ab Hoving. The WB had four anchors: a "plecht" (no idea of the English) anchor for use in bad weather, a daily anchor for normal conditions, a "tuin" (directly translated - garden ) anchor and a werp (throw) anchor used on wind still days. What the "tuin" anchor was used for, I have no idea. On all of De Veer's drawings we see only one anchor on each side, which indicates that the others were probably stored below-deck to add to the ballast.

Thanks Heinrich,
Looks like basic anchor design doesn't change much over the ages of sail years. Since I happen to be working on the Vasa's anchor and am in discussions with @Frank48 about the cable sizes, I was curious about yours.

Pathfinder65 · Oct 23, 2022

That begets an interesting question. How was the anchor raised. What protected the bulwarks while the anchor rope was winched in?

Heinrich · Oct 23, 2022

Daniel20 said:
Thanks Heinrich,
Looks like basic anchor design doesn't change much over the ages of sail years. Since I happen to be working on the Vasa's anchor and am in discussions with @Frank48 about the cable sizes, I was curious about yours.

I can give you an answer on that too Daniel. It depends on whose formula you follow. If you followed Van Yk, then the WB would have had a cable with a circumference of 10 cm (approx 4-inches), according to Witsen, it was 8 cm (approx 3.1 inches).

Heinrich · Oct 23, 2022

Pathfinder65 said:
That begets an interesting question. How was the anchor raised. What protected the bulwarks while the anchor rope was winched in?

There is no mention of any protection, Jan.

Ab Hoving · Oct 23, 2022

About anchors: plecht anchor = bow anchor. Tui anchor (not tuiN) is a second anchor after the daily one in case two are needed. (Tui = support).
When an anchor is hauled up and reaches the surface a block with a hook is immediately hooked in the ring and the anchor is raised until it hangs from the cat head, so that it can be stowed along the side. See John Harland- Seamanship in the age of sail.

Daniel20 · Oct 23, 2022

Ab Hoving said:
About anchors: plecht anchor = bow anchor. Tui anchor (not tuiN) is a second anchor after the daily one in case two are needed. (Tui = support).
When an anchor is hauled up and reaches the surface a block with a hook is immediately hooked in the ring and the anchor is raised until it hangs from the cat head, so that it can be stowed along the side. See John Harland- Seamanship in the age of sail.

This is great information Mr. Hoving, the draw works required to grab set and stow the anchor now make complete sense for my Vasa.

Heinrich · Oct 23, 2022

Ab Hoving said:
About anchors: plecht anchor = bow anchor. Tui anchor (not tuiN) is a second anchor after the daily one in case two are needed. (Tui = support).
When an anchor is hauled up and reaches the surface a block with a hook is immediately hooked in the ring and the anchor is raised until it hangs from the cat head, so that it can be stowed along the side. See John Harland- Seamanship in the age of sail.

Thank you very much for correcting my blunder, Ab.

Heinrich · Oct 23, 2022

Daniel20 said:
This is great information Mr. Hoving, the draw works required to grab set and stow the anchor now make complete sense for my Vasa.

Great Daniel. I am glad that Ab could give you the correct answer.

Heinrich · Oct 24, 2022

Dear Friends

Seeing that I have mentioned the front wall of the center canopy now so many times, yet failed to show you something, I thought that I would give you an idea of the two configurations. Please note that this is an "idea" only as my fourth effort is not nearly suitable to be placed on the ship (if I decide to go that route). In any case, here are the two options as depicted in Gerrit de Veer's drawings.

You can clearly see why Effort #4 is still a no-go by looking at the mess in the circled area. The door opening should also receive some type of inner lining that I am not going to bother with on this effort. In any case, this is option #1 with the single arched door opening.

And here is Option #2.

Open front wall.

Gentlemen, what do you think - which one do you prefer?

Kindest regards - H

Pathfinder65 · Oct 24, 2022

Heinrich said:
Open front wall

That looks better to me than the doorway.

Heinrich · Oct 24, 2022

Pathfinder65 said:
That looks better to me than the doorway.

Thank you, Jan - much appreciated.

pingu57 · Oct 24, 2022

Heinrich said:
Open front wall.

the canopy without the frontwall seems a better idea to me Heinrich.
It looks a lot better

Heinrich · Oct 24, 2022

pingu57 said:
the canopy without the frontwall seems a better idea to me Heinrich.
It looks a lot better

Thank you very much my friend. Your input is highly valued. I am now just worried that everyone chooses the open canopy because of how terrible my front wall looks! ROTF