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Gefeliciteerd met je verjaardag.
I hope you had a really nice day.
Gefeliciteerd met je verjaardag.
I hope you had a really nice day.
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Update 48
It’s time for another Fluit update.
Now it’s the mainsail’s turn.
This is the sail, attached to the yard and equipped with 2 clewlines, 2 bunt lines, 2 bow lines, and the necessary blocks.
After a bit of fiddling, it now looks like this:
And viewed from the rear:
And a detail of the mast foot:
It’s also starting to get a bit crowded with all kinds of lines. I’ve secured the sails to the yard, i.e., pulled the braces and stays and lifts as tight as possible and then tied a loop around the sail and the yard in four places. Not pretty, but the ship is here loading for a bit and then it’s off again. During that time, no “Sail” with visitors is planned. Nor a king’s visit.
Nothing has been removed from the running rigging. Only the lines that are supposed to keep everything stable are taut (bracing, lifts); the rest hang loose (buntlines, clewlines, and bow lines).
In the following photos, I’ve labeled a few lines. (Sorry in Dutch)
And an overview:
Three more sails to go: the maintopmast sail, the mizzen, and the blind sail.
Then I’ll have to figure out how to depict the loading of logs. I don’t even know how they did it.
Suppose: the ship is anchored in a harbor or at anchor in a roadstead. Behind the ship, they’ve dragged a log into the water toward it. That log now has to be lifted horizontally about a meter or two to slide through the hatch in the stern.
How do you do that??? Suggestions are welcome.
Translated with DeepL.com (free version)
It’s time for another Fluit update.
Now it’s the mainsail’s turn.
This is the sail, attached to the yard and equipped with 2 clewlines, 2 bunt lines, 2 bow lines, and the necessary blocks.
After a bit of fiddling, it now looks like this:
And viewed from the rear:
And a detail of the mast foot:
It’s also starting to get a bit crowded with all kinds of lines. I’ve secured the sails to the yard, i.e., pulled the braces and stays and lifts as tight as possible and then tied a loop around the sail and the yard in four places. Not pretty, but the ship is here loading for a bit and then it’s off again. During that time, no “Sail” with visitors is planned. Nor a king’s visit.
Nothing has been removed from the running rigging. Only the lines that are supposed to keep everything stable are taut (bracing, lifts); the rest hang loose (buntlines, clewlines, and bow lines).
In the following photos, I’ve labeled a few lines. (Sorry in Dutch)
And an overview:
Three more sails to go: the maintopmast sail, the mizzen, and the blind sail.
Then I’ll have to figure out how to depict the loading of logs. I don’t even know how they did it.
Suppose: the ship is anchored in a harbor or at anchor in a roadstead. Behind the ship, they’ve dragged a log into the water toward it. That log now has to be lifted horizontally about a meter or two to slide through the hatch in the stern.
How do you do that??? Suggestions are welcome.
Translated with DeepL.com (free version)
