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You are much too kind, Ron!
HIGH HOPES, WILD MEN AND THE DEVIL’S JAW - Willem Barentsz Kolderstok 1:50
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You have all reasons to be proud of your Admiral, she did an admirable job at the rigging.
Treasure her, draag haar op handen!
Btw, I read preciously little about sails and such....
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Thank you, Johan - I will convey your message to her! Yes, I have actually spoken very little about rigging and sails. The rigging is very clear in all the sources I have and the @Kolderstok rigging instructions are excellent. As far as sails go, I will follow @Kolderstok Hans and @pietsan Piet.
@pietsan Piet
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Thank you very much, Ken. It is much appreciated!
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I really like the Kolderstok configuration with the "Amsterdam" flags and the way the sails are furled, but with a slight preference for the Pietsan rigging, that seems to be a little bit more refined, no offense to either one.
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You make a very good observation, Johan. By his own admission, @Kolderstok Hans builds to finish a model, while @pietsan Piet builds with absolute precision. Also, I am not sure whether Hans used the authentic blocks in his rigging, while Piet and I do.
To be fair to Piet, my picture selection was pre-flags.
Here is Piet's model with the flags displayed.
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Dear Friends
Tonight, I want to share one of the idiosyncrasies of rigging the Willem Barentsz and how sometimes we need to simulate something if it cannot be made to work like it had been in real life.
On the superb @Kolderstok drawings, you will see that the two (Port and Starboard Sides) backstays (red line) of the main mast are belayed at two different locations. One is on the wale (blue line) and the other one (yellow line) seems to be belayed on the center canopy. This can obviously not be so let me explain at the hand of a few pictures.
The equally superb @Kolderstok instruction manual provides a graphic illustration of the above plans. Here the backstay can be seen in red, the line that is belayed to the wale in blue and the one that seems to come from the center canopy, in yellow. Here it is obvious that the real belaying point was from the deck of the ship, but seeing that in the current state of the build, it is impossible to do that, it has to be simulated or suggested that the line runs from the deck and comes from BELOW the roof of the center canopy.
To facilitate that, Hans suggests creating a small hook out of steel wire to which the 0.4mm belaying line is tied. The hook and line are then inserted through the grating of the center canopy's roof. When the line is now pulled tight as part of the belaying process, the bent wire will lock from the inside of the canopy against the roof grating and voila!
This is a very good suggestion except for me and @pietsan Piet, because we have both deviated in how we constructed the grating. In essence it means that we have more lengthwise beams in our assemblies which result in much smaller openings between beams. Simply, put it is impossible to insert anything through the hole which features some type of knot - irrespective of how small the knot it. The only thing that I could get to fit into the hole was a length of brass wire. After some careful bending, maneuvering and manipulation, I could get the other end of the brass wire to exit through the door opening of the canopy's front wall.
Next, I tacked the rope with CA glue lengthwise to the brass wire and then the operation started.
The brass wire with the rope tacked to it with CA glue (yes, even I use the stuff sometimes), is pushed through the correct opening.
The brass wire and rope emerge from the front door opening. Note the prepared part for the mizzen stay is still there! The rope was now cut loose from the brass wire and tied to an oversized deadeye which I had in my stash. The knot was thoroughly sealed with CA glue. Now the rope could be pulled into its position while the deadeye butted up against the roof, preventing the rope from slipping out - effectively locking it in place.
And Voila! Both backstays are now secure and awaiting the admiral's arrival this weekend.
As a parting shot - the simulation of what these two ropes will look like when permanently belayed.
Tonight, I want to share one of the idiosyncrasies of rigging the Willem Barentsz and how sometimes we need to simulate something if it cannot be made to work like it had been in real life.
On the superb @Kolderstok drawings, you will see that the two (Port and Starboard Sides) backstays (red line) of the main mast are belayed at two different locations. One is on the wale (blue line) and the other one (yellow line) seems to be belayed on the center canopy. This can obviously not be so let me explain at the hand of a few pictures.
The equally superb @Kolderstok instruction manual provides a graphic illustration of the above plans. Here the backstay can be seen in red, the line that is belayed to the wale in blue and the one that seems to come from the center canopy, in yellow. Here it is obvious that the real belaying point was from the deck of the ship, but seeing that in the current state of the build, it is impossible to do that, it has to be simulated or suggested that the line runs from the deck and comes from BELOW the roof of the center canopy.
To facilitate that, Hans suggests creating a small hook out of steel wire to which the 0.4mm belaying line is tied. The hook and line are then inserted through the grating of the center canopy's roof. When the line is now pulled tight as part of the belaying process, the bent wire will lock from the inside of the canopy against the roof grating and voila!
This is a very good suggestion except for me and @pietsan Piet, because we have both deviated in how we constructed the grating. In essence it means that we have more lengthwise beams in our assemblies which result in much smaller openings between beams. Simply, put it is impossible to insert anything through the hole which features some type of knot - irrespective of how small the knot it. The only thing that I could get to fit into the hole was a length of brass wire. After some careful bending, maneuvering and manipulation, I could get the other end of the brass wire to exit through the door opening of the canopy's front wall.
Next, I tacked the rope with CA glue lengthwise to the brass wire and then the operation started.
The brass wire with the rope tacked to it with CA glue (yes, even I use the stuff sometimes), is pushed through the correct opening.
The brass wire and rope emerge from the front door opening. Note the prepared part for the mizzen stay is still there! The rope was now cut loose from the brass wire and tied to an oversized deadeye which I had in my stash. The knot was thoroughly sealed with CA glue. Now the rope could be pulled into its position while the deadeye butted up against the roof, preventing the rope from slipping out - effectively locking it in place.
And Voila! Both backstays are now secure and awaiting the admiral's arrival this weekend.
As a parting shot - the simulation of what these two ropes will look like when permanently belayed.
Great work Heinrich, at the weekend I saw a film about the expedition, great filming. I had to think of you and your little Willem Barentsz.
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Thank you, Tobias. I am glad to hear that you enjoyed the movie about the expedition. Was it "Unnbekantes Landt" by any chance?
Unfortunately I can't remember the title, it was there when I turned on the Tv on SamsungTV and I got stuck. It seemed to me that this film was not too old.
I just asked Dr. Google and yes that was the title
VERY Nice Rigging Heinrich !!!! Bravo !
also interesting (maybe)
Het echte verhaal. Een verslag van de Nederlands-Russische expeditie die in de zomer van 1995 werd ondernomen naar Nova Zembla, de plaats waar de Nederlandse ontdekkingsreiziger Willem Barentsz in 1596 met zijn schip strandde toen hij op weg was naar China via Siberië. Kijk ook op, Geschiedenis 24 Uitgezonden door de RVU
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Great stuff - I thought that would be the movie you are referring to.
For our members, here are some scenes from the movie:
Barentsz on the left and Van Heemskerck or Jan Corneliszoon Rijp on the right.
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Thank you very much, Donnie. There is still a very long way to go, but I am happy with the progress as it stands at the moment.
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Thank you very much Uwe. I have no idea what it is about (YouTube ban in China), but I am sure our members will enjoy it and find it relevant!
I edited the post and add the text describing the video - seems the making of
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Aaaahhh! Wonderful, Uwe. Thank you very much for this. It is very interesting that the Russian archeologists seemed to have been more interested in gathering information about the ship than the Dutch themselves.
Again an excellent explanation Heinrich,, great work sofar 