Question on Sail mounting

[Big Jake]

Can someone give me some pointers on how sails were mounted/fixed to the yards for 12/13th. century ships? I did not know if I'm supposed to use individual Robands or a loop method

 

[AllanKP69]

Can someone give me some pointers on how sails were mounted/fixed to the yards for 12/13th. century ships?

Until some time in the early 19th century, sails were bent to the yard by robands, believed to be a shortened form of rope-bands as in the one you have circled in drawing by James Lees that you posted above.

These were certainly in use in the 16th century, and presumably earlier. In the 19th century, the robands were no longer wrapped around the yards, but instead were made fast to jack-stays, a metal rod running the full length of the yard, fixed to it at intervals by brackets driven into the timber.

Have you contacted any maritime museums in Greenwich, Paris, Madrid, the Het Scheepvaartmuseum or elsewhere. They may be able to help you to confirm this or have more details.

Allan

 

[Steef66]

The answer was given in your picture from Mondfeld. From ancient time till 18th century.

 

[Big Jake]

Until some time in the early 19th century, sails were bent to the yard by robands, believed to be a shortened form of rope-bands as in the one you have circled in drawing by James Lees that you posted above.

These were certainly in use in the 16th century, and presumably earlier. In the 19th century, the robands were no longer wrapped around the yards, but instead were made fast to jack-stays, a metal rod running the full length of the yard, fixed to it at intervals by brackets driven into the timber.

Have you contacted any maritime museums in Greenwich, Paris, Madrid, the Het Scheepvaartmuseum or elsewhere. They may be able to help you to confirm this or have more details.

Allan

Thanks Allen, that's what I did.