My friend, it's just a thought. There is a WB that needs to be rigged first!
My friend, it's just a thought. There is a WB that needs to be rigged first!
Please tell Marijke for me that I said a big "Thank You" and also a very blessed Christmas to her!
There is a bit more “drama” in this painting as one would expect. At a closer look you can see that the topmast has broken off, causing a lot of rigging coming loose, and sailors have to go up to the main top to make repairs.
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Are the inaccuracies serous enough to really worry about? You’ve researched and build an incredible little ship based on an enormous amount of research, so I would not consider 20/20 hindsight information learned later a cause for worry.
Hi Jan. No, I am not really worried about it, but for the sake of accuracy, I still have to point out the inaccuracies - that keeps me objective. Thank you so much for the kind words, my friend.
You are right Stephen! After I have earlier learnt my lesson again of just how accurate Ab's plans are, I am leaning very strongly to a WB without mizzen stay.
Yes my friend, I would also tend to want to leave the mizzen fore stay off as well, considering this sort of good/trustworthy art work from the period not drawn hundreds of years after the fact.
I am in total agreement Stephen. I have often seen that historians (an in this case we can include modelers
), sometimes tend to become "uncomfortable" when something that is "out of the ordinary" or not to their expectations. Often, they will rationalize the information at hand until it "agrees" with their viewpoint.
You know what they say Heinrich, “When the facts don’t agree with one’s theory then change the facts”I am in total agreement Stephen. I have often seen that historians (an in this case we can include modelers
